and
Estrogenic Chemicals in Meat.
BPA is only one of many
estrogenic chemicals in our environment.»
Even though many plastic products are now marketed as «BPA - free,» it's unclear whether people are being harmed by BPA or other
estrogenic chemicals in plastic.
Not exact matches
My husband who is a Ph.D.
chemical engineer says that the
estrogenic compounds
in plastics leach out through liquid contact because the estrogens are soluble
in water.
Chemicals with
estrogenic activity «have been reported to have potential adverse health effects
in mammals, including humans, especially
in fetal and infant states,» says Dr. George Bittner, a professor of neurobiology at the University of Texas at Austin who has served on many National Institutes of Health panels.
One study
in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives found that plastic products advertised as BPA - free still leached
chemicals with
estrogenic activity — and some of these
chemicals were even more potent than BPA.
Chemicals having
estrogenic activity (EA) reportedly cause many adverse health effects, especially at low doses
in babies and children.
Your agency has just dedicated $ 30 million to study bisphenol A, the
estrogenic chemical found
in polycarbonate bottles and food can linings.
Seeking to learn how the
chemicals were able to harm future generations, the Washington State researchers examined the DNA of the ones whose mothers were exposed to vinclozolin, an
estrogenic fungicide commonly used
in the wine industry.
Studies are first published claiming that,
in the laboratory, certain
chemicals used to make plastics demonstrate potential
estrogenic effects.
Chemicals in sunscreens are also found to create free radicals
in the body and produce an
estrogenic effect (man boobs anyone?).
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Estrogenic chemicals found
in many common products have been linked to a litany of problems
in humans and animals.
This new research by the EWG reveals that the
chemicals commonly used
in sunscreen are endocrine disruptors,
estrogenic and may interfere with thyroid and other hormone processes
in the body.
They are pesticides and other toxic
chemicals used
in the environment that are
estrogenic in nature, that is; the body identifies them as estrogen and allows them to attach to estrogen receptor sites
in the breast, and other areas.
How
estrogenic chemicals are found
in everything from our water and diet to our personal care products
Whether you are aware of it or not, you are constantly exposed to
estrogenic chemicals known for causing hormonal imbalance, disorders, and death —
chemicals that are found
in the air you breathe, products you use, food you eat, and water you drink.
That's why the incidence of breast cancer is going up
in men when they're exposed to certain
estrogenic chemicals on the job, but also there can be epigenetic changes of the aromatase genes that make you more prone to not being able to do a good job of rinsing your hormones especially estrogen out of your breast.
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.
Xenoestrogens are
chemicals that you are exposed to (and are hard to avoid
in the modern world) that have an
estrogenic effect
in your body.
These
estrogenic chemicals that we are exposed to on a daily basis can stimulate your body to store belly fat, along with many other problems (including cancer risks
in the long term).
Cruciferous vegetables such as broccoli, cauliflower, brussels sprouts, kale, bok choy, cabbage, etc. contain very specific and unique phytonutrients such as indole -3-carbinol (I3C) that help to fight against these
estrogenic compounds... And by fighting against these belly fat stimulating
estrogenic chemicals, this is just 1 more step
in helping you to win the battle against abdominal fat!
You might hear people talking a lot about
chemicals in various consumer products such as shampoo, and one of the things these
chemicals all have
in common is that they are
estrogenic.