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What's in the food?

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Every week on the news it's another food recall, something else that could possibly kill us. then the researchers; say that the hormones in meats are causing our children to develop faster, come on, I mean my nine yr old granddaughter has breast! I didn't have those until I was 13. I take responsibility for the bag of cookies I eat on occasion, but can I blame it on something in my food? Part of it? Maybe? A tiny tiny bit? lol!
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Lol--wouldn't we all love to blame in on the food alone?!

But seriously, the way our food is made is a TON different than the way our grandparents' food was--even a lot of our parents'. We're eating meat and produce from across the country, and around the world, and we don't know how it was chemically treated; whereas even 50 years ago, produce didn't fly to us--it was trucked in from the closest farms, or grown on your own. At that point, there also weren't frozen dinners, boxed meals, or fast food--a lot of things we rely on...and probably eat too much of.

So, while I don't think we can "blame" the food (darn!), I do think the food has a very real role in the growing trend of overweight and obesity.
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My sister had breast cancer and her doctor mentioned something about the harmones given to dairy cows over the last 40 years or so. I imagine harmones are added to just about all meats. I think you're right, the food we eat these days is so 'fortified' with who knows what, which is supposed to make us healthy, but also adds to the calories and fat we consume.
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