Instant chicken contains a lot of hormones, harmful or carcinogenic? Reminder: 1 kind of chicken is really necessary to eat less

A few days ago, Uncle received complaints from fans, saying that he and a few buddies had a holiday dinner, and specially bought large pieces of chicken breasts and drumsticks from the supermarket.

My friend said that these chickens should not be bought in the future. They use instant chickens. They are all high in hormones. If you eat too much, they will cause cancer!

In the end, everyone was not very happy with the meal.

We all know that some of the chickens sold in fast food restaurants and supermarkets are indeed instant chickens. Can they be eaten with confidence? Uncle here to answer everyone's doubts.

Fast-growing chickens generally refer to white-feathered chickens. The reason why they grow fast mainly depends on three aspects:

Scientists combine fast-growing chickens with another fast-growing chicken, and continuously cultivate the "graduation" cycle. Shorter broilers. In the past, the feed was a single nutrient, which was not conducive to the growth and development of the chicks. Now, the farms will give feeds with different calorie ratios and nutrients according to the different growth stages of the chicks, including soybeans, corn, amino acids, vitamins, minerals, etc. Healthier than many people. The scientific feed formula makes the chickens need to eat less feed to gain one kilogram. In the past, the chickens lived in crowded iron cages, and the temperature was high, which easily led to loss of appetite. Nowadays, large-scale chicken farms have been upgraded to chicken houses with automatic temperature control and good ventilation. Of course, the chickens have more appetite for food. Of course, it can't be completely ruled out that some chickens have eaten food containing hormones and then you can eat them. But with this amount, you don't need to worry too much, because in your daily life, you may be exposed to much more hormones than chickens. In the impression of some people, hormones are like committing heinous crimes, such as making children mature prematurely, and making adults suffer from chronic diseases and cancer. But we can't confuse all hormones , hormones can be roughly divided into three categories, such as: This time, we only discuss what everyone is most worried about, that is, whether there are pathogenic hormones in the food you eat.

From the perspective of chicken itself, it is inevitable to contain hormones, and there will be hormones where there is life , such as the digestive tract, skin, and internal organs. But they are harmless hormones that can be digested by beneficial bacteria and gastric acid in the human gut, and will not have a substantial impact on the human body.

Most of everyone's fear of hormones comes from the past multiple cases of clenbuterol poisoning.

The first generation of Clenbuterol, Clenbuterol Hydrochloride , if consumed in excess, will produce severe or mild toxic reactions, such as tremors, limb paralysis, palpitations, abdominal pain, nausea, dizziness, etc., and even death in severe cases.

But chickens are different. Chicks eat hormones, which is not only costly, but may also cause metabolic disorders, reduce the slaughter rate, and cause greater economic losses.

In the first half of the 20th century, the world was raging with wars, and the front-line soldiers had an increasing demand for protein. How to raise chickens efficiently has become a top priority for farmers.

Thomas Jukes, later "the father of antibiotic chicken farming", was working at Lederer at this time, focusing on improving chicken feed to make chickens grow faster and have better survival rates.

Eventually he discovered that adding a small amount of chlortetracycline to the feed could not only cure the chicken's diarrhea, but also increase the chicken's body weight by 50%.

However, the price is that there will be antibiotics left in the chicken , and people will develop drug resistance if they eat too much.

Fortunately, times have changed. As long as you buy regular source chickens in large supermarkets and vegetable markets, you don't have to worry about disease or drug resistance after eating. Because of the deployment in accordance with the National Action Plan for Containment of Bacterial Resistance (2016–2020) and the National Action Plan for Containment of Bacterial Resistance of Animal Origin (2017–2020), China has implemented a comprehensive “anti-resistance ban”.

Chicken that can be stored at room temperature for a long time after being marinated, fermented, smoked, etc., such as chicken sausage, preserved chicken, etc. They are collectively called processed meat. Processed meat has been classified by the WHO as a level 1 carcinogen because, when processed, nitrites are added to extend its shelf life and impart a special flavor.

After the nitrite enters the body, it will combine with the ammonia substances produced by protein decomposition and convert it into nitrosamines, which has a strong carcinogenic effect, which can lead to colon cancer or rectal cancer.

IARC (International Agency for Research on Cancer) analyzed data from 10 studies and found that every 50 grams of processed meat eaten per day increases the risk of colorectal cancer by 18%.

So don't blame chickens anymore, they don't eat hormones, and they won't cause cancer themselves. Just choose healthy cooking methods to eat them!

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