Evo Morales Warns Chicken Can Ruin Hair, Virility

TIQUIPAYA, Bolivia — Bolivian President Evo Morales said Tuesday that men should stay away from chicken if they want to maintain their hair and virility.

Morales told an environmental conference that chicken producers inject the birds with female hormones "and because of that, men who consume them have problems being men." He also suggested eating too much chicken for too long could make men go bald.

Morales' warning may be out of date: Chicken producers in Europe, the United States and many other countries say they abandoned the use of hormones in poultry several decades ago and many if not most Western nations ban them outright.

The president also blasted Coca-Cola, saying, "It is harmful. ... Imagine what it contains."

Morales blamed "the west," a reference to industrial countries such as the U.S., which he said "bring us more and more poison."

The secret ingredient in Coca-Cola is widely rumored to be something Morales himself once grew as leader of a coca-producers union – a version of the plant with the psychoactive substances removed.

Comments

[Eduardo Lopez]

07:13 PM on 04/25/2010

Whatever dude. Anything you can say I heard already. Born and raised in Cuba. That's Latin America's story: incompetent, uneducated or corrupt (sometimes all three) leaders and every problems is the USA's fault. Good luck with that mentality.

[ForVivi]

01:52 PM on 04/22/2010

Meanwhile, here in the U.S. a Nevada Senatorial candidate is proposing we barter with doctors and pay with chickens...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/21/chickens-for-checkups-dem_n_546762.html?page=21&show_comment_id=45244239#comment_45244239

[Flying Sparkz1]

11:51 AM on 04/22/2010

The biggest problem in Latin America is poverty.This poverty has existed long before the Castros ,Chavez or Morales.This poverty is maintained through manipulation of governments and exploitation of resources and labor.Go ahead and make fun of Evo's hair.It's traditional Bolivian.Make fun of Chavez's leadership style. He was born a poor mestizo Venezuelan who worked his way up to colonel in the paratroopers. They have dark skin and speak Spanish. I don't have a problem with that.They are elected on mandates of hope and change for the poor.I don't have a problem with that either.I don't care if you call me a fool because I know what I know and I know who I am.If the US empire actually brought prosperity and liberty to the countries it exploits I would consider it on it's merit.So far I don't see any.

[SusanElizabeth1949]

01:39 AM on 04/22/2010

From the Wikipedia article on him, Morales apparently has no problem fathering children on assorted women but is very reluctant to support said offspring, a real nice guy----------NOT.

[Ira7]

08:51 AM on 04/22/2010

He's garbage.

[kevel]

01:05 AM on 04/22/2010

I am inclined to believe him, He looks like the South American Blagojevich, hairwise that is!

[MikeDu]

10:38 PM on 04/21/2010

You've got to admit the guy has a nice full head of hair.

About U.S. poultry producers banning hormones. There's a laundry list of industry practices that have been banned in the U.S. but the same companies openly continue them in 3rd world countries. Is this one of them?

[LMPE]

09:01 PM on 04/21/2010

As a health-minded person, I have to agree with everything that Evo Morales said there.

[305Rider]

06:43 PM on 04/21/2010

Evo says the craziest thing sometimes.

[chonus]

06:09 PM on 04/21/2010

Seriously, HuffPo. Why the hit piece?

Everything from the story to the picture is designed to make Morales look bad. Why?

[Wozzeck]

01:22 AM on 04/22/2010

Payback for daring to have diplomatic relations with Iran, and for bucking the World Bank and friends. It's the same corporate media treatment that Hugo Chavez gets. Morales also mentioned that Coca-Cola is only good as a drain cleaner. That won't win him friends with the media.

http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=112113§ionid=351020101

[chonus]

06:01 PM on 04/21/2010

Bolivia currently sits on the world's largest Lithium reserves.

Lithium is the new oil. It will be used to make the batteries that will power all the new cars and such. It has been called the middle east of lithium reserves.

Evo Morales is the first indigenous leader elected in the world. He rose from the ranks of his own people and they elected him to serve their needs, not corporate America.

The lithium, and the fact that Evo Morales will not take his orders from Washington are the exact reasons why Bolivia will forever be demonized in the US media.

It's a shame really. There's a lot to learn there...

[ForVivi]

12:43 AM on 04/22/2010

Benito Juarez, indigenous Mexican president.

[demedius]

09:04 AM on 04/22/2010

Alejandro Toledo, indigenous president of Peru.

[chonus]

05:29 PM on 04/21/2010

This is just another attack on Evo Morales and the Bolivian people. Any way they can be demonized...

Of all that could be said about this man and what he is doing for his people and country and they choose to put this tripe out there.

It really says a lot...

[CarlosQC]

03:42 PM on 04/21/2010

As a gay man of Indigenous heritage, and someone who admires the leadership of Morales in Bolivia and the world, I believe that there is a misunderstanding of his words perhaps caused by bad intentions from those who are changing the context of his words.

President Morales did not say the words “homosexuality” or “gay”. He was referring to the effects that hormones have on men bodies, period.

Morales was referring to the destructive ways of living that we humans, especially in “developed” societies, have embarked. This was said in a conference about climate change and the future of humankind.

When we criticize Morales as a leader, we need to see his record. What Evo Morales is doing to make Bolivia an inclusive society based on equality and diversity, and to protect our planet and Mother Earth from destruction.

[Ira7]

03:55 PM on 04/21/2010

Is that why the locals have killed his police who trying to kick them out and start mining operations in their villages?

Give me a break.

[chonus]

05:28 PM on 04/21/2010

Good post.

[ChelseaC]

02:44 PM on 04/21/2010

Any endocrine disruptors be it artificial hormones or toxins, has the potential to cause hair loss.

I have recently visited an endocrinologist and was told to never consume meats/dairy that add artificial growth hormones.
Also, pesticides in foods can disrupt the endocrine system too.
Eat REAL whole organic foods!

[PWM]

02:07 PM on 04/21/2010

I think the Chickens would agree.

[Mitzy]

02:05 PM on 04/21/2010

I'm told RuPaul ate a lot of chicken as a child.

[Eduardo Lopez]

04:54 PM on 04/21/2010

no way! Look at the fabulous hair.

[SusanElizabeth1949]

01:20 AM on 04/22/2010

Out of drag, dressed as a man, Ru-Paul is bald.