Rib eye steakOver the last few months the family was eating lots of meat , it just seemed like the summer months appeared and I am one of those people that just loves to BBQ, have a few beers and enjoy the evening and the outdoors.

Recently either it was a bad piece of meat that we picked up from a commercial store or at least that’s what we thought. When I say bad meat, after we had it, neither the wife or kids felt that good the next day, kinda of a lethargic feeling, which after all, red meat can sit a little heavy but not to the point of being groggy the next day. The next evening we opted for some grilled chicken which was great and we definitely felt better, but then the following day the kids wanted some burgers, so we did some on the grill, and to our surprise the next day it was kind of that same feeling , kind of lethargic.

So since those two bad episodes of feeling really crappy from the beef, we decided no more meat period, at least for a while. Recently we have been eating lots of beans rice and veggies and its amazing how much better we felt, with more energy.

After doing some brief research here is what I have learned about beef and hormones.

Over 80% of U.S beef is injected with some kind of hormones, and the average dairy cow use to produce 5,300 pounds of milk a year in 1950, today the average cow produces around 18,000 pounds. Pretty impressive, Hormones or steroids, everyone has to make their own choice on what they ingest and digest I guess.

My source

http://www.sustainabletable.org/issues/hormones/