What are the worst processed meats?

Chef's answer
4. Processed Lunch Meat. Lunch meats, including deli cold cuts, bologna, and ham, make the unhealthy list because they contain lots of sodium and sometimes fat as well as some preservatives like nitrites..
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1. Oscar Mayer says on their facebook page - "Oscar Mayer is not using "pink slime" in any products. All of Oscar Mayer beef products, including bologna and hot dogs, are made with high quality, 100% USDA-inspected beef, and contain no byproducts.
All cured meats (hot dogs, bacon, bologna, corned beef) contain nitrites and/or nitrates, and whether they are added as synthetic chemicals or as naturally occurring in celery juice and other plants, the combination of process meats and nitrites/nitrates leads to an increase in colon cancer..
Lunch meats, including deli cold cuts, bologna, and ham, make the unhealthy list because they contain lots of sodium and sometimes fat as well as some preservatives like nitrites. ... Some experts suspect that certain substances used as preservatives in meats may change into cancer-causing compounds in the body..
Lunch meats, including deli cold cuts, bologna, and ham, make the unhealthy list because they contain lots of sodium and sometimes fat as well as some preservatives like nitrites. ... Some experts suspect that certain substances used as preservatives in meats may change into cancer-causing compounds in the body..
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