"You look like the 4th of July!"

I'm just hoping this doesn't make you want a hot dog reeeeaaaaal bad!  In honor of 4th of July, I'm giving you a few hot doggin' facts. 

• The cities of Los Angeles, San Antonio, and New York consume the most hot dogs by volume every year. * 

• The average American eats 60 hot dogs a year.*  (bleh!)

• According to the National Hot Dog and Sausage council, Americans will consume 150 million hot dogs today.

• Joey Chestnut, 27, 230lbs, holds the Major League Eaters record of eating 68 Nathans Famous Hot Dogs and Buns in 10min.  He's wont the contest 5 yrs in a row.  Check out his impressive Bib Sheet!   

• Other names of for the hot dog include: frankfurter, frank, red hot, wiener, weenie, durger, coney, or just "dog" *

• The Coney Island, Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest began as a duel between four immigrants to determine who was the most patriotic in 1916. 

Me?  Oh no, forget it!  I'm a vegetarian.  I'm not going near them!  Don't over do it at the backyard BBQ and have an amazing time celebrating the 4th today!


In healthy, patriotic love,


Joanie

Joanie Johnson, CHC

Motivated Nutrition

www.motivatednutriton.net

814-442-5311

*Who knows all this stuff?!  
http://www.hot-dog.org/ht/d/sp/i/38579/pid/38579
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_dog
http://fillyourplate.org/blog/hot-dog-facts-and-trivia/
http://nathansfamous.com/PageFetch/