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What is processed meat?
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There is no clear definition - it is more a description - but if you smoke it, the salt, healing or preservatives would probably be treated..
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Bacon
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The fat in bacon is no secret - it squirts away in the pan when you cook it.But not all bacon is the same.
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Order
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Hunks of beef, ham and turkey are stored with different amounts of salt, herbs, sugar and sometimes chemicals and cut for sandwiches or snacks.
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Hotdogs
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These processed pipes are a staple advertisem*nt on baseball games and cooking bells in the area use some brands more ... are parts of the animal than others, but most are still filled with salt, saturated fat and nitrates.
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Fast Food Chicken Nuggets
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They are easy to pop in the mouth, but they are treated.Chest).If you buy your own chicken and bake in a bit format, you can omit the things that you would rather not think about, so much less to eat.
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Dried meat
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It is the perfect traveling meat snack: dried, salted meat, you can put in your pocket here.Not exaggeration.
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Pepperoni
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It is a favorite topping for pizza, but it is part of a family of processed meat - fermented sausages - who have all the usual suspects: salt, fat, calories, sugar and preservatives.Line pipe, giving it the spicy taste and cool texture.
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Sausage
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If it comes in a package, glittering as if it fell into a mothers of oil and tastes like a Saltlick, it is probably not that good for you.If you have to check the ingredients for lower amounts of salt and preservatives.
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Pancetta
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This is Pigsemaag that is stored with salt.Unlike bacon, it is not smoked as part of the curing process and it is a plus because smoked meat is attached to a kind of cancer.Have fewer preservatives.But it is still full of fat, calories and natural salt, so make it a rare treat.
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Fastfood hamburgers
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The restaurants for fast food restaurants in painted beef in their hamburgers often have growth hormones and antibiotics to go with all salt, fat and preservatives.
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Deviled Ham
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You can make it at home in a food processor - with some boiled ham, mustard, mayo, hot sauce and onions.Nitrate - a chemical that can be more likely to have heart disease or diabetes in larger quantities.
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Vienna sausages
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It can be different in Austria, but in America these are small sausages in a can.Or beef.
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Dåse Corned Beef Hash
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Roast some chopped corned beef (usually chest that is salted and healed) with some onions and potatoes and you have Corned Beef Hash.A healthier roof, make your own version with Turkey Pastrami.