1. Ripe fruit
First of all, plant foods generally do not contain too many hormones, but there are a few examples, that is, fruits and vegetables that have been "ripened". For example, some fruits listed in advance are often ripened with lycopene, which contains hormones that can promote the development, growth and early maturity of fruits, typically "ethephon". At the same time, this ripe fruit will have hormone residues. Therefore, when buying fruit, parents should pay attention to the season and try not to buy fruits that are out of season, too red and too fresh.
2. Soybean
Many parents are worried about soybeans in plant foods. Many people know that soybean isoflavones can regulate human endocrine. Soybean and other bean products contain phytoestrogens, which are hormones and have biological activities similar to those of animal estrogens, but their effects are much weaker. Normal consumption will not lead to abnormal hormones in the body.
3. Animal viscera
Hormones mainly exist in the blood, so the hormone content in meat is high, especially in animal viscera, so it is not appropriate to eat too much animal viscera; At the same time, many chickens and ducks are fattened with hormone-containing feed, which leads to a lot of hormones in these meats; There are also some fish farming, which is to directly feed contraceptives to promote growth. This kind of food contains more hormones than ordinary food. To buy chicken, duck, fish and shrimp, you must go to the regular market to buy branded and guaranteed food.
4. Health products and nutrition products
For example, things like bone meal do have a certain effect on the growth of children, but the effect is limited. Some merchants will illegally add hormones to their products to promote growth. Therefore, parents must not supplement their children with nutrition and health products at will. If you think your child is short, you should make diagnosis and treatment under the guidance of a professional doctor.
In terms of diet, children need a balanced diet most. As long as the diet is balanced, the risk of taking too many hormones is low. You must not rely on additional supplements to replace natural nutrition intake, such as replacing meat with protein powder or replacing fruits and vegetables with multivitamin tablets, which are artificially destroying the nutritional balance.
How to identify ripe fruits
You can see strawberries that look like steamed buns in the supermarket, which are big enough to be close to kiwifruit, and are generally swollen. Litchi with pink or even red stems, immature melon seeds, watermelon with red but not sweet taste, etc. Most of them are used together with ripening agents.
Another obvious feature of ripe fruits is that they are relatively heavy. Fruits of the same variety and size are much heavier and easier to identify than naturally ripe fruits. In addition, most naturally mature fruits can smell a kind of fruit fragrance on the epidermis, while mature fruits don't, and even have a smell. Mature fruits can often smell fermentation.
However, naturally mature watermelons, due to sufficient light, bright skin color, clear stripes and aging; However, the ripe watermelon skin is fresh and tender in color, with light stripes and blue pedicels.
However, foods containing chemical hormones are difficult to distinguish with the naked eye. In this regard, consumers should choose green certified food when purchasing, because green food and organic food are not allowed to use any chemical hormones, and everyone can rest assured to eat.