Did you ever wonder if the food you eat is a direct effect on your health, well-being,

and longevity?

Well, I'm here to end that mystery you ARE the food you eat.

Welcome to the Nutrition Facts Podcast.

I'm your host, Dr. Michael Greger.

Today it's all about the night traits and night trights.

And if you're wondering, what's the difference?

You have come to the right place.

We start with a story about the effect of a processed meat on lung function.

Recently, the World Health Organization classified processed meat, also known as cured meat,

and it bacon a ham hot dog's lunch meat sausage, as definitively cancer-causing in humans.

As if that's not enough, high processed meat consumption has also been associated with

increased risk of dying prematurely from all causes put together, and is a risk factor

for several major chronic diseases such as times you diabetes, coronary heart disease,

and stroke.

What about lung issues like asthma?

Night trights are added to processed meat, as preservatives to preserve their pink, so

they don't turn gray, keeping them less rancid tasting, and to present the growth of

diseases like botulism.

But put that same sodium nitrate in a drinking water of lab animals, and they develop

emphysema.

They nearly all developed emphysema.

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