What do the Clean, Low, Watch and Swap levels mean?

They are cut from a continuous concern level the app computes from the sourced claims that the chosen evidence lens shows: each claim counts its concern class, tier weight, confidence and dose relevance, combined worst-first with a decay so one serious finding outweighs many small ones, then scaled by how much of the substance reaches you in this use. Clean is below 0.35, Low below 1.1, Watch below 2.0 and Swap above that, on a 0 to 3 scale.

Is Hormone Residues safe in food and drink?

Q: Is hormone residues safe in food and drink?

Under the app's default Cautious lens, hormone residues in food and drink rates Low: a little concern, nothing the app would ask you to swap. 2 sourced concerns count (endocrine, consensus tier; endocrine, emerging tier). This is research with sources, not medical advice.

1 use researched2 sourced claims

Detox My Life researched hormone residues under one use, because the same substance means something different in each use. Every claim below carries its evidence tier, how sure the research is that it applies here, and the sources it cites. The level is computed by the app's own deterministic engine, so the page says exactly what the app would.

Level by use and lens

Use	Mainstream	Cautious (default)	Based	Concerns · favour · fringe
Eaten or drunk	Clean	Low	Low	2 · 0

Mainstream shows consensus claims only; Cautious adds emerging research; Based adds fringe claims, labelled as such. The last column counts, under Cautious, the sourced concerns, the findings in its favour and the fringe claims Based would add.

Safer swaps: the app's swap catalog has no entry tied to this ingredient yet. When you scan a product that contains it, the app suggests cleaner alternative types for that product; the swap categories list what the catalog covers today.

Eaten or drunk Low

Under the default Cautious lens hormone residues in food and drink rates Low: a little concern, nothing the app would ask you to swap. Mainstream (consensus only) rates it Clean; Based (adds the fringe) rates it Low. Researched 2026-09-03.

Sourced concerns (2)

ConsensusEndocrineconfidence 100%

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) asserts that growth hormones used in food-producing animals are well-tested and safe, with studies indicating no danger to humans from hormone residues in meat at picogram levels, which are regulated to be below safety marks. Similarly, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has found no grounds to revise previous risk assessments concerning potential risks to human health from certain hormone residues in beef. A review of studies also suggests that naturally occurring estrogen levels in cow's milk are too low to pose a risk to adult health.

Why here: Ingestion of meat and dairy products containing hormone residues.
What would have to be true: Ingestion of meat and dairy products containing hormone residues at levels compliant with regulatory limits (e.g., picogram levels in meat, naturally occurring low levels in milk).

Sources the engine cites:

EFSA concludes review of new scientific data on potential risks to human health from certain hormone residues in beef — europa.eu (2007) · regulator or public body
Estrogens found in cows' milk shown to pose no risk to adult health — news-medical.net (2018) · review
1 web article (weightwatchers.com), linked in the app.

EmergingEndocrineconfidence 80%

Some studies suggest a possible link between the consumption of meat containing hormone residues and endocrine disruption, potentially leading to reproductive issues, early puberty, and increased cancer risk. Elevated estrogen levels in commercially produced milk have been associated with potential public health concerns, including suggestions of an impact on hormone-related conditions such as prostate and breast cancer.

Why here: Ingestion of conventionally produced meat and dairy products.
What would have to be true: Ingestion of conventionally produced meat and dairy products, where animals may have been treated with hormones or where naturally occurring hormones are present, with some studies noting that intensive farming can increase estrogen levels in milk.
The other side: Regulatory bodies like the FDA and EFSA maintain that residues are at safe levels and pose no significant risk.

Sources the engine cites:

Hormones in Dairy Foods and Their Impact on Public Health - A Narrative Review Article — nih.gov · regulator or public body
Estrogens found in cows' milk shown to pose no risk to adult health — news-medical.net (2018) · review
Sex steroid hormone residues in milk and their potential risks for breast and prostate cancer — frontiersin.org · study
1 web article (acabonacfarms.com), linked in the app.

Not researched here

The engine has no dossier for hormone residues when cooked with heat, in cold food, as a finishing ingredient, in heated food packaging or other uses. The app researches an ingredient for the use it infers from your product, so a scan fills these in; this page only shows what has already been researched and source-verified.

This is research, not medical advice. Detox My Life shows sourced claims sorted by evidence tier. It does not diagnose, treat, or tell you to start or stop anything. Talk to a qualified professional about your health.

Scan your own. The app reads any product label with your camera, works out how you are about to use it, and researches every ingredient for that use with live sources. Every scan adds to a Detox Score for your home, where 50 is a typical home in your region, and a plan of next swaps.

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