🏥 Health Sep 22, 2026 · Michael Greger M.D. FACLM

How Many Minutes of Life Does a Burger Cost?

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How Many Minutes of Life Does a Burger Cost?
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If you care about your health so much that it would be unthinkable to light up a cigarette before and after lunch, maybe you should order a bean burrito instead of a meaty one.
According to the Global Burden of Disease Study, diets high in processed meat, like bacon, ham, hot dogs, lunch meat, and sausage, may kill more than 100,000 people every year, due largely to heart disease, but also cancer and diabetes. This results in millions of healthy years of life lost every year around the world, as

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