Whats Causing Precocious Puberty?
Obesity, hormones and pesticide residues in your food, and precocious puberty can be viewed as a linked triad. Overweight children have elevated levels of insulin, an increased ability to convert hormones into estrogen, and an increased ability to store environmental toxins, all of which may contribute to early puberty. But obesity is not a cause of early puberty in and of itself. It is, however, directly linked to diet, and the primary reason why diet may be a driving factor behind the early puberty phenomenon is the excessive use of hormones and other estrogen-mimicking chemicals in livestock and dairy production. The US FDA currently allows six different kinds of steroid hormones to be used in food production. • Estradiol — natural female sex hormone • Progesterone — natural female sex hormone • Testosterone – natural male sex hormone • Zeranol – synthetic growth promoter • Trenbolone acetate– synthetic growth promoter • Melengestrol acetate– synthetic growth promoter Federal regu
