(NaturalHealth365) You may have heard about the adverse
effects of xenoestrogens found in growth hormones from commercially - produced meats, food preservatives such as BHA, beauty products, pesticides, and even tap water.
From antibiotics and hormones in our meat and dairy, to toxins in our environment and body care products, we are exposed to a
lot of xenoestrogens — estrogen mimicking compounds.
Bisphenol A, (BPA) an environmental pollutant, is among the
class of xenoestrogens that could be triggers for Lupus, says Gulati.
Ingesting a large
amount of xenoestrogens orally has a similar effect to taking birth - control pills: It causes an increase in sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG).
Switching out your plastic containers for xenoestrogen - free containers such as glass can help prevent the
absorption of xenoestrogens.
A great example is most herbicides, pesticides and insecticides are
part of the xenoestrogens family and will accumulate in your body.
Soy products and soy derivatives contain a double -
whammy of xenoestrogens as well as phytoestrogens... again creating an environment in your body for fat storage, carcinogenic effects, and even «man boobs» for some men in very severe cases.
Expanded
use of xenoestrogens in plastics, herbicide, pesticides, chemicals, cosmetics and food products have been linked to numerous reproductive disorders and cancers.
This issue has increased in prevalence in recent years due to the
saturation of xenoestrogens (man - made oestrogens) in our environment — from the plastics of water bottles, carpet fibres, medication, body wash, beer, pesticides, the water supply and hormones in food.
She explores the
role of xenoestrogens on health conditions such as overweight, infertility, and hormone dependent cancers.
This is in addition to the effects you may get from the concentrated phytoestrogens in soy... the
combination of xenoestrogens and phytoestrogens could be a BIG problem for stubborn belly fat!
When conventional medicine turns its attention to hormonal imbalance, nutrition and the
effects of xenoestrogens, progress in the prevention and treatment of breast cancer is far more likely than it is if we continue on with our present fixation on mammograms, surgery, chemotherapy and radiation.
See my previous video, Alkylphenol Endocrine Disruptors & Allergies for background on this
class of xenoestrogens.
Try not to buy drinking water in plastic bottles as it may be
full of xenoestrogens, particularly if you live in a hot climate.
If you're disrupting your own endocrine system, you're getting a
lot of these xenoestrogens that you're basically ruining your own fertility.
A side benefit of chamomile tea, and another reason that I try to include it in my weekly night tea repertoire is that chamomile tea contains unique phytonutrients that can help fight estrogenic overload from
all of the xenoestrogens that we are exposed to from chemicals, pesticides, etc in today's chemical laden world.
I3C has also been shown in studies to help fight the effects
of xenoestrogens that make belly fat stubborn.