Report on what you should not eat

I just finished reading a report on certain food items that you shouldn’t be eating. And this report comes from experts in their field: endocrinologists, farmers, toxicologists, farm director, fisheries expert, cancer researcher and organic foods researcher.

The one that caught my attention is what the cancer researcher said he won’t drink.

Every time I read any type of report about how our food is processed and what this food can do to our bodies, I think of growing my own food in the back yard. It seems like all the processing and preservatives, not to mention pesticides and other chemicals used on our food are all bad. It’s a little scary.

The cancer researcher said he would not drink milk produced with artificial hormones. This hormone, called rBGH or rBST is used to boost milk production. When we drink this hormone-produced milk, it leads to a higher level of a hormone called the insulin-like growth factor (IGF). High levels of this growth factor (IGF) may be contributing to breast, prostate and colon cancers.

Althought there isn’t definitive 100% proof that this is causing an increase in cancer in humans. An important note is that this type of hormone-produced milk is banned in most industrialized countries. Hmmmmm.

So, the recommendation is to check the labels on the milk and buy milk without artificial hormones or organic milk. If you drink a lot of milk, this might be a major adjustment for you and your family.