Have you noticed how early our children develop these days?  Some teenaged girls have the bodies of full grown women, mostly because of the food they eat. Our parents and grandparents, especially those who lived in the South,  probably didn’t worry about food as much as we do today.

For one thing, there wasn’t as much of a connection in the medical world between diet and nutrition. They followed an old-fashioned diet of meat, potatoes and green vegetables at dinner. They also had no clue about the need to eat whole grain starches like brown rice  instead of white rice or brown sugar and honey as opposed to white sugar.  Many of our ancestors grew their own vegetables for economical reasons and stayed away from frozen and fast foods. They also weren’t aware of the  ramifications of eating steroid-infused meats,  because the information wasn’t out there like it is today.

Today, commercial farms use many drugs like steroids to grow cattle and chickens faster than normal.  Unless you routinely purchase grass-fed cattle, or chickens that peck their grains from the ground, you are eating meats that never see the light of day.

Most supermarket-purchased meats have been killed cruelly, meaning the animals are kept inside, fed by machines and placed on conveyor belts for slaughter. A lot of the meat is infused with steroids to make them grow faster. Those steroids contribute to a condition that doctors call “Precocious Puberty,”  a medical term used to describe young  girls who develop earlier than normal. You may have noticed young  females developing breasts as early as the age of seven, when their development normally shouldn’t begin until they are  11 or 12.

Even some of the fish we buy at the supermarket is farm-raised, as opposed to caught from fresh water or the ocean. Although farm-raised fish doesn’t have the same toxins found in natural-water sources, it can be a problem because it’s infused with chemicals.  Some people have dropped eating flesh altogether, but  are then concerned about getting enough protein in the diet.

The alternative to becoming a full-fledged vegetarian and only eating beans and soy  is buying organic, grain-fed chicken and beef raised on farms that allow them to see the light of day.  Although they are more expensive, specialty markets sell organic-raised chickens that eat grain from the ground and cattle that eat real grass. This produces healthier food for us to put on the table, plus it tastes much better.

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