Is Soy Making You Girly?
Is Soy Making You Girly?
Xenoestrogens versus Phytoestrogens
Have you heard it said that soy foods, or even lavender essential oils, are "feminizing" boys, leading to infertility or even cancer? Industry and parts of the medical establishment have been blaming phyto - plant - estrogens for "estrogen dominance" while leaving xeno - foreign to the body - estrogens alone. Why?
Xenoestrogens are industrial chemicals that disrupt human hormones. Hormones are the agents of communication in the human body regardless of sexe.
... from Wikipedia:
Chemicals shown to have estrogenic effects
* alkylphenols (intermediate chemicals used in the manufacture of other chemicals)
* atrazine (weedkiller)
* 4-Methylbenzylidene camphor (4-MBC) (sunscreen lotions)
* butylated hydroxyanisole, BHA (food preservative)
* bisphenol A (monomer for polycarbonate plastic and epoxy resin; antioxidant in plasticizers)
* dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (one of the breakdown products of DDT)
* dieldrin (banned insecticide)
* DDT (banned insecticide)
* endosulfan (widely banned insecticide)
* erythrosine, FD&C Red No. 3
* ethinylestradiol (combined oral contraceptive pill) (released into the environment as a xenoestrogen)
* heptachlor (restricted insecticide)
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Xenoestrogens versus Phytoestrogens
Have you heard it said that soy foods, or even lavender essential oils, are "feminizing" boys, leading to infertility or even cancer? Industry and parts of the medical establishment have been blaming phyto - plant - estrogens for "estrogen dominance" while leaving xeno - foreign to the body - estrogens alone. Why?
Xenoestrogens are industrial chemicals that disrupt human hormones. Hormones are the agents of communication in the human body regardless of sexe.
... from Wikipedia:
Chemicals shown to have estrogenic effects
* alkylphenols (intermediate chemicals used in the manufacture of other chemicals)
* atrazine (weedkiller)
* 4-Methylbenzylidene camphor (4-MBC) (sunscreen lotions)
* butylated hydroxyanisole, BHA (food preservative)
* bisphenol A (monomer for polycarbonate plastic and epoxy resin; antioxidant in plasticizers)
* dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (one of the breakdown products of DDT)
* dieldrin (banned insecticide)
* DDT (banned insecticide)
* endosulfan (widely banned insecticide)
* erythrosine, FD&C Red No. 3
* ethinylestradiol (combined oral contraceptive pill) (released into the environment as a xenoestrogen)
* heptachlor (restricted insecticide)
Read More