I recently heard that -"Eating Chicken gives You Man-Boobs"???!!! Is this true???Have you all heard this theory??? I recently heard from my health-conscience Pastor that somehow the Hormones injected in ALL non-organic-bought Chicken along with the Milk we drink is causing more and more men to need a BRO. I would doubt this theory if I could deny that I have begun to notice more and more toddlers and older men with what very-well could be construed as boobies.
If this is true, I demand an explanation from our government. If I wake up in 5 years and see that I have acquired anything resembling breasts I am going to start a revolution that could border on violent.
I want to know the truth behind this. I can no longer eat my Chick-fil-a nuggets without glancing down at my chest for some sign of growth. This has caused a serious damper on my days as of late and I would like this issue to be resolved. Quickly.
So, if any of you know if there is any truth in this theory, please fill me in. (no pun intended)
Sincerely,
A Chick-fil-A maniac.
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Okay, I don't know if it is true, but I haver heard this theory before. Honestly, I think the only men with boobies are men who probably eat too many Chick-fil-a yummies. Sorry...not because of hormones but b/c of fat content. The only men I know that have the bubbies, are slightly robust ones. No offense to any robust guys out there. Either way, it is kind of scary.
yes, yes it is.
But still, a man should be able to eat his Chicken sandwich without this on his mind. If it is true then that means the the government is allowing it. And this my friend, I cannot conceive.
In my opinion it has been confirmed. My biologist friend who is working with a science patent law firm has confirmed it with all the juicy and easy to understand detail. The hormones used to make our animals, cows, chicken, lamb, turkey etc bigger (which is the american way...BIGGER I mean) is both testosterone and estrogen in large quantities. Organic, real organic is the only way to avoid this. You will notice the eggs are smaller, the chickens look tiny and eventually so will our man-boobs. Those aren't pecks buddy. They are man titties. They jiggle don't they? Yep, it's a sad sad story, and guess who has become an almost complete vegetarian unless there is organic available. Just ten minutes ago I had a tostada without meat. I feel my boobs shrinking already. OKOK they aren't REAL boobs.... YET but they aren't rock hard pecks either.
This aint lookin good people. I think there needs to be a study or a documentary.
It is so creepy that you are truly what you eat. Somwhere out there, there is a warehouse full of pamela-anderson-chickens. So what does that mean? Well...
I think it is time to return to the way that God inteded it. Organic, no hormones or testosterone.
Until I hear differently, Whole Foods, here I come.
Joey, I hate to break it to you, but becoming a vegetarian or going all organic might take away the jigglers, but I'm pretty sure it won't miraculously give you "rock hard pecks."
Unless you're bench pressing those incredibly heavy cucumbers before you eat them.
Well what the heck, give it a shot.
Bush's chicken just got eviler. That's right... eviler.
i think man titties are sexy.
not really. organic all the way. i feed my little boy, who is stout for his age already organic milk and chicken. non-organic milk is proven to give girls their periods sooner. the question is, what is it doing to the boys? yikes.
one more thing. will it make my boobs grow? please God!!!!
1st of all, oh good Lord.
Secondly, Wow, what studies have shown this. If this is true then I think that this is harmful to the American public and it should be stopped. Dont' you?
yeah right. as long as americans continue to be laid-back, feed me whatever bull crap you want to as long as it tastes good--yummy...citizens, men will have to be sprouting size d's before anyone does anything about it. we are uneducated and worse...trusting citizens. "they wouldn't give us man boobs to make a buck! that would be wrong."
yeah right. oh yes they would.
has anyone else noticed that some teenage boys have woman asses as well? this really creeps me out.
Uhhh...no.
Aghhh! Water filters, organic food, paper shredders! Man boobs, identity theft, CANCER! My life is in serious danger! Must buy shredder, must buy water filter, must by vegetables, must buy small chickens not large ones.
A few quick things here. It is illegal to inject chickens in the US with hormones. Strictly forbidden and enforced.
Antibiotics are strictly regulated, some specific ones are forbidden, and there is a mandatory "withdrawal" period between the last time they are given and when the chicken is slaughtered. Tests are continuously run to monitor the levels of antibiotics that remain, and on average the amounts are very low to non-existent.
As a general rule of thumb, organic products are of a much better quality, and do not use antibiotics. They are supposed to be more "environmentally friendly" overall, but that's not a specific part of the labeling requirements as far as I know. There are strict USDA guidelines for labeling something "organic", and those that comply are probably pretty high-quality products (poultry and eggs, for example).
Some quick links:
USDA Poultry Fact Sheet
Meat and Poultry Labeling
Organic Food standards
Labels on Chicken Packaging
We all know, it's common sense and now common knowledge, that we should eat more healthy than we do. Lots of fruits and veggies, not too much meat, and when you do eat meat, lots of fish, lean chicken (like breasts without skin), and minimal red meat.
We should be avoiding processed foods, like sugars, cakes, cookies, chips and junk food in general.
And on and on. But don't start putting on the tin foil hats and letting lots of urban legends make you scared of everything. We're all dying, and if you treat yourself better, you might slow it down a little bit.
The government is probably in bed with big industry, so the standards are probably lax, but it doesn't mean everything is part of a big conspiracy. There are plenty of watchdog groups, and lots of intelligent peer-reviewed scientific studies that keep an eye on things.
snoopy--you should write a blog on this.
fancy--ten bucks says you will start noticing the woman butt from here on out.
whoa, C.Hammer needs to blog on this as well. Okay, but, if chicken is not injected with hormones, then why is organic chicken so much smaller? Could they be lying? Something is up.
Thank you C-Hammer, for putting my mind at rest. I was about to run out and purchase a big plastic bubble to sit in the rest of my days.
OpMom, you're on. Ten bucks.
Operamama - It's my understanding that the antibiotics given to "non-organic" chickens make them larger. It's part of the "get as much as we can out of each chicken" idea that the big companies use.
There's some controversy about which antibiotics are okay and which aren't -- recently one particular one was banned by the USDA.
Like I said, the organic stuff is certainly of a higher quality, and if anyone is concerned about what the antibiotics might be doing to the animals (or your family), organic can certainly give you peace of mind.
There are still studies underway to determine just how beneficial the organic stuff is long-term, and whether there really are concrete, documentable side effects from consuming the generic consumer-grade stuff.
But there's also lots of hype, and deceptive labeling being used, to try and scare people into buying certain products, and I don't think that's right.
When solid science backs up the claims of harm from products sold by the U.S. food industry, the USDA and other agencies become involved and regulate these products.
I can find you things all over the internet trying to sell a certain kind of product or service, that site horribly specious and unscientific sources for their claims. While it's not good to be naive and automatically believe everything the government says, it's also not good to believe it every time someone says "Danger! Danger! We're all going to die from this!"
C-Hammer, do you by chance, own a chicken farm?
Its not death I am scared of here. I can handle death. I am scared of strapping on a BRO in 5 years and scaring myself and others.
Anyway, thanks for that info C-Hammer. Tin-foil hat off. Chick-fil-a here I come.
Unless someone has a different opinion???
snoopdog, your cue.
AHHHH Just read Snoopy's. Chick-fil-a trip, on hold again. Lab mice put me back in chair. Now eyeing my tin-foil hat.
you guys are great btw.
Fancypants - No. No disclaimer is necessary on my part for anything I've said here. I don't work for the government, or the food industry, I don't own stock or have anything to gain by what I've said.
(And no, I'm not a lawyer, in case the previous paragraph sounds like some sort of legal disclaimer)
Some years ago, I did work in Preventive Medicine, and conducted a lot of health inspections and surveys at dining facilities, and know a lot about foodborne pathogens and food handling and preparation. I worked closely with veterinary food inspectors who conducted some of the same functions as the USDA does.
I also worked for a few years in a laboratory that tested the public water supply, and I'm not afraid of chlorine or fluoride. I know there's a lot of very loud hype available that will tell you how scary they are, but again, the peer-reviewed scientific evidence just doesn't back up the hype.
But I don't want to be misunderstood here. Snoopy's caution, and distrust of the government, is not necessarily a bad thing. Not at all. Wanting to protect our health and our families is a very noble and laudable goal.
It's just that years and years of scientific method, applied carefully and peer-reviewed, has already dealt with many of these issues. Many of the universities and organizations that conduct research have nothing to gain from whatever results they publish, regardless of whether those results help or hurt the food industry.
The American public makes a great test-bed for extremely wide-scale studies, because trends in behavior can be scientifically linked to medical results. But it's easy to misunderstand the difference between causation and correlation, and that's one of the biggest causes of confusion for the public in general.
For example, if I say "85% of the people who were in fatal automobile accidents last year had consumed a carbonated beverage within one week of the accident", you would think it was silly to conclude that consumption of Coke is the leading cause of automobile accidents.
And yet many things become urban legend, despite all of the good, sound scientific evidence which disagrees completely, because it's easier to motivate people with hype than with long, boring, detailed studies filled with scientific jargon.
The general public is not interested in an article in a scientific journal called: "Microbial pathogens and disinfection byproducts in drinking water: Health effects and management of risks". Boring (and that's an actual title of a real study).
But who doesn't perk up when they hear: "The Water You Drink May Be Killing You!". That's exciting.
Or how about: "The Chicken You're Eating May Give You Man Boobs!" Now that's sexy.
Very true C-Hammer. My ears would not have been perking so much if I had not actually been able to see proof of this Man-boob theory. Or at least think I see proof. But that does not make the theory true. It could just mean that more and more people are getting fat and young boys are getting breasts because they sit around, eat snickers, cheezits and tv-dinners and play with their X-box.
I did hear a frightening story from my Sister's father-in-law who is a very good Pharmacist.
He told me that he had a friend that owned a turkey farm/factory or whatever you call it. He had a bunch of turkey in shipment and he was going to show Dan how the farm worked. Dan came buy and his friend apologized and told him that they had to quickly kill and sell the turkey because they started to die and they could not figure out what was killing them or how to treat it. So basically they killed and sold the rest of the living turkey before they showed symptoms of sickness although probably half were on their way to sickness.
I have no doubt that this kind of stuff goes on. This man wouldn't lie.
Okay, story time children. Gather round.
I once knew a lady who obsessed over every bite that went into her mouth. Everything she ate was organic. She took specially made vitamins to ensure health and vitality. She read everything she could get her hands on on the topics you've been discussing and was the most educated woman I ever knew when it came to the subject of proper diet and exercise.
But this story has a tragic ending. For you see, the woman died of cancer at the age of 43.
No matter how hard you try, no matter how many facts you know, no matter how much you obsess and worry about your life, you are still going to die someday. YOU CANNOT STOP IT. You can only take care of yourself the best you can.
Obsessive worrying will kill you long before any hormone injected chicken gets a chance. It robs you of sleep and steals your joy. Remember "The joy of the Lord" is your strength. If joy is gone, where is your strength?
Oh and another thing:
Man boobs come as a result of FAT combined with the natural law of GRAVITY. I don't think we can blame a chicken for this one, folks.
you aren't the only concerned citizen..
Federal law does NOT permit the use of added hormones in poultry or swine (pigs and hogs). Since hormones are not used in the production of poultry (chicken and turkey) or hogs, poultry and pork products sold in the United States do not contain any added hormones.
There is the law in the US...
no i don't work of a chicken ranch I'm sure I'd have stopped eating it by now if I did.. LOL ugg..
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