Does Chicken Have Growth Hormones? Eating Too Much To Fear Precocious Puberty? Nutritionists Reveal 2 Truths

Chicken is a source of high-quality protein, and chicken is often the choice of ingredients recommended by experts such as nutritionists in various healthy diets. But there is a saying that has been circulating for many years: "Chicken has growth hormone, and children are prone to precocious puberty." Is this true?

Nutritionist Lu Mengfan shared a conversation he heard in a restaurant in a post on Fan Post: "Now chickens are given growth hormones, and children are prone to precocious puberty after eating them." "Do you know why growth hormones are given? Because Taiwanese eat too much meat! In order to supply such a large amount of chicken, chicken farmers have to help the chickens with growth hormone.”

 

Taiwanese chickens did not use growth hormone 2 reasons to tell you

Lu Mengfan said that this rumor has been circulating for many years. In fact, the price of growth hormone is very expensive, and the muscle is very cheap. The matter of "helping chickens with growth hormone" is completely inconsistent. cost-benefit considerations. In the past, some doctors laughed and said that some parents wanted their children to use growth hormone to grow taller, but they immediately backed off when they heard the price.

Besides, growth hormone doesn't work in one shot. Lu Mengfan explained that a chicken can be grown in about 32 to 35 days. During this period, it is very difficult for chicken farmers to vaccinate their chickens. Very likely to be implemented; no growth hormone products for chickens currently exist on the market.

Breed and Feed Improvement Chickens grow in 35 days

So why do chickens grow so fast? Lv Mengfan pointed out that the main reason isBreeders will select robust chickens with faster daily weight gain to mate. After thousands of generations of selection, modern chickens will grow up and reach market age much shorter than in the past.

The "Controversial Information Clarification Zone" of the Council of Agriculture has also clarified this. In addition to the successful breeding, the chicken feed formula has also been improved to provide balanced nutrition, with good feeding management and drinking facilities, so that the chickens As long as you eat 1.8 kg of feed, you can gain 1 kg of body weight.

Recognize the 2 marks chicken is safe to eat

The Committee of Agriculture reminds that you can eat with peace of mind when you buy meat from legal sources; for example, the main specifications of CAS meat certification include domestic livestock and poultry meat slaughtered by qualified electric slaughtering plants as raw materials , It requires the hygiene of the working environment, the use of modern processing technology, and strict monitoring of the process, quality and hygiene. After proper packaging, it is transported to major channels for sale at low temperature.

In addition, there is also the slaughtering hygiene qualified mark of the Prevention and Inspection Bureau, which means that the meat is produced by legal slaughterhouses. Whether it is fresh, refrigerated or frozen meat, it must be checked by professional veterinarians. All livestock and poultry slaughterhouses in Taiwan have more than 500 professionals inspected.

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