What happens if you eat too many Slim Jims?

Due to what it contains, eating Slim Jim can lead to some serious health complications. Some short-term side effects include dehydration, nausea, and stomach cramps, whereas its long-term side effects include heart disease, cancer, stroke, obesity, and kidney damage.
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How many Slim Jims is too much?

Here is the piece of information that you need to pay attention to: six grams of this sodium nitrite can be deadly for you. Basically, approximately 1,400 Slim Jims can kill, according to Wired.
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How many Slim Jims can you eat?

Sodium nitrite

Antibiotically, it inhibits botulism. Toxicologically, 6 grams of the stuff—roughly the equivalent of 1,400 Slim Jims—can kill you.
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What do Slim Jims do to your body?

Basically, Slim Jims are not even a little bit healthy. One person on the IGN message boards said that after eating 15 of them, their mouth and throat were "coated in grease" and they were having "chest pains." The high sodium content and chemical preservatives make the meat sticks a pretty unhealthy snack.
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Do Slim Jims make u fat?

Even one Slim Jim can ruin your day. In just a single original-flavored Slim Jim lurks 240 calories (180 from fat) and 20 grams of total fat (with 7 coming from saturated fat and one gram from trans fat).
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The Untold Truth of Slim Jim



Are Slim Jims cancerous?

Due to what it contains, eating Slim Jim can lead to some serious health complications. Some short-term side effects include dehydration, nausea, and stomach cramps, whereas its long-term side effects include heart disease, cancer, stroke, obesity, and kidney damage.
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Are you supposed to peel your Slim Jim before you eat it?

I could eat slim Jim's all day long! I have loved these beef snacks since i was a little Girl! My favorite thing to do with them was to peel the skin all the way off the stick and eat it first before eating the slim jim!
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Are Slim Jims good for weight loss?

The short answer to this question is no, Slim Jim's are not healthy. The longer answer involves the macronutrient facts included on the nutrition labels of Slim Jim meat stick products and the additives ConAgra, the maker of Slim Jim's, include in their products.
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What animal is Slim Jim made of?

BEEF, PORK, MECHANICALLY SEPARATED CHICKEN, WATER, TEXTURED SOY FLOUR, CORN SYRUP, SALT, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF: NATURAL FLAVORS, DEXTROSE, PAPRIKA AND EXTRACTIVES OF PAPRIKA, HYDROLYZED SOY PROTEIN, MALTODEXTRIN, LACTIC ACID STARTER CULTURE, BARLEY MALT EXTRACT, CITRIC ACID, SOY LECITHIN, SODIUM NITRITE.
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Can dogs eat Slim Jims?

Slim Jims are not good for dogs. Slim jims contain high levels of sodium and fats which can prove toxic to dogs when they eat too much slim jims. Beef jerky is also known to cause intestine blockage in dogs which can be a life threatening disorder. It is wise not to give slim jims to dogs.
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What is Slim Jims full name?

The Inventor of Slim Jim

Adolph Levis passed away at age 89 in a Hospice.
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Do Slim Jims have pork?

It's Made of Multiple Meats

Non-consumers may think Slim Jims are beef jerky. They're similar, but the original is actually a mesh of beef, pork, and chicken. Yep, it's a snack worth fighting for.
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Can babies eat Slim Jims?

Make sure to use a whole piece of celery and a long Slim Jim (or any meat stick if your kids aren't too picky about their meat brands). Giving them one that is only a few inches long is choking hazard, so don't do it.
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Can I give my cat a Slim Jim?

Slim Jims are made of beef, pork, and chicken, which by themselves are perfectly fine foods for cats, often serving as protein sources in commercial diets.
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Can you eat Slim Jims while pregnant?

Because they are not fully cooked, Slim Jim brand 'meat stick' products carry the same risk of foodborne illness as other dried meat and jerky products. It is best to avoid undercooked meats during pregnancy, which includes Slim Jims.
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Who said Snap into a Slim Jim?

Randy Savage is a WWE Hall of Famer who actually spent his career wrestling for that brand's predecessor, the WWF, as well as its competitors, WCW and TNA (via WWE). He was also a well-known product pitchman whose trademark catchphrase "Snap into a Slim Jim!" was first spoken by a different wrestler.
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Are Slim Jims keto approved?

Slim Jims are the ultimate road-trip-gas-station-convenience-store snack and it's a blessing that these bad boys also happen to be keto-friendly.
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Are Slim Jims spicy?

Add some sizzle to your shizzle with Slim Jim® Spicy Snack Size meat snacks. The bold, in-your-face spicy flavor is crazy good, and the snack size meat sticks are individually wrapped so you can take them anywhere.
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Is there sugar in Slim Jims?

Slim Jim Smoked Snack Sticks Original - 14-0.28 Oz

Per 4 Sticks: 150 calories; 4 g sat fat (20% DV); 530 mg sodium (23% DV); 1 g total sugars.
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What is a healthy alternative to Slim Jims?

If you can't pry yourself away from processed jerky, at least upgrade to something a little more organic with Vermont-made RealSticks. Featuring half the calories (80 compared to 160) and nearly three times less fat than a Slim Jim, RealSticks are made with humanely grown meats and contain no MSG or nitrates.
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How much protein is in a Slim Jim?

Description. Slim Jim Original Snack-Sized Smoked Meat Sticks are locked and loaded protein snacks with 7 grams of protein per serving. This tasty, jack-of-all-trades snack food goes anywhere.
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Why are Slim Jims out of stock?

ConAgra, the company that makes Slim Jim, stopped producing the dried meat strips after a factory explosion in early June that killed three people. With the destruction of the only Slim Jim factory in the United States, the company won't be able make new products for at least another month, according to media reports.
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Are Slim Jims dairy free?

This tasty jack-of-all-trades goes anywhere: Stow a pack in the car, under the bed, on the golf links, or even at tonight's dinner party for your vegan, dairy, paleo-diet-loving-gluten- (and pretty much all flavor-) free aunt's house and satisfy your hunger anytime, anywhere.
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How do you make a Slim Jim at home?

Preparation
  1. Rinse salt off the sausage casing. Soak in ice water for at least 1 hour.
  2. Combine meat and fat. ...
  3. Rinse casing one last time. ...
  4. Preheat an electric smoker to 100 degrees. ...
  5. Remove from smoker and let cool at about 50 degrees in a dry place for 4 hours.
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