Are the Hormones in cheese the same Hormones people put in meat?!
Question: Are the Hormones in cheese the same Hormones people put in meat!?
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The hormone you are referring to is Bovine Somatotropin or rBST (rbGH to some) and it is used in both dairy and beef cows to increase their rate of growth!. It works indirectly in the cow by stimulating the production of Insulin-like growth factor one (IGF-1), which essentially makes cells divide (which is what causes growth)!. It is more common in the dairy industry, but industrial beef farms use it as well because it makes the cow bigger sooner so you can kill it earlier and essentially get more meat out the space!. Anything labeled "rbGH or hormone free" is free of these hormones because by FDA law the producer must show proof that they do not use the hormone!.
To add to what Michal above me said: the actual hormone does make its way into the cheese/milk/beef, but in too small a quantity to measure and it is broken down during the pasteurization or cooking process!. However, the IGF-1 DOES go into the milk (I don't know about beef) and it is not denatured during the pasteurization process!. In the presence of casein (protein in milk) your body cannot digest it, so it is absorbed whole into the bloodstream!.
IGF-1 is naturally found in all milk, even hormone free milk, but it is found in higher concentrations in the rbgh milk!. When the IGF-1 is in your bloodstream it creates an environment suited to cell growth, and in some individuals this extra cell growth can be the little bit that pushes them over the edge into cancer!. There were already studies linking high dairy consumption to breast, prostate, and colon cancers prior to rbGH, but since rbGH increases that IGF-1 it can be deduced that it will also increase your likely hood of developing cancer, assuming you are high-risk!.
Some would argue that there is more IGF-1 in human breast milk than there is in cow's milk and that is true!. However, babies triple in size by year 2 and they need this rapid growth!. Never in the life cycle is growth this rapid, so IGF-1 is not needed in large quantities!. Although the body always has IGF-1 in it, some people have too much and are at risk for cancer!. It is these individuals that would benefit from a dairy-free diet!.
In my year researching rbGH for my undergrad research paper, I was never able to find any substancial evidence linking rbGH to estrogen in boys!.
If you are going to consider going rbGH-free, do it for the cow's sake!. There is more risk to the cow's health than to yours (increased mastitis, infections, etc)!. And Monsanto (the producer of rbGH admits to these problems as well!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
To add to what Michal above me said: the actual hormone does make its way into the cheese/milk/beef, but in too small a quantity to measure and it is broken down during the pasteurization or cooking process!. However, the IGF-1 DOES go into the milk (I don't know about beef) and it is not denatured during the pasteurization process!. In the presence of casein (protein in milk) your body cannot digest it, so it is absorbed whole into the bloodstream!.
IGF-1 is naturally found in all milk, even hormone free milk, but it is found in higher concentrations in the rbgh milk!. When the IGF-1 is in your bloodstream it creates an environment suited to cell growth, and in some individuals this extra cell growth can be the little bit that pushes them over the edge into cancer!. There were already studies linking high dairy consumption to breast, prostate, and colon cancers prior to rbGH, but since rbGH increases that IGF-1 it can be deduced that it will also increase your likely hood of developing cancer, assuming you are high-risk!.
Some would argue that there is more IGF-1 in human breast milk than there is in cow's milk and that is true!. However, babies triple in size by year 2 and they need this rapid growth!. Never in the life cycle is growth this rapid, so IGF-1 is not needed in large quantities!. Although the body always has IGF-1 in it, some people have too much and are at risk for cancer!. It is these individuals that would benefit from a dairy-free diet!.
In my year researching rbGH for my undergrad research paper, I was never able to find any substancial evidence linking rbGH to estrogen in boys!.
If you are going to consider going rbGH-free, do it for the cow's sake!. There is more risk to the cow's health than to yours (increased mastitis, infections, etc)!. And Monsanto (the producer of rbGH admits to these problems as well!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Perhaps you are thinking of enzymes rather than hormones!. Enzymes (essentially a biological form of chemical catalysts) are often used to make cheese, although in the most traditional methods of cheese-making, living microbes are added to milk and it is enzymes from these microbes that cause the milk to become cheese!.
This is not related to hormones in meat!. Hormones are chemical control signals in the body, and introducing artificial hormones is a way of stimulating an animal in some way, e!.g!., to make it grow more quickly!. One hormone relevant to cheese, and worry for many people, is rBST (recombinant bovine somato-tropin) which is given to cows to cause them to produce more milk!. rBST purportedly does not show up in the milk itself, but it does stress the cow in ways that can lead to infections, and infections in turn encourage use of antibiotics which can either appear in milk in trace quantities or encourage development of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, an increasing health threat to humans!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
This is not related to hormones in meat!. Hormones are chemical control signals in the body, and introducing artificial hormones is a way of stimulating an animal in some way, e!.g!., to make it grow more quickly!. One hormone relevant to cheese, and worry for many people, is rBST (recombinant bovine somato-tropin) which is given to cows to cause them to produce more milk!. rBST purportedly does not show up in the milk itself, but it does stress the cow in ways that can lead to infections, and infections in turn encourage use of antibiotics which can either appear in milk in trace quantities or encourage development of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, an increasing health threat to humans!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
if the cow has recieved hormones and the milk to make the cheese comes from that cow!.!.!.!.it has hormones in it!. Hormones are not put into cheese seperatelyWww@Answer-Health@Com
I don't know wher eyou live, but in the south we have Braum's!.!.!.!.all their dairy and meat etc are all hormone free and tastes way better than anything else you can buyWww@Answer-Health@Com