Bovine somatotropin

Top 10 Unhealthy Foods Food, any nutritious substance that people or animals eat or drink, or that plant absorbs, in order to maintain life and growth. It is the most basic need in Maslow’s hierarchy of needs and the thing that everyone in this world cannot live without. But in this day and age due to extreme growth in population, the world’s natural resources are not enough to feed everyone thus causing People to invent and find ways to produce enough for consumers. A lot of people today have…

In twenty-five different countries worldwide, approximately fourteen million farmers grow genetically modified crops Enrichment 1 Enrichment 2(Aldridge 5). Genetically engineered or modified crops, also known as GM crops or plants, are those that are modified by inserting genetic material in order to demonstrate a desired trait (Hauter 3). Genetic engineering of plants and animals takes place in order to improve the quality and quantity of food supply to consumers; however, researchers are…

Fast food restaurants are known around the world. People eat there for a variety of reasons: lack of time, lack of money, etc. Most people do not think about what happens to their food before it reaches the consumer. When Eric Schlosser wrote his book, Fast Food Nation, he did not want to completely discourage people from eating this type of food, but he wanted to help people learn the secrets of the fast food industry, so they are able to consciously choose food that goes into their stomach. He…

pyramid that most grow up knowing and says that drinking four glasses of milk a day, is equivalent to drinking a “Big Mac’s worth of milk a day” (1). Also, dairy milk has been directly correlated to cancer. Farmers inject rBST, otherwise known as bovine somatotropin, into cows every two weeks to increase hormonal activity, boosting milk production by as much as twenty-five percent (Hill 11). This injection is commonly known as “the growth hormone they inject into animals for increased…