HOT DOGS

BY KEITH NUTHALL
RESEARCHERS at the Harvard School of Public Health have found that eating too many hot dogs is bad for your health. Their study, published in an American diabetes journal, found that a diet heavy in processed meats - typically five or more portions a week - including hot dogs and bacon, increases the risk of Type 2 diabetes by about 50 per cent in men.



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