This is like the genetically modified brinjal. We debate about it no end, but don't worry that we are playing with our children's hormones. If he or she is taller, stronger, sharper, better, a top ranker - no matter what his genetic history is - then that must be for the best.
And so we give them whatever it takes to compete in the rat race.
But I heard that a "sure" winner that makes children stronger, also modifies girls' hormones, causing gynec problems later in life - early onset of puberty being one of them.
And then I came across someone yesterday who told me that she had hyperandrogen something problem where her androgen production had shot up. She is a mother today, and this was before she got married. The cause? Depending on a complete planned diet product that made one - well, taller sharper stronger. This is what her endocrinologist suspected. Just an aside here, men and women both have male and female hormones, but only one of them is the dominant one depending on your gender.
If the ad says studies show such children are taller, do studies show the other changes that happen? I suspected, and this lady's story confirmed to me, that if you touch the growth hormones, something else is going to be affected too...
And, by the way, the discussion got underway because she told me her son loves soy foods. Now, I was a great fan of soyabean myself, and the nutrinuggets. Again, I have no scientific proof, only a question. If soya is so good for women and oestrogen, then, what happens to the men? And even to the women, for that matter.
Just a thought - maybe it is time to check out if food natural to the local soil and a balanced diet are good enough to cope with the normal demands of life.
And so we give them whatever it takes to compete in the rat race.
But I heard that a "sure" winner that makes children stronger, also modifies girls' hormones, causing gynec problems later in life - early onset of puberty being one of them.
And then I came across someone yesterday who told me that she had hyperandrogen something problem where her androgen production had shot up. She is a mother today, and this was before she got married. The cause? Depending on a complete planned diet product that made one - well, taller sharper stronger. This is what her endocrinologist suspected. Just an aside here, men and women both have male and female hormones, but only one of them is the dominant one depending on your gender.
If the ad says studies show such children are taller, do studies show the other changes that happen? I suspected, and this lady's story confirmed to me, that if you touch the growth hormones, something else is going to be affected too...
And, by the way, the discussion got underway because she told me her son loves soy foods. Now, I was a great fan of soyabean myself, and the nutrinuggets. Again, I have no scientific proof, only a question. If soya is so good for women and oestrogen, then, what happens to the men? And even to the women, for that matter.
Just a thought - maybe it is time to check out if food natural to the local soil and a balanced diet are good enough to cope with the normal demands of life.
