IMPACT OF HORMONES / STEROIDS IN ANIMAL FEEDS:
Some decades ago the age for attainment of puberty among Girls was 14 / 15 years . Past 5 / 6 decades it has started advancing as each decade passed by, towards 13,12, 11,10 and now to 9 and less.
At the age of 10 a girl is reported to be 7 months pregnant. It would never at all been possible 5 / 6 decades back as the sexual and secondary sexual organs would never have developed at the age of 10 for girls.
What could be the reasons for early onset of puberty these days ? Some abnormal diet or some abnormal contents in the diet . It could be both . The first is under our control; we can stop with sufficient nutrition required for the growth of a child. The next is not at all directly under our control. For example the products that had to be released in the market on war footing to control the prevailing situation then - Protein malnutrition , rickets and so many due to under nourishment. The Central Govt. had to come during those years [Post Independence ] with Green Revolution for grains , White Revolution for MILK & EGGS , then to produce quick non vegetarian meat at available cost . New hybrid animals and birds which could yield quicker than the conventional ones were developed and released . Towards the program of quick yielding , special feeds had to be administered to these specially reared.
The feeds had to be fortified to suit the immediate demands of Milk, Eggs and meat . How ? All the feeds for poultry and animal are fortified not only with vitamins and minerals , but also with antibiotics ( poultry feed for broiler and Egg laying to prevent infections for the birds ).
Hormones / Anabolic steroids are also added for quick ” CONVERSION OF FEED TO FLESH “. A naturally bred new born chicken takes 16 weeks to be to come to the meat market ; but the specially bred ones with special Feed takes less than 6 weeks with 75 % more meat per bird [Farmer saves 10 weeks to bring his produce from investment to cash on hand ]. This concept swept the market as well as in the villages in the mid 60”s.The hormones / Steroids help in quick muscle / flesh formation in the birds / animals . Likewise for quick egg laying .
Traces of these hormones will also be present in the poultry and meat products consumed by the population. “ YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT “ was the words of a Yogi . This could be one of the causes attributed to the advancing onset of Puberty in children who consume the products resulting out of this practice.
So let us take a close look at the 4 Tenets by IDA KEELING said at 99 year .
EAT FOR NUTRITION NOT FOR TASTE
DO WHAT YOU NEED TO NOT WHAT YOU WANT TO.
DON’T LEAVE OUT YOUR DAILY EXERCISE .
LOVE YOURSELF.” – IDA KEELING -99. more