Blog 11 :Hormones Implanted in Cattle, Hormones Implanted in Us.

Thesis/Main idea.

• Hormones implanted in cattle means hormones implanted in humans. The issue in the making of products from cattle is that hormones are being added to dairy cattle in order to make them grow faster and produce more milk. Hormones are a risk to the younger generation, where they cause a rapid growth in a child leading to further maturing problems.

P1: Hormones implanted in cattle.

• What does it mean?-

• How is it done?-Many cattle are fed the same muscle-building androgens-usually testosterone surrogates-that some athletes consume. Other animals receive estrogens, the primary female sex hormones, or progestins, semiandrogenic agents that shut down a female's estrus cycle.

• Why does it need to be done?- America is in constant need of large supply of dairy and beef. Having cattle raised and fed naturally would not be effective enough to make the right amount of product. Therefore, the hormones speed up muscle growth, and change cycles of cows in order to increase production.

• Is it dangerous?- another way that these powerful agents can find their way into people and other animals. A substantial portion of the hormones literally passes through the cattle into their feces and ends up in the environment, where it can get into other food and drinking water.

P2:

• How does it affect the consumer?

• How does it affect women who are pregnant?-Nutrition and growth during infancy are an emerging issue because of their potential link to metabolic health disorders in later life.

• How does it affect child development?

        The shaping of an adult begins in the early age. If a child is consuming large amounts of beef and products coming from cattle that's been raised on hormones, the drug passes on to the consumer. Even a bit of food contains some sort of percentage of hormones.

• Early maturity?

           Since hormones are a drug for rapid growth, it is obvious an animals system will rapidly increase its growth process, passing it on to the consumer. Many children have had signs of early maturity. For instance, one boy began growing facial hair at the age of ten years old.

P3:

• Reference to experiences: Both and girl experienced early maturity.

• Child obesity?- Obesity is a multifactorial condition with syndromic and nonsyndromic variants.Childhood obesity is diagnosed based on body mass index; a child is considered overweight at the 85th to 95th percentiles and obese at or above the 95th percentile.

• Adult obesity?

          Obesity starts in childhood stages, then it leads to the adult stage. Whatever an individuals diet was based on when they were a child reflect on what it will be in their adulthood, unless they choose to make healthier choices.

Conclusion:

All sources are listed on Blog #10. They have not yet been cited on blog #11.