There is ๐ก๐ข ๐ฆ๐จ๐๐ ๐ง๐๐๐ก๐ as ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐ข๐ก๐-๐๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ง!โฃ
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๐ฆ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฃ๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐: hormones occur naturally in animals, people, and plants. This means that no matter how your meat is raised, it will STILL HAVE HORMONES.โฃ
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I know that this may be a little bit confusing considering โ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ-๐ง๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆโ and โ๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ดโ are both terms that are marketed heavily. I would be surprised if you havenโt seen these marketing schemes prior to reading this.โฃ
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I use the word ๐ฆ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฆ for a reason. The way โhormone-freeโ products are marketed attempts to create a differentiation that does not exist between products. It attempts to promote โraised without hormonesโ as something special and as a safer product. ๐ง๐๐ ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐ฆ, ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ โraised without the use of hormonesโ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐๐ผ๐น๐๐๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐ป๐ผ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ต ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ณ๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ ๐น๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐บ๐ฎ๐น๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐๐๐น๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐.โฃ
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๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐ต๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ/๐ด๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐๐ต ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ?โฃ
Hormone implants can be either synthetic or natural. Natural implants include estradiol, progesterone, and/or testosterone. Synthetic hormones, like zeranol and trenbolone, mimic naturally occurring hormones by binding to hormonal binding sites to elicit the same effects.โฃ
Hormone pellets are implanted under the skin in the animalโs ear and release the compound into the bloodstream overtime. The ears are always removed at slaughter to ensure the implants are gone!โฃ
Implants work by increasing the levels of growth hormone, which increases muscle growth and feed efficiency. This means, an animal will produce MORE MUSCLE and LESS TRIMABLE FAT on LESS FEED.โฃ
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๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฒ?? โฃ
All hormones must follow strict protocols BEFORE going to and AFTER slaughter. Obviously, there will still be naturally occurring hormones present but this is not significantly different between implanted vs non-implanted cattle.โฃ
There are certain implants that are specifically designed for a certain gender, stage of production, and age. But despite what was given, the implants are removed before that animal can enter the food supply to ensure no implanted hormones are left in the animal.โฃ
Meat is relatively low in hormones compared to other foods. Letโs look at estrogen: 75gโs of implanted beef has 1.9ng of estrogen, 75gs of pork has 2.5ng, 75gs of cabbage has 2025ng, and 1 tbsp of soybean oil has 28,370ng. As you can see, in comparison, implanted meat is relatively low on the spectrum.โฃ
Once ingested, the residues of natural hormones are rapidly excreted and have little to no impact on human biologyโฃ
๐ช๐ต๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐?โฃ
Becauseโฆ SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE. This means less time on feed and less feed/resources are required to finish an animal to the same weight.โฃ
Growth promotants and hormone implants allow farmers to produce a COST EFFECTIVE and SAFE product to feed you and your family. These products allow producers to keep costs low so we can continue to keep meat prices affordable.โฃ
With less input costs and less time on feed, this reduces the carbon footprint/ environmental impact that raising food has on the world. This is just ONE of the MANY stepโs agriculture is taking to mitigate climate change.โฃ
With less feed requirement, this reduces the amount of natural resources (land, water, etc.) required to produce a tasty steak!โฃ
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Note: Absolutely NO poultry (chickens) raised in Canada use any growth promotants or hormone implants.โฃ
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