FOOD THAT EXTENDS/SHORTENS YOUR LIFE

Experts at the University of Michigan calculated the health burden of different foods, and claims to have put concrete scores on your favorite snacks. For example, they found that a portion of nuts can add almost 26 minutes to a person’s life. But every hot dog eaten shortens a lifespan by 36 minutes. The researchers calculated the direct influence of some 6,000 various meals, snacks and drinks. Here are a few of the more popular foods and what they’ll do to you:
(The study was published in the journal Nature Food)
The worst foods per portion:
– One hot dog: -36 minutes off your life
– Bacon: -26 minutes off your life
– Double cheeseburger: -8.8 minutes off your life
– Slice of pizza: -7.8 minutes off your life
– Soft drinks (fizzy or sweetened): -12.4 minutes off your life
The better foods per portion:
– Peanut butter and jelly sandwich: +33.1 minutes
– Baked salmon: +13.5 minutes
– Banana: +13.5 minutes
– Tomatoes: +3.8 minutes
– Avocado: +1.5 minutes
– French fries: +1.5 minutes
* What if you ate a peanut butter and jelly sandwich right after eating a hot dog, does that even things out?
* If this is true, then explain professional hot dog eater Joey Chestnut. Statistical anomaly? Vampire?
* Hold on, I’m doing math… according to this, I died in 2006. Can someone tell me how “The Sopranos” turned out?
* You’re 98 years old, hooked up to machines on your deathbed. Because of a hot dog you ate, you pass away at 2:08, instead of 2:44. Good or bad?
* So, how do they figure this, exactly? Do they get a set of identical twins and feed one nothing but hot dogs, and then figure the difference after they both die?