Animal Protein

Animal Protein May Instigate and / or Accelerate A Wide Range of Diseases

• Mental Decline
• Failing Hearts
• Cancer
• Diabetes
• Eye Problems
• Kidney Stones
• Multiple Sclerosis and Other Autoimmune Diseases
• Obesity
• Osteoporosis

Animal Protein Is Linked To Infertility

Harvard researchers studied infertility in more than 18,000 women and found that “Ovulation infertility was 39% more likely in women with the highest intake of animal protein than in those with the lowest.  The reverse was true for women with the highest intake of plant protein, who were substantially less likely to have had ovulatory infertility than women with the lowest plant protein intake.”

– Skinny Bitch: Bun in the Oven (2005) by Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin; page 89

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Animal Protein Contains Environmental Toxins

The abundance and complex interaction of the many pesticides, herbicides, industrial wastes, etc. can wreak havoc on our endocrine, hormonal, neurological, immunological, and reproductive systems.  Imagine what these toxins can do to developing fetuses.  Prenatal exposure has caused altered sexual behavior, like demasculinization and feminization; behavioral problems; learning disabilities; hyperactivity; under-activity; memory problems; growth retardation; delayed reflexes; reduced intelligence; limb deformities; heart defects; penis deformities; undescended testicles; reduced size of penis and testicles; eye inflammation; and hyperpigmentation.

Infants and children are also at a much higher risk than adults because their organs are still growing and developing, and they eat and drink more than adults in relation to their body weights (so their exposure to toxins can be higher, relatively speaking).  Destruction, disruptions, and alterations during these delicate developmental periods can cause permanent and irreversible damage, especially because their metabolic pathways and immune systems are immature.  There is an increased risk for childhood cancers and for neurological diseases later in life, like dementia and Parkinson’s.

– Skinny Bitch: Bun in the Oven (2005) by Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin; pages 99 – 101

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Animal Protein Contains Antibiotics

Approximately 70% of all antibiotics used in the United States each year is given to farm animals!  This overuse of antibiotics leads to the development of new antibiotic-resistant bacterial strains…  One USDA study found 67% of chicken and 66% of beef to be contaminated with “superbugs” that couldn’t be killed by antibiotics…  No wonder the European Union wants nothing to do with our meat.  They only allow four antibiotics to be used on their livestock, none of which are used in human health care…  Our country allows farmers to feed arsenic to broiler chickens. You heard us.  It’s legal to feed arsenic to broiler chickens (to kill parasites and promote growth)…  Apparently, the USDA and FDA don’t mind that researchers found arsenic residue in chicken at 100% of fast-food restaurants and 50% of supermarkets investigated.

– Skinny Bitch: Bun in the Oven (2005) by Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin; page 95

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Animal Protein Contains Growth Hormones

It’s been reported that approximately 99% of commercially raised cattle is treated with growth hormones.  When we eat their flesh, we’re eating the growth hormones.  No wonder Americans are struggling with weight problems — we’re ingesting growth hormones on a regular basis.

And no wonder reproductive cancers have skyrocketed since the 1950s — breast cancer has increased by 55%, testicular cancer has gone up by 120%, and prostate cancer has increased 190%!  In addition to antibiotics and steroids, growth-promoting sex hormones are also given to farm animals routinely.  For more than a decade, the FDA has allowed farmers to implant hormonal agents in the ears of cows.  These include — but are in no way limited to — testosterone (male hormone); estradiol and progesterone (female hormones); and norgestomet (a synthetic progestin).  By the way, the estrogen estradiol is one of the most commonly used hormones for fattening cows.  And it’s a potent carcinogen…  These hormones can contribute to estrogen dominance, which has been linked to endometriosis; fibroids; and breast, ovarian, and cervical cancer in women. In men, estrogen dominance can cause prostate and testicular cancer, and even “male menopause.”  Male menopause can include symptoms like impotence, testicular atrophy, breast growth, fatigue, depression, and reduction or loss of sex drive.

In Puerto Rico in the early 1980s, after eating meat from treated cows, thousands of children developed painful ovarian cysts and experienced premature sexual growth.  A new study in Human Reproduction reported that the more meat women ate while pregnant, the lower their sons’ sperm concentration.  And nowadays, 15% of Caucasian and nearly 50% of African American girls start puberty at age eight.

– Skinny Bitch: Bun in the Oven (2005) by Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin; pages 96 – 97

In Japan, 100% of cattle slaughtered for human consumption are tested for mad cow disease.  Here, we test approximately .0010428% (that’s less than one-tenth of one percent)!

– Skinny Bitch: Bun in the Oven (2005) by Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin; page 98

65 nations have full or partial restrictions on importing our beef.

– Skinny Bitch: Bun in the Oven (2005) by Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin; page 98

The FDA approved the spraying of live viruses onto meat and poultry products to combat listeria.  The spray contains six different viral strains and meat companies aren’t obligated to inform customers which products have been sprayed.

– Skinny Bitch: Bun in the Oven (2005) by Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin; pages 98 – 99

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• Dairy
• Fish

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