Not exact matches
This is due to the fact that exclusive breastfeeding suppresses a woman's menstrual cycle,
thereby reducing her lifetime exposure to
estrogen, which «feeds» many breast cancers.
Other phytoestrogens may function in the same way,
thereby reducing hot flashes and mood swings associated with low levels of
estrogen.
Black cohosh has been shown to increase
estrogen levels, which may delay or
reduce the length of menstruation,
thereby reducing the risk for inflammation outside the uterus.
Many
estrogen blockers simply render this enzyme ineffective,
thereby reducing the amount of testosterone that gets turned into
estrogen.