Meat Hormones

Question: Does italy permit added hormones & Antibiotics in the meat and poultry like in the US? Does italy permit added hormones & Antibiotics in the meat and poultry like in the US?

Answer: Anabolic steroids and cortisone are illegal in all European Union. Antibiotics can be used for the health of livestock but there are limit about residue that can be still present in the meat ready to sell.

Question: Does anyone know where I can find controversial arguments regarding animal/meat growth hormones? I am doing a report for my biology class and we are having trouble finding online websites that talk about whether giving animal growth hormones is moral or not. thanks!

Answer: You want to look at animal rights groups, organic farming, environmental groups. Eg, PETA probably has a stand on this.

Question: To what degree are hormones in meat preserved after cooking and abosrbed in the body ? Can meat grown by cows on roids really spike my testosterone levels, or is that a myth, with no way of the testosterone to survive the cooking and being abosrbed orally ?

Answer: they are not fully destroyed in cooking that's why so many people are fat too - they consume the steroids that make cows grow bigger there are also links to cancers that result from consumption of those hormones and steroids - that stuff is really bad for you eat organic

Question: Since meat have growth hormones in it, will it make me grow taller? Im 15 and iv slowed down in growing. but i believe i still am growing a little bit. since meat have growth hormones, will it help me grow taller? or no? milk also have hormones. will milk or meat help me grow? thanks

Answer: Both meat and milk are good protein and milk is also good calcium and sufficient protein and calcium will ensure normal growth but you can't speed it up.

Question: Why do we add hormones in meat and dairy product? Why is it good and why is it bad? I'm writing an argumentative essay.. So please try to back up your points, and try to add a source if possible. Please and thank you ^^

Answer: Dairy farmers in the US almost always inject their cows with genetically modified bovine growth hormones in order to increase milk production by 10% to 15%. This can make the difference between making money and losing money. However, these cows get sick easier and require additional surgical procedures and injections of anitbiotics as a preventative measure. The hormones are transfered to dairy products and are not destroyed by pasteurization. The long-term consequences to human health may be known in a few decades, but right now, the industry has successfully supressed what little scientific research has been in this area. Casein (cow milk protein) consumption is positively correlated with cancer, heart disease, and diabetes.

Question: Why are vegans so quick to make claims about alleged antibiotics or hormones in meat, dairy, or eggs, but...? ...but...they never complain about the pesticides on produce and grains, pesticides that cannot be washed off no matter how hard you try, no matter how long you rinse it under the faucet, since the chemicals have been absorbed into the skin and are now in the flesh of the fruit? Especially considering exactly how tightly the meat industry is regulated. You complain a lot more loudly about meat though.

Answer: I'm vegan, and I'm certainly a proponent of organic produce and grains! I buy organic whenever possible. I do worry a lot about the antibiotics used in the meat industry, too, since they contribute to the huge problem of resistant bacteria. And I worry about the effects of hormones as well. All are serious problems.

Question: Why are meat eaters freaking out about hormones in their milk? They eat animal body parts loaded with drugs and they are now freaking out about hormones in their milk... Is drinking drugs worse than eating drugs?

Answer: I agree. I think mostly people are just blissfully ignorant to the crap thats really in commercial meat and diary products. Meat is loaded with steroids, hormones, antibiotics, pesticide residue (from feed) and loads of other nasty stuff. Commercial milk and dairy products are no better.

Question: does meat, which is added hormones and antibiotics, causes mad cow disease? Also, please tell me how this kind of meat affects to people other than mad cow disease?

Answer: Mad cow disease primarily comes from animals eating animal byproduct. Farmers want to dole out more cattle to make more money and so to cheapen the cost of raising them, they cut food quality. The cows end up eating unwanted/unused chunks of other animals including cow byproduct. Cows are herbivores and no creature is meant to eat its own kind. Basically the human race is getting screwed by people wanting to make more money...aaagain.

Question: How and why are anti-biotic and hormones added to poultry and meat we eat? Also, what are the effects that happen to the human body as we consume this?

Answer: Industries that produce meat, milk, etc inject animals with hormones do so to increase the size of the animal or to increse milk production; the animals are injected with antibiotics to keep the animal healthy. For example, dairy cows are in injected with penicillin to cure mastitis, which affects milk production, especially if it kills the cow... There is frequently little effect on human consumers except in the case of allergies, such as to penicillin that may get into the milk.

Question: Is the hormones in meat bad for us? If not why was it banned in other nations?

Answer: well, theyre not the best for you. some hormones in the meat are poisons. Me and my family eat organic meat and milk.

Question: How much hormones and antibiotics does red meat/pork have?

Answer: It depends on what type of beef/pork you buy. "Kobe" beef is the finest beef you can buy, and it is hormone/antibiotic-free,( a 12oz "Kobe" NY Strip is about $100). There are much cheaper "free-range" beefs/pork's; look for "organic, free-range, hormone/antibiotic free" on the packaging at your local "chef's market" or "upscale" grocer. I wish I could always afford such lavish meats but sometimes you just gotta get "Cubs Ground Sirloin"! (lol) (FYI:"Cubs"=local grocery store)

Question: What would be the environmental justice for those that eat hormones and antibiotics in meat?

Answer: What would be justice for them? You mean, like, how they get to eat meat from the biggest, strongest, healthiest cows that modern veterinary science can produce? I don't really think of that as "justice", as much as simple cause and effect.

Question: Do male humans who are against eating meat have unusually high levels of feminine hormones? Nurturing is a female instinct. If you are denying there are specific male and female hormones than you really aren't fit to answer a scientific question like this are you? sam----dairy cows aren't used for meat....so you have no "grounds" there.

Answer: Yes, I would both agree and disagree with you. I disagree that nurturing is only a "female instinct". Men can be nurturing as well. I agree that male humans who are rabid veggie heads likely have unusually high levels of feminine hormones. This is more likely to happen to vegan males I think, among whom you don't find many alpha-males. I think many are "emo" like in their behaviors and passive except when it comes to defending their vegan-ness, then they exhibit PMS-like behaviors. Many of them are so obsessed with vegan stuff they fail to deal with deep seated issues of latent homosexuality. It doesn't mean they are bad. It's their true orientation and they should be freed from their prison of disassociative behaviors and denial. It is sad to see so many vegan males and some vegetarian males remaining closeted instead of being the free and gay men they were created to be.

Question: does the meat that we eat contain growth hormones? what are the results on older people? and why do they add them?I don't remember giving anyone permission

Answer: because of so many things they put in the cows and pigs and chickens ect, to make them grow faster, to get to market is why the younger generation is fallin apart quicker and everyone get sicker easyer, years ago when family ate the fat and fryed foods and they had to work manully, you did not hear of half of the illness like today, and carpul tunnel, cause the animals were feed gain that did not have fast grown crap in it as well as other garbage they feed the animals today. so your answer is yes!

Question: Environmental Justice for Hormones and antibiotics in meat? What would be the environmental justice for those that eat hormones and antibiotics in meat?

Answer: Long life and prosperity. When a diseased animal gets into a packing house and is slaughtered before the disease is discovered, the production line is shut down until the areas that animal contaminated have been sanitized. If healthy meat comes into contact with the diseased meat it must be rejected and discarded. The USDA and FDA are constantly testing pharmaceuticals to see if they are injurious to people or can be transmitted through food to be injurious to people. While I'm not personally in favor of growth hormones, there needs to be evidence that they are harmful before they are banned. Antibiotics might be used routinely by feeders on receipt of new stock, but constant use or over-use of antibiotics is likely to kill an animal long before it is marketable. This is not very profitable. The use of many antibiotics requires isolation of the animal until the antibiotics are out of its system.

Question: I eat a lot of chicken what can the hormones in meat do to someone?

Answer: The food industry will tell you that cooking meats and other items thoroughly will destroy most of the hormones and antibiotics present. However, this is not always the case and studies have shown that a very small amount of these substances can change the way your body operates. Many hormones are present in your body including testosterone and estrogen, among others. Additional amounts of either of these can have dramatic consequences. Antibiotics in meat is being blamed for resistent bacteria we are seeing. Your best choice is always to select organic, free range chicken and other meats and seafood, eggs and organic milk and vegetables and fruits whenever possible. It is well worth the extra cost and if the public starts to demand it, we'll see an improvement in what is provided in our stores.