Does anyone know any health problems with consuming beef?
I just need some facts about how the hormones or pesticides that cattle feed off can harm the person consuming it.
You’re never going to get ‘facts’. Each side thinks they’re right. You just have to decide for yourself.
I personally think the crap they put in meat is disgusting. I eat meat maybe once a week (aspiring veggie), and only organic, hormone and antibiotic free meat. I will never believe that artificial stuff is safe for your body. EWWWWWWW.
Being a vegetarian is also better for the environment. 30% of the grain grown is for feeding cattle. It takes A LOT of energy to produce that little bit of food that’s loaded with fat, calories, and cholesterol.
Then there are the dangers of eating ground beef. I don’t touch the stuff anymore. Do some reading about what goes on in meat plants. Gross, beyond belief. Do some reading on ecoli (second link).
What’s in the Beef?
According to the European Union’s Scientific Committee on Veterinary Measures Relating to Public Health, the use of six natural and artificial growth hormones in beef production poses a potential risk to human health.iii These six hormones include three which are naturally occurring—Oestradiol, Progesterone and Testosterone—and three which are synthetic—Zeranol, Trenbolone, and Melengestrol.
The Committee also questioned whether hormone residues in the meat of “growth enhanced” animals and can disrupt human hormone balance, causing developmental problems, interfering with the reproductive system, and even leading to the development of breast, prostate or colon cancer.iv
Children, pregnant women and the unborn are thought to be most susceptible to these negative health effects. Hormone residues in beef have been implicated in the early onset of puberty in girls, which could put them at greater risk of developing breast and other forms of cancer. The European Union’s Committee reported that as of 1999, no comprehensive studies had been conducted to determine whether hormone residues in meat can be cancer-causing.v
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Slaughterhouse: The Shocking Story of Greed, Neglect and Inhumane Treatment Inside Th U.S. Meat Industry $13.83 With powerful descriptions reminiscent of Upton Sinclair’s masterpiece The Jungle, this book takes a shocking, frightening look at where our beef, poultry, and pork are “mass-produced.” Photos…. |
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Cattle: A Handbook to the Breeds of the World $45.00 This book describes in detail nearly every variety and breed of cattle in the world, both domesticated and wild. It includes most of the newest breeds (especially the zebu/taurine crosses and bison/cattle of yak/cattle hybrids) and many important extinct breeds. The early chapters trace the domestication of cattle, looking more closely at the now extinct ancestral aurochs, and how different types … |
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Wyoming hay, its nutrient content (Wyoming beef cattle fact sheets) … |
