Sentences with phrase «estrogenic effect on»

Though it's often touted as a health food, soy has an estrogenic effect on the body (that is: acts like estrogen) and so can throw hormones off balance if consumed regularly.

And the hormones they are administered have an estrogenic effect on both women and men.

Add in some phytoestrogens — these are not true estrogens but the idea is that they exert a weaker estrogenic effect on our cells.

These are chemical compounds that are structurally similar to estrogen, so when they enter the body, they behave with estrogenic effect on the reproductive system function.

The increase may also have to do with excessive exposure to xenoestrogens, chemicals such as pesticides which have estrogenic effects on the body.

Not exact matches

Strong concerns have been voiced from some quarters over its estrogenic properties and the effects of the chemical on the human reproductive system.

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.

By that I mean you can take 10 estrogenic chemicals at doses that on their own don't have an effect, but if you add them together, you end up with problems.

«The negative effects of estrogenic chemicals on the developing male include an expanding list of subtle changes to the developing brain, reproductive tract, and testis,» the authors wrote.

Researchers blamed the problem on the estrogenic effect of soy consumed during pregnancy.

Such herbs should be used with caution, as clinical studies have not yet determined the long - term effects of estrogenic herbs on health.

These foods can be quite estrogenic and have a cumulative negative effect on your thyroid health.

... The estrogenic compounds of the root are not the type that have an effect on the uterus or the breast tissue, but rather they are perceived by the hypothalamus of the brain as an estrogen metabolite and tend to lessen the pituitary surges of luteinizing hormone (LH) in the absence of ovarian estrogens.

These findings are consistent with an estrogenic hormonal proliferative effect on breast tissue (6 — 10) that is reflected in the amount of dense tissue and breast density (11).