Sentences with phrase «mimics estrogen hormones»

BPA is a chemical with estrogenic activity (EA), meaning it mimics the estrogen hormone.

Bisphenol A mimics the estrogen hormone and at high enough levels could increase the risk of cancer, birth defects or reproductive problems.

But some synthetic chemicals mimic these estrogen hormones by also binding to the receptors.

Black cohosh and Saint Johns Wort, are herbal remedies that contain phytoestrogens, that mimic the estrogen hormone and which alleviates many menopause symptoms, while also providing allergy relief.

Parabens mimic estrogen hormones and have been linked to breast cancer.

Not exact matches

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Plastic / polycarbonate bottles leach bisphenol - A (BPA), a chemical that mimics the hormone estrogen, and can cause chromosomal abnormalities.

When consumed, BPA mimics the hormone estrogen (becomes «estrogenic») and disrupts the natural balance of your endocrine system.

BPA is a hormone - disrupting chemical that mimics estrogen and has been federally banned from baby bottles.

BPA, which mimics the female hormone estrogen, has been linked to diabetes and heart disease in adults.

In the human body, BPA mimics the hormone estrogen.

Parabens, a chemical preservative, have been found to mimic the female hormone estrogen.

Soy: Contains phytoestrogen, a plant - derived compound that mimics your own estrogen, interferes with your estrogen receptors, and disrupts your body's hormones.

Previous research had suggested that levels of BPA, which mimics the female hormone estrogen in the human body, declined by 50 percent every five hours after it was ingested in foods or water it had leached into from plastic containers.

When O'Malley's team exposed female rats to estrogen and progesterone to mimic pregnancy, the animals maintained high levels of p53 in their breast cells long after the hormone treatment ended.

Bloch's colleagues at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences tested the oils in gene expression studies on lab - grown human breast cancer cells and found that they could mimic estrogens, the primary female sex hormones, and inhibit androgens, the primary male sex hormones.

But when Millam and his associates dosed pairs of zebra finches orally with estradiol benzoate, a form of the hormone estrogen, and octylphenol, an industrial surfactant that sometimes mimics estrogen, they documented several effects.

Scientists believe that it produces such a wide range of health effects in low doses because it mimics the hormone estrogen, disrupting human development and making it particularly potent for infants.

The technology could also be a boon to wildlife: BPA mimics the hormone estrogen and has been wreaking havoc on fish populations for years now, causing male fish to become female in some cases.

The company came to Hayes in 1997 because he had experience with hormones and amphibians: He had developed an assay in which frogs exposed to estrogen mimics turned from green to red.

Exposure of the fetus to BPA in utero is of particular concern, because the chemical, which mimics the hormone estrogen, has been linked to several kinds of cancer, including prostate cancer, in rodent models.

In a new study, researchers implanted estrogen capsules near the testes of male snakes to mimic the location of the hormone's production in females.

In the 1930s BPA was identified as a potent mimic of estrogen; it could bind to the same receptors throughout the human body as the natural female hormone.

The reason, according to the research published in the journal Human Reproduction (pdf): soy beans contain high amounts of phytoestrogens, organic compounds that mimic the female hormone estrogen in the human body and, in animal studies, have been shown to reduce testosterone levels.

The chemical mimics the hormone estrogen, which in mammalian fetuses affects anatomical development that distinguishes male and female brains.

Endocrine disruptors are already able to act as hormones in low but persistent dosages, mostly mimicking estrogen properties.

Its chemical structure is similar to that of bisphenol A (BPA), and like BPA, is can mimic the activity of estrogen, a female sex hormone.

Manufacturers began to substitute this compound for a chemical cousin — bisphenol A, or BPA — when research showed BPA mimicked the hormone estrogen and could provoke a number of adverse effects in laboratory animals.

Soy may also mimic the activity of the hormone estrogen in your body and can interfere with hormonal and overall thyroid function.

BPA is known to disrupt hormones and can mimic the effect of estrogen in the body, leading to weight gain and hormone imbalance.

Oxybenzone — This substance has been shown in studies to be a potent hormone disruptor, mimicking estrogen within the human body and potentially leading to diseases such as breast cancer, endometriosis, decreased sperm count, and prostate and testicular cancers.

Plastic containers contain a chemical called xenoestrogens, which mimic the acne - promoting hormone estrogen.

BPA disrupts the human endocrine system by mimicking body substances like estrogen and thyroid hormone.

As we learn about the downside of hormonal birth control and estrogen - mimicking chemicals, we're starting to think more about hormone balance.

Mimicking the body's natural hormones like the sex hormones estrogens and androgens as well as thyroid hormones.

Yes because BPA is a known hormone disrupter that mimics estrogen in our body.

Some parabens have the ability to somewhat mimic the hormone estrogen.

Some pesticides, for example, mimic the effects of estrogen and can affect the hormone balance.

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Soy products contain high levels of phytoestrogens that actually mimic the body's natural estrogen hormones.

Day 14 — Eat Edamame for Postmenopausal Health Edamame and other soy based foods, such as tofu, contain isoflavones which mimic the hormone estrogen in the body.

The problem is that since the 1930s, when BPA was found to mimic the female hormone estrogen, a constantly expanding avalanche of evidence has accused BPA of causing fertility problems, brain damage, chronic inflammation and every nasty condition under the sun.

Phthalates are found in perfume and are harmful to the thyroid by decreasing T4, are difficult for the liver and kidneys to detoxify, they can cause stress to the reproductive system, causing harm to the developing fetus, and last but not leaves they mimic the hormone estrogen and causes earlier puberty and breast development in girls.

From antibiotics and hormones in our meat and dairy, to toxins in our environment and body care products, we are exposed to a lot of xenoestrogens — estrogen mimicking compounds.

One of the options for treating the symptoms of menopause is hormone replacement therapy (HRT) using chemicals that mimic estrogens.

Phytoestrogens mimics the hormone Estrogen, which causes Endocrine disruption in women with PCOS.

They do this by acting as synthetic estrogens that serve as endocrine disruptors that mimic or block the transmission of hormone signals in the body.

There are also studies that indicate that SLS mimics the effects of certain hormones in the body, causing hormone disruption and making the body produce more oestrogen (a type of estrogen) than necessary — wreaking havoc on the endocrine system.

Soy products are not all created equal, look for non-GMO soy, this is a version that does not disrupt hormones or mimic estrogen.

Numerous studies have found that Triclosan has a highly disruptive effect on hormones and can mimic estrogen in the human body.