Dangers of hormones and antibiotics

Dangers of hormones and antibiotics

Suddenly, we are talking about hormones and antibiotics, which are medicines, but the problem is that a large amount of these are actually mixed in foods.
The representatives of those mixed with these are the foodstuffs produced by livestock and aquaculture, and specifically, meat, farmed fish, eggs, milk and the like are representative.
First of all, meat has a bad reputation, but there is of course a reason why meat has a bad reputation.
Over-the-counter meat can be quite harmful to health, and it is known in the United States to inject sex hormones into cattle approximately 100 days before slaughter and before they are placed in the feed yard.

Although natural or synthetic sex hormones are inserted under the skin of the cow's ears.
Its purpose is monetary.
As the weight of the meat increases, it is said that the profit will increase by about 10% at a small additional cost.
For this reason, most commercial meats contain extremely high levels of sex hormones, but they are not properly labeled.
It has been pointed out that this concentration is particularly high in American cattle, but it cannot be said that cattle from other countries are okay.
There are many studies that may increase cancer by continuing to eat these meats.

First of all, there are many imported beef from the United States, such as beef served at all-you-can-eat yakiniku restaurants.
But have you ever thought that it was soft or delicious for that?
We Japanese, who think that the higher the degree of marbling, the higher the quality, do not like the lean meat of American beef, but for that reason, there is a natural reason why the meat is tender and Japanese.

"Food Karakuri" (p27-) Let's summarize and excerpt from the separate volume Treasure Island Editorial Department.

If you sprinkle a drug containing a proteolytic enzyme on lean beef, it will transform into tender and soft meat.
It uses a protease-based product called a plant-derived proteolytic enzyme preparation.
Moreover, the product pamphlet carefully states that it does not need to be labeled because it is not a food additive even if it is used.
Another method is to inject the fat of Japanese beef into lean beef and harden it with milk.
It sounds good to say that the progress of food processing technology is good, but the point is only the technology for increasing the added value of cheap raw materials and raising the price to make a profit.

One of the popular menus at yakiniku restaurants is tongue, but in fact, beef tonsils are "brain, spinal cord, eyes" according to the "risk level of BSE infection by site" issued by the EU Pharmaceutical Examination Agency. It is in the group next to the highly infected group of.
It is said that the frequency of BSE increases as the meat-and-bone meal is used, but the representative who uses this meat-and-bone meal is American beef.
Today's livestock meat is also dangerous in this sense.

Processed meat is even more dangerous.
Chicken McNugget is famous, but the fact that it uses medicated sick chicken from China is generally reported in the news.
It has been reported that a company that exports processed chicken products to Japan, called a large food group in Henan Province, has diverted sick chicken to food.
In an interview with a contract poultry farmer in a corporate group called Shandong Liuhe Group in Shandong Province, China, antibiotics are mixed with food twice daily, but 18 types are used to prevent resistance. It is said that the type of antibiotic is constantly changed and given.
It is said that many chickens die because they cannot keep up with the unnatural breeding method.

One of the reasons why this is repeated is that consumers are definitely "stupid" and "want to be deceived."
The point is that while food is provided with only dangerous profits, there is no big backlash or protest.
Of course, since it is the food industry, which is also a major sponsor of the media, it is until then that it is cleverly guided, but if people want to stay healthy or live a meaningful life, they still have to review food.

Another reason may be the sloppy food labeling.
This has the same composition in all fields, not just meat.
If you ask people in the industry, it's a level where you can cheat and lie.
Since this is a political and consumer issue, the law must be amended, but Japan is known to lag behind other countries in this respect as well.