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Does drinking a lot of milk and eating a lot of meat cause early puberty?

My baby is 6 years old, I give him a lot of milk to increase his height. Baby also quite likes to eat meat, but I have heard that if the child consumes too much milk and meat, it can cause early puberty, ask the doctor to answer. (Van Anh29 years old, HCMC)

Doctor Huynh Thi Vu QuynhDepartment of Pediatrics – University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ho Chi Minh City, Head of Endocrinology Department, Children’s Hospital 2, Ho Chi Minh City replied:

There are some people who think that children should not eat a lot of meat and drink a lot of milk because this is the direct cause of the disease early puberty. This is information that lacks scientific basis and has not been proven. Hormones in milk and meat such as artificial bovine growth hormone (rBGH) are broken down into amino acids as they pass through the stomach.

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Milk is not a direct cause of early puberty

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Nature of meat and milk is a protein rather than a steroid like sex hormones. Therefore, meat and dairy cannot be the direct cause of early puberty in children. There is currently no scientific basis to prove this.

However, meat and milk can be an indirect cause of early puberty in children who eat too much meat and drink too much milk leading to premature puberty. fat.

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