Could Hormones in Meat Affect Acne?
You’ve probably heard the fact reported that adult acne has been on the rise over the past few years. So, what could be the reason? It can’t simply be that we’re all under the same increasing amounts of pressure over the every day dealings of life in general, or some sort of a mass shift in genetics, could it? Not really, but there are probably several contributing factors to the increase in both adult acne, and teen acne.
One of the reasons that has been looked at, but never really proven one way or another, and keep in mind that the reasons in general can be additive in nature, especially since we consume tons of soybean oil every day in processed foods that we don’t even know about, and this has been known to mess up the hormonal balance by adding too much phony estrogen into our bodies and throwing off the hormone balance that’s supposed to be there. Meat though, unless it is bought from a butcher that does not add artificial hormones and antibiotics, usually is treated with some sort of hormones.
This is because adding hormones to a chicken or a cow’s diet actually increases their growth and meat, and makes them ready to slaughter earlier than the animals that don’t get the hormones. In other words, it’s a cheap and dirty trick the meat companies use to help them turn profits faster and make their chicken, beef, or whatever other meat they are packing, grow into marketable pieces of meat much faster.
However, those hormones aren’t without their negative human interactions, some think. It’s been considered that the addition of hormones to a lot of our meats has actually contributed to several things, among them potentially the increases in adolescent and adult acne, increases in breast cancers and even prostate and other hormonally charged cancers, and a variety of other health problems and other basically harmless but nonetheless annoying issues.
What you might want to try, just to be safe, if you are a carnivore and not a vegetarian, is to start buying the hormone free meats. There are usually hormone free options now even at grocery stores that you can buy. They cost a little more, sure, but honestly they taste worlds better than the other stuff with the hormones and antibiotics in them. After all, every little bit of healthy living choices makes a difference in your overall health and well being, so it might not just benefit your complexion, but also your overall health and longevity.
