How Natural is Our Chicken?

When something grows faster than its body allows, the immune system can't keep up. This allows for disease and sickness to manifest in all areas. Again, in the farmer's point of view, a chicken that dies before processing is lost profit!

Modern medicine has grown rapidly over the past few decades and with that, many antibodies for certain diseases. Why not strengthen the immune system with antibodies until the weight is reached? The problem with this is, the chicken is filled with antibodies at the offset of birth. Diseases can mutate and become resistant to the bscteria over time.

Fifty to sixty years ago. penicillin was the miracle drug. The cure-all for everything! Is anyone prescribed that these days? Of course not. Many of the common diseases we have have progressed to become resistant to this. Amoxicillin is becoming less and less potent as time progresses.

Many people believe this. If you are overweight (70% of americans are) and you want to lose the weight it is often hard for us to maintain the weight we got rid of. But is it feasible to lose the weight if our food is filled with steroids? It is not just chicken but almost every commercially grown livestock is. Steroids are designed to help something grow. They are used to produce quicker weight and if we ingest it, is it safe to think that the same can happen to us?

With us ingesting all this chemically infested meat it is harder for us to lose weight and our bodies are maturing at a faster weight. Our kids are growing quicker and reproducing earlier. Who's to day that technology can be a part of the blame. We are increasing our population so greater supplies need to be produced to meet demand. In the end it is also affecting us.

I am not an advocate of PETA. I still eat meat (chicken, beef, and pork) but I have changed from commercially farm raised meat to more organic meats.

Doing research. I have found that farmers can raise a chicken from egg to processing in about 35 days.LondonGirl on Hubpages has a great page highlighting a lot of the sme information including benefits of free range chicken. Of course, this is done to meet demand but we should be more careful what goes into our bodies. If the weight is natural it should take over 90 days to reach proper weight. Immune systems are grown properly without the aid of antibiotics. Steroids do not increase the weight at all and the chickens can lead a proper life, free from disease and growth hormone/stimulants. Since we ingest these, we are filling ourselves with this as well.

Try and look for cleaner and chemical free chicken. We won't fill ourselves with the extras and can lead healthier lives. Most people have come to the conclusion that healthier and more nutritious food is more expensive and it can be. Depends on where you shop. Look for the deals or visit local farmer's markets. They don't always bring livestock but it can't hurt to ask. I'd just look to see if he uses a natural method as well. Prices could be better this way but it comes with the cleaning on your part. If that is out of the question, you may spend a bit extra per pound:(