But for me I am needing to
reduce my estrogen amounts and since flaxseed, while a wonderful seed full of fiber is good for you, it has high amounts of estrogen and for someone with hormone issues as I am experiencing right now I need to avoid using it.
Not exact matches
This may be especially helpful if you're breastfeeding, because lactation lowers your
estrogen levels, which
reduces the
amount of lubrication your vagina can produce.
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.
Red meat also contains great
amounts of vitamin B 12, a famous enemy of both adrenal and ordinary fatigue, and zinc, which required for testosterone production and can act as an aromatase inhibitor and
reduce estrogen levels.
Vitamin A is known to help with excess
estrogen so a simple increase in the
amount of natural Vitamin A in the diet can help
reduce heavy cyclical bleeding.
That being said, we can say with a reasonable
amount of certainty that menopause causes some significant hormonal changes in a woman's body, that those hormonal changes often result in drastically
reduced levels of
estrogen, and that, when it comes to low
estrogen, weight gain is a very common result.
Many
estrogen blockers simply render this enzyme ineffective, thereby
reducing the
amount of testosterone that gets turned into
estrogen.
The idea is that by suppressing
estrogen's effects in the body, you can enhance testosterone's, and even increase total testosterone levels by
reducing the
amount that's naturally converted into
estrogen.
While insoluble fiber nourishes the good bacteria in your colon and
reduces the
amount of time the food spend in your system, soluble fiber absorbs the excess cholesterol, old
estrogens and toxins, and flushes them out of your system.
Following an
estrogen reduction protocol will go a long way to
reduce the
amount of
estrogen in the body, curing and protecting women from the dreaded
estrogen - related illnesses so common today.
In small
amounts, DIM can both inhibit the aromatase enzyme (and prevent conversion of testosterone into
estrogen) and it can act on more potent forms of
estrogen and convert them into less potent forms; this conversion
reduces the overall effects of
estrogen in the body.DIM also exerts numerous anti-carcinogenic (anti-cancer) effects in the body and is one of the reasons this vegetable family is seen as healthy.
I've been eating large
amounts of steak, eggs, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage... basically everything that is stated to
reduce estrogen and increase testosterone.
The fiber stimulates a smooth bowel movement and
reduces the
amount of time the food stays in your colon, while also
reducing the cholesterol by eliminating excess along with toxins and unneeded
estrogen.
Because
estrogen promotes the growth of some breast cancers,
reducing the
amount of this hormone in the body by removing the ovaries may slow the growth of those breast cancers.
The combination of
estrogen and progestin in the patch may
reduce the
amount and quality of your breast milk in the first 6 weeks of breastfeeding.