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Girls Reaching Puberty As Young As Age 7

An increasing number of girls in the United States are reaching puberty as young as the age of seven, according to a study conducted by researchers from Cincinnati Children Hospital and published in the journal Pediatrics.

Researchers examined more than 1,200 girls between the ages of six and eight who were living in Cincinnati, San Francisco or East Harlem, N.Y. twice between 2004 and 2006. Each examination was conducted by a different female pediatrician, who determined the girls’ development of breast tissue.

The researchers found that 10.4% of Caucasian girls, 15% of Hispanic girls and 23.4% of African-American girls had developed breast tissue by the age of seven. By contrast, one study 10 years ago found that only 5% of Caucasian girls and 15.4% of  African-American girls had developed breast tissue by that age. The prior study did not include Hispanic girls.

The new study further found that 18% of Caucasian girls, 31% of Hispanic girls and 43% of African-American girls had breast development by age eight. The prior study found breast tissue in only 10.5% of Caucasian girls and 36.6% of African-American girls at age eight.

Early onset of puberty can expose girls to both physical and social problems. It has been associated with a higher lifetime risk of breast cancer, and can expose emotionally immature young girls to sexual advances from older boys and men.

Researchers believe that rising rates of obesity and increasing exposure to hormone-disrupting chemicals are the two major causes of early puberty.

EDITOR NOTE – Through the years a number of mothers who have their families on The Hallelujah Diet have written expressing concern that their 12-14 year old daughters had not as yet experienced puberty while most of their classmates had. My response has been “Rejoice and be exceedingly glad!”

With the early onset of puberty these days, most do not realize that prior to World War II, most young girls did not initiate puberty until the age of 15 or after. That is apparently the age God intended. So what has happened to cause girls as young as age seven and eight to begin puberty in this current day?

The answer is diet and lifestyle! Prior to World War II animals were not injected with growth hormones to help them reach market faster, dairy cows were not injected with growth hormones in order to increase milk production, and refined soy products (loaded with estrogen-like compounds called estrogenic isoflavones) were not available in the numbers they are today.

In a normal healthy girl, the body naturally begins producing estrogen at around the age of 15. This is what initiates puberty. But when a girl eats a diet high in animal flesh and dairy, both containing estrogen, puberty is accelerated.

Dr. Russell Blaylock (a nationally respected, nutritionally-minded neurosurgeon) tells us that it is not unusual for baby girls fed soy-based formulas to develop breast buds as young as two years of age.

As noted in the research above, obesity and just being overweight, along with lack of exercise, also contributes to the initiation of early puberty.

Great First Saturday Seminar of 2011

This past Saturday, January 8, we held our first God’s Way to Ultimate Health seminar of 2011 here at Hallelujah Acres in Shelby, North Carolina. (These seminars are usually held on the first Saturday of the month, but because of New Years Day falling on the first Saturday of January we moved it ahead to the 8th.)

The crowd nearly filled our auditorium, visiting from across North Carolina, and from Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia, and even as far away as Maine, New York, Ohio, and Oklahoma.

The highlights of these seminars are always the testimonies shared by those who have adopted The Hallelujah Diet and have seen their health improve. The testimonies shared this past Saturday were exceptional!

One gentleman shared that, prior to adopting The Hallelujah Diet 11 years ago, he had severe heart issues, osteoporosis, and emphysema, along with numerous other problems. He said that all of these problems disappeared after making the diet change. He is 87 years of age and medication-free!

An 83-year-old lady shared how she had been suffering with diabetes, excess weight, and lack of energy for many years prior to adopting The Hallelujah Diet. Today her energy is great, her weight is normal, and she is no longer diabetic.

Others testified of incredible changes in health: loss of over 100 pounds; had slept half their life before diet change but now has energy to go all day long without a nap; PSA drops in two weeks; hot flashes gone; lifetime of constipation gone in 2 weeks.

Rev. Malkmus will deliver his next God’s Way to Ultimate Health seminar here at Hallelujah Acres in Shelby, North Carolina on Saturday, February 5 at 10:00 a.m. Visit our website for more information.