Are injecting hormones in chicken, the reason for the onset of the early puberty?

How is it possible for today's chicken to be grown so plump and quicker..

Are hormones used in poultry production, which is related to early onset of puberty..

The misinformation of hormones has been so widespread that the consumers assume the worst instead of asking why hormones are used.

Getting straight to the truth.

The simple answer is NO

No hormones or steroids are used on chickens.

Actually there's no logical reason to use hormonal steroids in chicken.

Feeding hormones to chicken is simply not effective. Digestion merely converts hormones into basic amino acids which just destroys their function. So the only way to make a hormone to work would be to inject it into the bird everyday.

And that's where we get into the economic fallacy of using hormones and raising poultry. The expense of injecting hundreds and hundreds of chickens on a daily basis simply would not be feasible. 

I'm not convincing one to consume chicken as it's up to the individual but it's my duty to break the myth and check for the scientific facts..

Before the development of modern commercial meat breeds, broilers were mostly young male chickens culled from farm flocks. 

Poultry breeding companies have used the process of natural genetic selection to carefully select for desirable traits in broiler chickens – it is not genetic modification but called selective breeding. 

Selective breeding is the process of breeding two animals with desirable qualities so that their offspring will have those traits as well. In the case of broiler chickens, they've been selectively bred to grow unnaturally large. 

Also the poultry industry has fine tuned the feed of chickens.. giving them a high calorie diet, as their bodies are extremely efficient at converting the food they eatn Ito breast meat.

If so is the early onset puberty because of chicken consumption..

To understand why, first we need to make sure that we understand what hormones are. hormones as our bodies' "chemical messengers," which travel through our bloodstreams to tissues and organs, that play an important role in our growth and development, metabolism, reproductive system, and mood.

Just like in humans, hormones are found naturally in both plants and animals. Whether we're eating a plant-based diet or one that includes animal products, it's important to understand the effects that certain foods can have on our overall hormonal balance.

So are hormones found in plant-based foods?

Just like in humans, plant growth is regulated by hormones, and eating a plant-based diet can have a number of effects on our own bodies' hormones.

For example, there's been a fair amount of debate in recent years over the consumption of soy products. Some say eating and drinking soy-based alternatives (like tofu or soy milk) to animal products can bring a multitude of health benefits. However, others have made the unsubstantiated claim that consuming too much soy can actually cause health problems.

Now what about the hormones found in animal products?

Be it animals raised for consumption like broiler chickens and beef or any living being in general. animals naturally have hormones in their bodies.. 

While here artificial hormones come into work for cattle, but that option remains off the table for chicken growers. Whether it's from a natural or synthetic source, eating animal products—such as dairy, meat—means consuming the hormones from these animals' bodies as well.

Estrogen consumption is a primary concern, because the compound is identical in a chicken's body or any animal's body as it is in a human's body. So few reports do say that the natural hormones of plants and animals have been connected to early puberty, but there ain't any proven result.

Apart from which 

Usage of antibiotics given to chickens are only for medical reasons and are most often prescribed by qualified veterinary doctors registered with the medical council...

In essence, there is no valid scientific reason to panic that eating broiler chicken will result in obesity or early puberty. 

My point of view as a food technologist would be that the poultry industry along with the veterinarian could reduce the usage of antibiotics on chickens. 

And make the chicken eat grass and grains instead of formulated feeds.

And yes a moderation in consumption of chicken would be fine.. 

MJ

Food scientist and technologist 

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