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Los medicamentos promotores del crecimiento anatómico en el proceso de la producción de carne son, sin ninguna duda, las hormonas más potentes presentes en el suministro de alimentos.
El Dr. Greger ha examinado minuciosamente la literatura académica mundial sobre nutrición clínica y creó esta nueva presentación con base en lo más reciente en investigación de vanguardia al explorar el rol que la alimentación puede desempeñar en la prevención, la detención e incluso la reversión de algunas de nuestras más temidas causas de muerte y discapacidad.
Los esteroides sexuales que se encuentran naturalmente en los productos animales probablemente exceden los impactos hormonales de los contaminantes químicos que alteran el sistema endocrino.
Los efectos hormonales del pesticida Roundup en la soja transgénica puestos en perspectiva.
The FDA’s suggestion that the meat industry voluntarily stop feeding antibiotics by the ton to farm animals to fatten them faster falls short of the changes needed to forestall the epidemic of antibiotic resistance.
El pienso para peces y pollos contaminado con toxinas del lodo de alcantarillados causa una exposición de dioxinas en personas a través del pollo, los huevos y el bagre.
The emergence of pathogens resistant to even our antibiotics of last resort has raised the specter of a “post-antibiotic age” in which drugs to fight infections may be useless. This has focused attention on the mass use of antibiotics in farm animal feed to promote growth and prevent infection in high density production.
By testing chicken feathers for chemical residues, researchers aim to find out what the poultry industry is feeding their birds. The presence of banned drugs and a broad range of pharmaceuticals raises concern, recalling the time in which DES was fed to chickens for years after it was shown to cause human vagina cancer.
What if billions in tax dollars were invested in healthier options, rather than given to corporations to subsidize the very foods that are making us sick?
Meat industry public relations campaign to “crush” myths makes false claim about the millions of pounds of antibiotics fed to farm animals.
Bacteria-eating viruses (bacteriophages) have been approved as meat additives to reduce the risk of Listeria and Campylobacter found in processed meat and poultry products, but there’s a concern they could spread toxin genes between bacteria.
The egg industry is attempting to improve the fatty acid lipid profile of eggs by feeding blubber from the Canadian harp seal hunt to laying hens.
The U.S. Inspector General cites the USDA for failing to safeguard the meat supply from drug residues.
Clostridium difficile is another “superbug” found in the U.S. meat supply.
