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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are very careful about what we put in our bodies. All milk is hormone (rBst) free, as is all meat/poultry.  All fish is humanely caught. All eggs are organic and we know how the chickens are kept (cage-free) and what they are fed (zero antibiotics or hormones).

All produce is organic, though sometimes we'll let certain foods slide, like bananas, because we don't eat the skin. But definitely the dirty dozen.

[b]It's because of all the hormones in meat and milk that girls are hitting puberty earlier,[/b] and because of all the antibiotics routinely given to animals that we eat that humans are becoming antibiotic-resistant. [/quote]

I'm all for hormone-free, but most studies point to excess weight and low/no nutrient food as the primary causes of early puberty.[/quote]

[b]Also, I thought a lot of the problems with hormones in milk are from the cows being constantly pregnant while providing milk, not the added rBst.  That is not a problem that goes away by buying organic or from cows not given rBst[/b].[/quote]

+1.

Still, we buy organic or organic equivalent (small, local farm that isn't certified orginic but uses organic or better practices) for meat, milk, eggs, cheese, and the dirty dozen and if not available, we mostly don't buy it.  Other stuff, we buy organic if it is available and non-organic if it isn't.  Occasionally if a recipe calls for something, I will buy non-organic, but generally, we just buy what is availablw in organic and looks good and meal plan around that rather than the other way around.   [/quote]

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