You might also ask your doctor how he thinks that your premenopausal body protected
itself against estrogen effects!
Not exact matches
The findings in this new study support earlier evidence from studies in animals that showed protective
effects of
estrogen against the flu.
The female sex hormone
estrogen has anti-viral
effects against the influenza A virus, commonly known as the flu, a new study in American Journal of Physiology — Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology reports.
The thought is that vitex protects
against «menopause - related cognitive decline» with fewer side
effects (read: cancer risk) than other forms of
estrogen replacement.
In other words, Progesterone protects
against the undesirable side
effects of
estrogen listed above.
Diverting attention from the fact that iodine is the active ingredient in seaweed
against the carcinogenic
effect of
estrogens on female reproductive organs and
against many other diseases of the Western World, while pointing to some other factors in seaweed eliciting these beneficial
effects.
(13)(14) Pregnant women are known to have less migraine headaches than women not bearing children, (13) which is indiciative of the elevated levels of progesterone during pregnancy and progesterone's protective
effects against estrogen.
This is problematic not only because
estrogen has a balancing
effect against testosterone and is great for your skin, but also because DHEA - S acts similarly to testosterone with respect to the skin and stimulates oil production.
The isoflavone phytoestrogens preferentially stimulate
estrogen receptor β, with protective
effects against breast and prostate cancer.
Other metabolites, such as 2 - hydroxyestrone and 2 - hydroxyestradiol, offer protection
against the
estrogen - agonist
effects of 16 - alpha - hydroxyestrone.
Published literature proposes
estrogen as having neuroprotective
effects that provide a defense
against nerve degeneration induced by excess glutamate.
The FDA had also received, early in 1998, the final British Government report on phyto -
estrogens, which failed to find much evidence of benefit and warned
against potential adverse
effects.
Meanwhile, DHEA is a precursor to other important hormones like testosterone and estradiol (
estrogen), and decreased DHEA levels are associated with many symptoms of aging, due to its protective
effects against damage from sources like excess cortisol.
According to Lise Alschuler, author of the Definitive Guide To Cancer: An Integrative Approach to Prevention, Treatment, and Healing, studies on flax lignans demonstrate safety and efficacy in their use
against breast cancer, «inhibiting the growth of human
estrogen - dependent breast cancer cells in mice and strengthening the tumor - inhibitory
effect of tamoxifen».