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Jul 22, 2009 at 02:45 PM
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The Washington, D.C.-based Cancer Project, a vegan advocacy group, wants to force hot dog makers to use warning labels. The group filed a lawsuit Wednesday in Superior Court in Newark on behalf of three New Jersey residents. The defendants are Kraft Foods Inc., manufacturer of the Oscar Mayer brand; Sara Lee Corp.; Nathan's Famous; and the makers of the Hebrew National and Sabrett brands.
The lawsuit cites a report by the American Institute for Cancer Research that concluded regular consumption of processed meat can increase the risk of colorectal and other forms of cancer.
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Jul 22, 2009 at 03:08 PM Anonymous Says:
After having one kidney removed because of kidney cancer, I gave up hot dogs and diet soda. Thank G-d it has not recurred in almost 2 years. Hot dogs were my favorite food.
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Jul 22, 2009 at 03:00 PM Anonymous Says:
I agree with one exception.
There are people not aware of the nitrate cancer risks from most franks, they should know.
The negative is that years later they will use this as informed risk, you were forewarned so don't sue.
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Jul 22, 2009 at 03:24 PM Anonymous Says:
The bodega on my corner sells cancer dogs and everyone still buys it. Warning labels will do nothing. People love eating like cows.
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Jul 22, 2009 at 03:39 PM Peretz Says:
Are you going to put warnings for Bologna, Salami, and Corned Beef as well? There's a point where you can warn about everything.
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Jul 22, 2009 at 03:38 PM boroparkyenta Says:
Why is it that all the good stuff has to be bad for us? Who doesn't know that hot dogs are not the healthiest food? Unless they are from the health food store?
We all know what is good and what is not. We just like to eat junk.
If we were all eating healthy foods, there would hardly be any diseases to worry about. Still, some of us are luckier than others, and can still enjoy hot dogs in the nursing home. Well, when we get to be over 90 no one should be allowed to tell us what we can or cannot eat. Whatever we do must be done in moderation.
Hot dogs, once or twice a year maybe. Maybe not.
French fries- hardly ever. Chocolate? only the dark one....UGH.
Highly processed foods with MSG and artificial colors, etc. not for us most of the time. Cholent, kugel, kishka, and ptcha, now that will be taken care of by the neshama yeseira!
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Jul 22, 2009 at 04:44 PM Anonymous Says:
BTW, there are some healthy kosher hot dogs I saw recently (perhaps Neshama brand or some similar name) which are made from chicken and turkey, and contain no nitrates or nitrites. Before I got sick, I wouldn't touch a chicken hot dog, as it didn't compare to the real thing. Now, I don't have a choice.
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Jul 22, 2009 at 04:41 PM gregaaron Says:
Let's look at who is pushing this, oh my gosh - it's a vegan group! I'm so shocked that they would want to make meat look bad!!!
Kind of like the Transportation Alternatives people telling us about "studies" that show driving cars causes cancer, or whatever it was...
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Jul 22, 2009 at 05:01 PM Anonymous Says:
Is there any study that franks are not healthy?
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Jul 22, 2009 at 04:58 PM Anonymous Says:
there is also wise organic which make nitrate free hotdogs
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Jul 22, 2009 at 05:13 PM Anonymous Says:
Cars should have warning labels on their side. Their emissions kill and sometimes so do the drivers.
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Jul 22, 2009 at 05:12 PM Anonymous Says:
“ BTW, there are some healthy kosher hot dogs I saw recently (perhaps Neshama brand or some similar name) which are made from chicken and turkey, and contain no nitrates or nitrites. Before I got sick, I wouldn't touch a chicken hot dog, as it didn't compare to the real thing. Now, I don't have a choice. ”
There are much healthier hot dogs than chicken or turkey ones. There are ones made from tofu and wheat gluten, such as Not Dogs. They are high in protein, and very low in fat. They are easy to find in health food stores, and most of the brands have a good hechsher.
"Let's look at who is pushing this, oh my gosh - it's a vegan group! I'm so shocked that they would want to make meat look bad!!!"
Meat is bad though, especially high fat ground meat.
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Jul 22, 2009 at 06:49 PM tootired Says:
There is no comparison between junk food and nitrates in hot dogs. Nitrates are a known carcinogen (cancer causing agent).The reason they are not illegal is because conventional belief is that they carcinogen leaves the body quickly, so it, in theory, poses no cancer risk. That belief is slowly being eroded by newer studies, one of which recently came out that carcinogens remain in children's stomach's, undigested, for a long time. Also, even if it does pass through the body quickly, which it doesn't, that doesn't mean it poses less of a danger or is less "cancer causing."
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Jul 22, 2009 at 07:58 PM Anonymous Says:
no one cares about your health.
this is a government front group to allow government to eventually Tax hot dogs as they do with cigererets to pay for the big government health care plan
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Jul 22, 2009 at 08:43 PM OY VEY Says:
There should be warnings on everything! Food with sugar, high fructose corn syrup, artificial colors and flavors, chemical additives etc. Why just pick on hot dogs? People should become informed consumers and educate themselves on what is healthy and what is not. BUT, I don't think we should have food police telling us what to eat and what not, or to tax our hot dogs either. Everything is okay in moderation. You don't eat hot dogs every day (unless you are nuts). I don't think eating them once in a while is going to kill you. Maybe a can of soda everyday will.
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Jul 22, 2009 at 08:20 PM Litvak Says:
The problem is nitrates, more than nitrites. Regarding nitrite, one liter of pomegranate juice contributes 100 times more nitrite to the diet than a hot dog, and a spinach salad and a corned beef sandwich contribute about the same amount. Radishes are naturally high in nitrites, as is celery.
Let me see them put warning labels on celery.
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Jul 22, 2009 at 09:47 PM gregaaron Says:
“ There are much healthier hot dogs than chicken or turkey ones. There are ones made from tofu and wheat gluten, such as Not Dogs. They are high in protein, and very low in fat. They are easy to find in health food stores, and most of the brands have a good hechsher.
"Let's look at who is pushing this, oh my gosh - it's a vegan group! I'm so shocked that they would want to make meat look bad!!!"
Meat is bad though, especially high fat ground meat.
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Exactly - they are NOT dogs.
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Jul 22, 2009 at 10:58 PM Kashrus Pro Says:
The whole thing is as usual a bunch of hog wash! Any ingredient could "kill" you of taken in the manner not intended. They did all those studies in the 70s about saccharin killing mice and then we found out the truth... THEY PUT THE POOR LITTLE MOUSEY IN A BATHTUB FULL OF SACCHARIN!! No wonder the thing croaked!!
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Jul 22, 2009 at 10:55 PM A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have... Says:
“ There are much healthier hot dogs than chicken or turkey ones. There are ones made from tofu and wheat gluten, such as Not Dogs. They are high in protein, and very low in fat. They are easy to find in health food stores, and most of the brands have a good hechsher.
"Let's look at who is pushing this, oh my gosh - it's a vegan group! I'm so shocked that they would want to make meat look bad!!!"
Meat is bad though, especially high fat ground meat.
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If you want to be concerned about the health of meat, that's your business but I do not have to suffer due to your utter mishigas. You obviously have a predispositon to hot dogs so you have issues with it, others dont so leave us alone and MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS!
BTW, what will you do when the bais ha'mikdosh is rebuilt b'korov mamesh and you have to bring that first korbon like we will all have to. You will get your portion of the b'haima to eat and what will you say then about meat?? I dont think, "Sorry God but I'm a VegHead" will work so start getting used to meat. The Kohanim would run around fleishig all day!!!!!
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Jul 22, 2009 at 09:39 PM Anonymous Says:
I was told by a chemistry professor in college that the danger in hot dogs is nitriamines, and that drinking orange juice which is acidic prevent the nitrosamines from being a problem. ???
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Jul 22, 2009 at 09:31 PM Anonymous Says:
Warning labels can be bad for your health. They cause worry which can promote insomnia and high blood pressure. The cost of regulating their placement on products can lead to higher food prices which can result in nutrtional deficiencies as people cut back on buying nutritional foods. Their writing is so small it can cause visual problems.
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Jul 22, 2009 at 11:39 PM Anonymous Says:
“ I was told by a chemistry professor in college that the danger in hot dogs is nitriamines, and that drinking orange juice which is acidic prevent the nitrosamines from being a problem. ??? ”
Drinking large amounts of fruit juice is not a good idea. Get your vitamin c from vegetables or vitamin supplements.
"Fructose linked to liver problems"
"A century ago, Americans ate roughly three teaspoons of fructose a day, mainly from produce. Today, we eat five times that amount, or about 17 teaspoons of fructose a day. Most of that comes from processed foods and beverages. The main sources are sugary drinks, baked goods, cereals, snacks and fruit juices. "
www.ksl.com/?nid=248&sid=6690568
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Jul 23, 2009 at 02:17 AM Milhouse Says:
“ If you want to be concerned about the health of meat, that's your business but I do not have to suffer due to your utter mishigas. You obviously have a predispositon to hot dogs so you have issues with it, others dont so leave us alone and MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS!
BTW, what will you do when the bais ha'mikdosh is rebuilt b'korov mamesh and you have to bring that first korbon like we will all have to. You will get your portion of the b'haima to eat and what will you say then about meat?? I dont think, "Sorry God but I'm a VegHead" will work so start getting used to meat. The Kohanim would run around fleishig all day!!!!! ”
And they would takeh get sick from it. That's why the BHMK had a doctor on staff.
If someone wants to be a vegetarian there's nothing wrong with it. When Moshiach comes they can eat a kezayis of the korban pesach every year, and it won't kill them; the rest of the time they can eat vegetables gezunterheit. Just don't force this on the rest of us.
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Jul 23, 2009 at 02:14 AM Milhouse Says:
“ There is no comparison between junk food and nitrates in hot dogs. Nitrates are a known carcinogen (cancer causing agent).The reason they are not illegal is because conventional belief is that they carcinogen leaves the body quickly, so it, in theory, poses no cancer risk. That belief is slowly being eroded by newer studies, one of which recently came out that carcinogens remain in children's stomach's, undigested, for a long time. Also, even if it does pass through the body quickly, which it doesn't, that doesn't mean it poses less of a danger or is less "cancer causing." ”
Yes, it does. The central lie that these groups push is that if a substance can cause cancer at huge doses then it's "carcinogenic" and bad for you even in small doses. That's nonsense. The dose makes the poison; EVERYTHING is lethal in a big enough dose, and beneficial in a small enough dose. If the amount of nitrates in hot dogs is below the harmful threshold then there is NO REASON to avoid them.
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Jul 23, 2009 at 02:11 AM Milhouse Says:
“ Let's look at who is pushing this, oh my gosh - it's a vegan group! I'm so shocked that they would want to make meat look bad!!!
Kind of like the Transportation Alternatives people telling us about "studies" that show driving cars causes cancer, or whatever it was... ”
No, they were trying to convince everyone that drivers in NYC don't get enough tickets!
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Jul 22, 2009 at 11:50 PM Anonymous Says:
“ If you want to be concerned about the health of meat, that's your business but I do not have to suffer due to your utter mishigas. You obviously have a predispositon to hot dogs so you have issues with it, others dont so leave us alone and MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS!
BTW, what will you do when the bais ha'mikdosh is rebuilt b'korov mamesh and you have to bring that first korbon like we will all have to. You will get your portion of the b'haima to eat and what will you say then about meat?? I dont think, "Sorry God but I'm a VegHead" will work so start getting used to meat. The Kohanim would run around fleishig all day!!!!! ”
"BTW, what will you do when the bais ha'mikdosh is rebuilt b'korov mamesh and you have to bring that first korbon like we will all have to. You will get your portion of the b'haima to eat and what will you say then about meat?? I dont think, "Sorry God but I'm a VegHead" will work so start getting used to meat. The Kohanim would run around fleishig all day!!!!!"
The kohanim in the times of the beit hamikdash did not eat hot dogs. Many rabbis say that the korbonot in the next beit hamikdash will be vegetarian. Some rabbis say that all humans will again be vegetarians after moshiach comes. Humans were vegetarians until after the flood.
Animal sacrifices would have so much greater meaning though in a society where meat isn't ordinarily eaten.
Not eating meat is suffering? I guess at first until someone gets used to it, but after a relatively short period of time, one can easily get used to it.
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Jul 23, 2009 at 06:25 AM Milhouse Says:
“ "BTW, what will you do when the bais ha'mikdosh is rebuilt b'korov mamesh and you have to bring that first korbon like we will all have to. You will get your portion of the b'haima to eat and what will you say then about meat?? I dont think, "Sorry God but I'm a VegHead" will work so start getting used to meat. The Kohanim would run around fleishig all day!!!!!"
The kohanim in the times of the beit hamikdash did not eat hot dogs. Many rabbis say that the korbonot in the next beit hamikdash will be vegetarian. Some rabbis say that all humans will again be vegetarians after moshiach comes. Humans were vegetarians until after the flood.
Animal sacrifices would have so much greater meaning though in a society where meat isn't ordinarily eaten.
Not eating meat is suffering? I guess at first until someone gets used to it, but after a relatively short period of time, one can easily get used to it. ”
"Many rabbis say that the korbonot in the next beit hamikdash will be vegetarian."
Really? Name some. This is blatant apikorsus.
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Jul 23, 2009 at 09:19 AM Anonymous Says:
“ "Many rabbis say that the korbonot in the next beit hamikdash will be vegetarian."
Really? Name some. This is blatant apikorsus. ”
Even in the times of the first and second beit hamikdash, many korbonot were grains, oil, or wine.
"As such, Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook, the first chief rabbi of Palestine, held that in the messianic era, only grain offerings ('menachot') will be reinstated in the Temple service."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korban
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Jul 23, 2009 at 09:55 AM Yehuda Says:
“ I agree with one exception.
There are people not aware of the nitrate cancer risks from most franks, they should know.
The negative is that years later they will use this as informed risk, you were forewarned so don't sue. ”
How about salami. bologna, lox and all other foods that have nitrates. Why label on hot dogs only?
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Jul 23, 2009 at 12:05 PM Anonymous Says:
“ Even in the times of the first and second beit hamikdash, many korbonot were grains, oil, or wine.
"As such, Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook, the first chief rabbi of Palestine, held that in the messianic era, only grain offerings ('menachot') will be reinstated in the Temple service."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korban ”
The option of using flour was only if you couldn't afford the b'haima NOT if you were a VegHead!
Here's hoping your hoof is parve!
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Jul 23, 2009 at 01:10 PM Frank Furter Says:
Mmmmmm.. the hot-dog up there in the photo looks scrumtious. Should I go for the tossed salad or just slide down the stairs of my office and grab a, well.. maybe I'll just settle in between for that chilly-dog!
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Jul 23, 2009 at 07:14 PM Anonymous Says:
Perhaps it is time for rabbis to stop giving hashgacha on hor dogs and soda? If they can withhold hashgacha on products containing tomatoes with excess pesticides, then perhaps they should stop giving hashgacha on hot dogs and soda? I guess all hot dogs and soda should not be considered kosher.
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Jul 23, 2009 at 10:07 PM Anonymous Says:
“ Let's look at who is pushing this, oh my gosh - it's a vegan group! I'm so shocked that they would want to make meat look bad!!!
Kind of like the Transportation Alternatives people telling us about "studies" that show driving cars causes cancer, or whatever it was... ”
Uh, driving *does* cause cancer. Along with heart disease, asthma, hypertension, and other ills. You might want to read the news of the last few decades.
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Jul 24, 2009 at 01:00 PM Milhouse Says:
“ The option of using flour was only if you couldn't afford the b'haima NOT if you were a VegHead!
Here's hoping your hoof is parve! ”
A person can bring a mincha if he wants to. There's no need to bring a beheima. Or a person can bring a korban olah, which is not eaten.