Health Digest: Aug 26, 2010

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All about eggs, hormones, and offspring in the news today!

• Check your refrigerator! Two new egg brands added to recall list [cnn]

• Eggs from suspect farms will be processed, sold [msnbc]

• The Alarming Reason Why More Girls are Starting Puberty Early [foodconsumer.org]

• Vegetarian Children: How to Raise Healthy Kids with a Vegetarian Diet [Babble]

 

 

Wow!  Where to start today!

1.  First of all, I'm horrified that they will be putting tainted foods back into the food supply!  ICK!  I know they do this, but reading about it really upsets me.

2.  The hormones in our foods, especially dairy and meats, are one of the main reasons why I don't let my son eat them.  I feel especially sorry for all those really young girls (seven year-olds!) who are going through puberty so early.  I wonder how much this contributes to the sexualizing of pre-teens and adolescents.

3.  I'm very glad to have a "veggie baby" who has never had meat.  I really want to cut out all the dairy and eggs, but at least he only eats them 2-3 times a week now.  The thought of giving him hormones and carcinogens (cancer causing agents) sickens me!

What are you thinking about all of this?