Estrogen activity refers to the effects or actions caused by a hormone called estrogen in the body. Estrogen is mainly found in females and has important roles such as controlling the menstrual cycle, developing secondary sexual characteristics, and maintaining bone health.
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Babajko reported that an increase
in estrogen activity had a greater effect on the tooth enamel in male rats than in female rats.
Studies have shown that many synthetic chemicals
with estrogen activity (EA) interfere with our body's own natural hormone system.
However, we did see different patterns
of estrogen activity change according to participants» body mass index (BMI).
They found that the TAML - treated BPA water did not
show estrogen activity or cause abnormalities in yeast and developing zebrafish embryos.
The bone broth is cooled to 40 degrees before being packaged in resealable BPA - free and EA - free (
Estrogen Activity free) plastic bags.
Park, M. K., Kwon, H. Y., Ahn, W. S., Bae, S., Rhyu, M. R., and Lee,
Y. Estrogen activities and the cellular effects of natural progesterone from wild yam extract in mcf - 7 human breast cancer cells.
BPA, an environmental pollutant
with estrogen activity, is used to make hard, clear plastic and is common in many food product containers.
So if you're trying to wipe out all trace
of estrogen activity, do you want to be eating the phytoestrogens found in soy?
«We were unable to link this decrease
in estrogen activity to any particular behavior change — all of the 19 had desired behavior change.
They can also increase
the estrogen activity.
This means it can decrease excess
estrogen activity or increase deficient estrogen activity, making it an effective remedy for a variety of female health complaints.
Lastly, all this metabolized estrogen has to be eliminated through the digestive tract — if not, they will get taken back up into the body and continuing having
estrogen activity.
And plastics as well as many preservatives (i.e. parabens) and pesticides have
estrogen activity.
One study compiled evidence that suggests approximately 455 plastics commercially available to industry, leach chemicals with
estrogen activity (EA).
For example, lower estrogen levels with higher
estrogen activity can be more damaging than higher estrogen levels with lower estrogen activity.
Further, the overweight group encompassed participants with both increased and decreased
estrogen activity, while the normal BMI group included only participants with decreased estrogen activity.»
By examining
estrogen activity change in BMI groups (normal and overweight), we learned that the six participants who experienced no reduction in estrogen activity were all among the overweight group.