Yes Patty. We are unwise to mess with nature's ways.

Adding fluoride to water is a big one.

Human breast milk delivers a mere 0.004-5parts per million. We put 200-250 times that into public water supplies so baby formula made up with fluoridated tap water delivers way more than God intended.

And then certain amounts of it enter the bloodstream via hot water in showers, baths. Then it comes at us via pesticides, teflon (PerFLUOROctanoic Acid), fluorocarbons, medication and over-the-counter drugs (some painkillers for instance).  

Jennifer Luke (1997/8) found that it accumulates in the pineal gland and disrupts it's normal function - especially with regard to melatonin production.  She found a direct relationship between lowered melatonin levels and early onset of puberty  www.fluoridealert.org/ifin-14.htm gives s good introduction to/overview of her findings.

Well put Patty D.

Many years ago, I did a paper on Sinovex H for Hefers and Sinovex S for Steers. The purpose of the impalnt behind the ear of cattle was, for quick weight conversion. The rest is hormonal manipulation and history.

Certified Organic, grass fed, free range, chemical free, radiation free ....... is what we are designed and meant to eat. We just hosted our Thanksgiving dinner yesterday at our home. Everything from turkey to dessert was as organic and free of un-adulterated food as was fesible.

I question as to what is truly organic, now a days?  Acid rain,(smog warnings in our region more often than we can count... thus the upswing in asthma and respiratory distress with asignificant increase in visits to emerg) assuredly make it increasingly more difficult to nourish our bodies with what it requires to function to optimal levels. Each plant/vegetable...renders itself significantly more benign/palliative in it's intirety, by prodcuing protective compounds against what might be toxic/harmful (depending on the plant/vegetable)to us. Whereby if compounds are isolated, adulterated and grown in un-fortified, mineral deficient soil, our health invariably will suffer the consequneces.  

The heart warming benefit of being together as a family, was, the time of closeness we shared on a one on one and together. It undoubtedly contributed to beneficial immune enhancement, as we laughed, cried and shared together.  Acceptance begets confidence, which begets kindness, which ultimately begets acceptance... thereby cemoning a better servant to the broken, the ailing and the sick.

May you and yours enjoy Thanksgiving with as much unconditional love/acceptance as I/we did.

Blessings to all.

Dr. Trudy

Scientists have also been exploring whether so-called ''endocrine disrupters'' --a group of chemicals thought to interfere with hormonal function-- might be spurring or delaying puberty , said Herman-Giddens."

And this:
Soy Is An Endocrine Disrupter

I thought the magic number was 98lb but whetever it is, I think the increasing size and weight of children is a jamor factor. I remember from my high school days that is was always the skinny girls who got their periods later

I don't believe weight is a factor at all as I was a "chubby" overweight teenager and I did not reach puberty until age 14.  But I also did not eat soy when I was a child (I'm now 44).  

Samurai, that was Cassandra who tried to warn Troy.  Penelope was What's His Name's faithful wife, I think.  Okay, I don't know the ancient Greeks well, but I do know that we on this blog are a whole community of Cassandras being punished for offending Big Industry, and the only people who will heed our warnings are each other.

I was told that the 'magic weight' for female puberty was 45kg( about 100 pounds) and warned my step daughter that her daughter was close to this at 7 years of age - sure enough there were definite signs of puberty before the child was 8.

At almost 12 years of age she is my height and still growing, her Cooper's Ligament is already sundered as she refuses to wear a bra - and she weighs more than I do. She wants to be the same as most of her classmates who do not need bras or deodorants - or have monthly cycles - but that genie will not climb back into the bottle :(

I have helped run a small grass fed beef, chicken, and pork operation for the past 12 years.  I would like to share some of the things we do as opposed to the big "Agri" confinement opperations.  Our beef gets hay, grass, and free choice organic/natural minerals.  Big Agri beef are in confinement pens, fed the cheapest source of protein avaiable, and given growth hormones.  Growth hormones can add upwards to 100 pounds per head.  When you consider the number of cattle that goes through stockyards you can see why BigAgri sees only $$$.  It takes us longer to raise our animals out and cost more because of the high quality mineral mix we use.  For our chickens we formulate the feed ration using organic supplements. (Formulating our own feed translates into higher cost for us.  We use fishmeal as one of the protein sources.)   Our feed is ground as we need it since once grain is cracked, (corn in this case), it starts losing nutritional value.  We use no growth hormones, antibiotics, or appetite stimulate.  By the way the appetite stimulate for chickens is arsenic.  BigAgri uses antibiotics and appetite stimulates.  

This is a really short version of how we raise our meats, but hopefuly it will give you a idea of the cost involved for small operations like us as compared to the BigAgri business.   It will give you some insight in to how the meat you find in the store is rasied as well.  

How meats are processed is another topic of concern.