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Default Aug 21, 2011 at 10:01 PM
 
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Originally Posted by Visioneer View Post
My grandmother didn't get hers until she was 16. It could have been due to stress or other factors, since it was during WWII. I don't know how old my mom was. I have heard that girls are getting them younger and younger, though.
Some of that controversy is involved with all the hormones they pump into cows for continuous milk production. Along with anti-biotics and everything else they put into your meat and dairy, a theory is that these things are causing early development in children, resulting in girls getting periods earlier. Possibly resulting in bigger mood swings, more symptoms of PMS and PMDD and worse periods. The things we do for food....

http://www.livescience.com/1824-trut...y-puberty.html
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