There are just too many ways
for xenoestrogens, aggressive chemical toxins that mimic natural estrogen, to get into your system; everything from the commercial meats you eat and the chemical - ridden sundry products you use to the toxic air you breathe contains it.
Switching out your plastic containers
for xenoestrogen - free containers such as glass can help prevent the absorption of xenoestrogens.
Not exact matches
Both of these nutrients are key
for estrogen balance and
xenoestrogen detoxification.
In fact, Belli Baby goes a step further by excluding ALL known
xenoestrogens for our formulations.
At Belli, we have known about the risks of
xenoestrogens (phthalates)
for several years, and we're able to use that information to help formulate our products.
Bisphenol A, (BPA) an environmental pollutant, is among the class of
xenoestrogens that could be triggers
for Lupus, says Gulati.
Unfortunately
for Jerry, heat releases
xenoestrogens (like BPA and phthalate) from plastic and transfers it to our food.
They're also notorious
for being an
xenoestrogen, causing man boobs, lowering testosterone, and generally destabilising hormones.
Remember that one of the many health risks with these chemicals is that some pesticides can act as «
xenoestrogens» in your body, disrupting hormone balance
for both men and women.
I'd love to get into it now in the book but I feel like fiber is the unsung hero of hormone balance especially
for the global experience that we're all having of estrogen dominance and estrogen pressure from 700 known
xenoestrogens.
For example, many toxins produced by petrochemicals are
xenoestrogens because they mimic estrogens in the body.
He is making a comparative statement in the form of an analogy to underscore his point about how ingesting one food
for its good nutrients (e.g. fish or supplemented margarine) can be detrimental if that particular food also contains known toxins and damaging substances (e.g., mercury, dioxins,
xenoestrogens, and PCBs in the case of fish and trans fats in the case of supplemented margarine).
Soy is also the most genetically modified of any crop (which has it's own potentially scary issues we won't even delve into in this article)... and even worse, soy proteins in particular typically concentrate much of the phytoestrogens in soy (different than
xenoestrogens), which adds a double whammy
for adding belly fat to 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.
We live in an estrogenic society —
xenoestrogens, estrogen - like compounds leach from plastics that we use
for food and drink; GMO soy, that is used as a filler in many commercial foods and hormones that have been pumped into our dairy and meat products.
There are lots of other changes this represents too, such as the presence of chemicals in our food supply (pesticides, herbicides,
xenoestrogens, etc) that didn't exist in the ancient diet, as well as the dramatic changes caused by hybridization of many of our foods, which creates versions of fruits and vegetables bred more
for size, sweetness, and appearance as opposed to natural nutrition... this aspect has decreased micronutrient content in the modern day food supply (just look at wild blueberries vs cultivated blueberries as an example of that with wild berries coming in at more than DOUBLE the antioxidants from ORAC testing).
The cruciferous veggies (broccoli, cabbage, brussels sprouts, kale, cauliflower, bok choy) detox the body of excess estrogens (important
for men too, since we're exposed to so many environmental
xenoestrogens) and are cancer - fighters too.
Among various food items, cow's milk and cheese had the highest correlation with incidence and mortality rate of these cancers» Children are at high risk «Among the exposure of humans, especially prepubertal children, to exogenous estrogens, we are particularly concerned with» These
xenoestrogens from lactating preganant cattle (the majority of commercial cattle used
for milk) significantly raised estrogen levels in male adults and reduced testosterone levels and did even more so in children.