The word hormone gives everyone a gloomy impression.

The child was too fat and thought he had eaten chicken containing hormones;

The child matured prematurely and thought he had eaten honey containing hormones;

The woman had breast cancer and thought I drank too much soy milk containing estrogen;

There are more and more fake mothers, and it is thought that it is caused by the estrogen in food...

Such as this There are many opinions, and it is precisely because of these opinions that we are troubled while enjoying delicious food.

Next, we will take stock of what "hormone-containing foods" are and whether hormones exist.

Do hormone ducks and instant chickens really exist?

First of all, hormones cannot be used. Injecting hormones into chickens, ducks and pigs is too expensive, even exceeding the selling price of chickens, and ordinary farmers cannot afford it and dare not use it.

Secondly, experts from the Academy of Agricultural Sciences said that the use of hormones not only increases the cost, but also requires high hormone injections. Many data show that the use of hormones is not only ineffective on animal growth, but also increases the likelihood of heart disease and ascites in poultry and increases mortality.

There are three reasons why fast-growing chickens grow fast:

The breed, Baiyu chicken, has a short growth cycle, usually 45 days, but has a high meat yield.

Environment, automatic breeding, water addition, sewage discharge, the better the living environment, the faster the chickens will grow.

Feeds, scientifically proportioned feeds, and scientifically administered medications reduce the incidence rate.

Do contraceptive eels really exist?

The term "contraceptive fattening eel" first appeared in the 1990s. The reason is that some farmers have no technology, and the eels always die and fail to grow, so some people want to try using birth control pills. So there are rumors.

Some experts conducted experiments on eels using estriol, estradiol, and methyltestosterone. The results show that hormones have little effect on the growth of eels, but they will cause a large number of eels to die within a month, with the mortality rate reaching up to 90%.

Therefore, it is unrealistic to use birth control pills to fatten eels.

Do Bullwhip and Ziheche have hormones?

Animal whips, generally referring to the genitals of male animals, are believed to have the function of nourishing the kidneys, which is related to the "reproductive worship" of ancient civilizations.

The placenta after birth. There are hormones in these things, but they don’t have the function of “big tonics”. Moreover, after being exposed to sunlight, high temperatures, etc., the hormones are deactivated and there is not much left.

04 Are there hormones in royal jelly and honey?

In addition to sugar and water, honey contains less than 1% of other ingredients. This 1% is usually some vitamins, minerals, organic acids and pollen. There are no animal hormones and only a small amount of plant hormones. However, this This hormone has no effect on the human body.

The "ripening" component in royal jelly is actually an active protein. When royal jelly is taken orally, it will be inactivated by digestive juices and will not affect the human body.

As for sex hormones, royal jelly has been detected, but the content is too small and affects the human body.

05Can milk cause precocious puberty?

Hormones do exist in milk. A milk powder test organized by the Ministry of Health in 2010 found that the contents of estrogen and progesterone in a certain brand of milk powder were 0.2~2.3 μg/kg and 13-72 μg/kg respectively. The contents of these two symbolic hormones in breast milk are 7.9~18.5 and 10~40 respectively.

It means that the hormone content in breast milk is relatively high, so you don’t need to be careful whether the milk can be drunk.

06 Do thorny cucumbers use hormones?

In fact, what is practical is "phytohormones", which are two kinds of substances like animal hormones. They have no effect on the human body and only target plants. In addition, the "estrogen" in soy products is actually an estrogen-like substance that can regulate hormones in the human body in both directions. It has weak activity and is harmless to the human body.

We should be more worried

"Environmental estrogens"

Such as plasticizers, dioxins, binary A, Freon, and diphenyl in cosmetics Methyl ketone etc.

This estrogen can interfere with the body's normal endocrine system, inhibit the function of the endocrine system, and lead to hormone-related diseases.

Therefore, we should pay more attention to the impact of the environment on health.