Comments on: Even if They’re Right http://kateharding.net/2005/12/28/even-if-theyre-right/ 2007-2010 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 02:13:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: colleen http://kateharding.net/2005/12/28/even-if-theyre-right/#comment-106 Sat, 31 Dec 2005 15:41:57 +0000 http://kateharding.wordpress.com/2005/12/28/even-if-theyre-right/#comment-106 i had a beavis and butthead moment when i read the word ‘menarche.’ repressed irish catholic.

i agree that it’s bogus to blame it on weight at this point. you can’t discern a trend like that over such a short time period.

]]> By: Kate http://kateharding.net/2005/12/28/even-if-theyre-right/#comment-105 Thu, 29 Dec 2005 17:02:59 +0000 http://kateharding.wordpress.com/2005/12/28/even-if-theyre-right/#comment-105 Yeah, I’ve read that, absolutely buy it, and would have thrown something in about it, but I didn’t want to get even more ranty. Of course, the responsibility can’t lie with factory farms. Or–even if you accept that it’s purely about body fat–with, say, big corporations that process food (especially kids’ snacks) until it’s no longer food. The problem is, as always, that Americans have no willpower. Grrrrrrrrrrrrr.

Thanks for bringing it up.

]]> By: Christine http://kateharding.net/2005/12/28/even-if-theyre-right/#comment-104 Thu, 29 Dec 2005 16:53:54 +0000 http://kateharding.wordpress.com/2005/12/28/even-if-theyre-right/#comment-104 fogive me for sounding like a conspiracy theorist, but I heard another possible reason for early menarche many years ago that makes a lot of sense to me. at factory farms the cows are given high doses of synthetic estrogens to stimulate them to overlactate so we can have more, cheaper milk. so girls are drinking hormone laced milk (and eating hormone laced beef) from an early age. it’s not hard to imagine there could be a link here to early menstruation (not to mention increased incidence of breast cancer), and the possibility makes it seem well worth the extra $$ to buy organic.

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