Are hormones harmful to the body?

Hormones are a substance that we often come into contact with, not only during disease treatment, but also through daily diet. Hormones are harmful to the human body. Whether it is during disease treatment or in diet, we must avoid such situations. However, it is inevitable to consume hormones in normal times. We need to pay attention to whether hormones are harmful to the body.

1. Affecting the nervous system

After animals eat feed containing chemical hormones, these hormones will be deposited in the meat and internal organs of the animals. After people eat animal food containing large amounts of hormones, they often experience symptoms of central nervous system poisoning and loss of control, such as rapid heartbeat, palpitations, hand tremors, dizziness, headaches, etc. This is especially dangerous for patients with hypertension, heart disease, diabetes, hyperthyroidism, and prostate hypertrophy. Healthy people will experience poisoning symptoms if they ingest more than 201μg. Postdoctoral researcher Zhang Gaiping from the Institute of Biotechnology of Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences found that rabbits fed with feed containing "clenbuterol" developed severe symptoms of quadriplegia, eventually becoming emaciated and dying of exhaustion.

2. Hormones trigger tumors

Hormones in food can cause breast cancer, prostate cancer, testicular cancer, ovarian cancer, thyroid cancer, epididymal cysts, vaginal cancer, testicular cancer, etc. Many reports point out that the accumulation of organochlorine pesticides in the human body is related to the incidence of breast cancer. Women with high levels of DDE and PCBs in their body fat and serum have a higher incidence of breast cancer than the control group. The relationship between many other estrogens, such as dioxins, TCD, synthetic contraceptives, phytoestrogens, etc., and reproductive system tumors is also being studied. The medical community has confirmed that common human problems such as cancers, deformities, drug resistance, precocious puberty in adolescents, cardiovascular diseases in middle-aged and elderly people, and certain food poisoning are often related to the abuse and residues of antibiotics, hormones and other synthetic drugs in livestock and poultry foods.

3. Affecting the reproductive system and premature sexual development

Feminization of male breasts. Experts warn that obesity and eating foods high in hormone content can increase estrogen levels in the body, which may cause feminine development of male breasts.

Through the above introduction, we know that hormones are harmful to the body. The main harms are the above-mentioned situations. Generally, hormone treatment is avoided when treating diseases because the harm to the human body is particularly obvious. Many patients will become obese and bloated after disease treatment, which is also a side effect of hormones.