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"Other food products such as those made from soy contain phytoestrogens, naturally occurring estrogens that are reported to be at much higher levels than those found in meat products. Several scientific studies have linked high levels of phytoestrogens to many hormonal problems, including early puberty in girls.31 When we understand how such foods are grown, processed, chemicalized, and promoted to the public, these hormonal side effects should not be too surprising. Excess estrogen, or xenoestrogens, in the body can produce a myriad of undesirable symptoms." - Ron Garner, Conscious Health: A Complete Guide to Wellness Through Natural Means (Get the book.)

"Phytoestrogens are simply the estrogens that occur naturally in plants. When you eat fruits and vegetables that contain those compounds, they act as a weak form of estrogen in your body. A woman's cells have specific receptor sites that are prepared to accept estrogen, and when the phytoestrogens come by, they move into those sites, taking the place of the body's estrogens. Because the phytoestrogens have taken the receptor spots, your body's much stronger estrogen has nowhere to go and is excreted as waste." - Gale Maleskey, Nature's Medicines : From Asthma to Weight Gain, from Colds to High Cholesterol -- The Most Powerful All-Natural Cures (Get the book.)

"Fennel, celery, parsley, and all legumes are excellent sources of phytoestrogens (natural estrogens found in plants). Hot flashes can be treated with several commonsense noninvasive approaches. Keep cool. Drink ice water throughout the day. Even a slight increase in your body's core temperature can trigger a hot flash. If you dress in layers you can remove and add clothing as your feelings of warmth rise and fall. Simple as it sounds, opening windows and using fans or air conditioners, even in the winter and especially at night when you are sleeping, helps keep you cool." - J. Douglas Bremner, Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health (Get the book.)

"Both Asian and vegetarian men consume low-fat, high-fiber diets which provide a rich supply of weak dietary plant estrogens. The researchers propose these phytoestrogens are helpful in reducing prostate cancer risk. In addition to their estrogenic activity, many of these plant compounds can interfere with steroid metabolism and bioavailability, and also modulate the activity of enzymes, such as tyrosine kinase and topoisomerase, which are crucial to the ability of cancer cells to proliferate and spread throughout the body." - Freedom Press, Natural Cancer Cures: The Definitive Guide to Using Dietary Supplements to Fight and Prevent Cancer (Get the book.)

"Nourish Your System nstead of (or as an adjunct to) estrogen patches or replacement therapy to control endometrial tissue growth, try eating foods that are naturally high in plant estrogens. A serving of soy beans, tofu, tempeh or soy milk—all rich in phytoestrogens—can provide a necessary boost to your system. Talk to your doctor about the severity of the condition and the possibility of using nutritional therapy with or instead of prescription drugs." - Bottom Line Books, Uncommon Cures For Everyday Ailments (Get the book.)

"Phytoestrogens and other estrogens which don't promote cancer take the quicker short path. Estradiol, estrogen replacement therapy, and organochlorine estrogen-mimickers must take the slower long path. When there are plenty of short path estrogens in the blood, carcinogenic estrogens arrive at the breast cells only to find themselves blocked from entry, thus unable to promote cancer. • Menopausal and postmenopausal women: Doesn't it make sense that taking estrogen pills would increase breast cancer risk? Eight percent of breast cancers are attributed to the use of prescribed estrogens." - Susun S. Weed, Breast Cancer? Breast Health! The Wise Woman Way (Get the book.)

"Adding phyto-estrogens (plant estrogens), compounds found in plants that produce an estrogen-like effect in the body, to the diet can be helpful for women who suffer from incontinence. In most cases, adding phyto-estrogens to the diet is safe and easy. They can be found in roasted soy nuts, soy milk, tempeh, textured soy protein, and tofu. Supplements: Take 3-4 g of fish oils a day; 1 tbsp of flaxseed oil a day; 500 mg of vitamin C two to three times a day; and 400 IU of vitamin E a day for antiinflammatory support. Herbs: Take 400 mg of bromelain three times a day in between meals." - Marshall Editions, 1000 Cures for 200 Ailments: Integrated Alternative and Conventional Treatments for the Most Common Illnesses (Get the book.)

"I asked, thinking about DHEA supplements, precursors to sex hormones (androgens and estrogens), which some believe can slow the effects of aging. "Yes, but it doesn't work that way. The supplements are not the same as the hormones your body generates. DHEA probably has no effect on age-related changes in body composition and function." Soy products that contain phytoestrogens are probably better than hormone supplements, he said. Some researchers speculate that they may impart many of the benefits of estrogen without the cancer dangers." - Dan Buettner, The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who've Lived the Longest (Get the book.)

"Dorris Rapp, MD, a leading pediatric allergist, asserts that environmental and food estrogens are responsible for the worldwide reduction in male fertility.36 For women, female children fed the estrogens in soy formula and products hit puberty early, sometimes as young as age 6 to 8.37 Eating soy products during pregnancy may affect the sexual differentiation of the fetus toward feminization; studies even show malformations of the reproductive tract or offspring born with both male and female sexual organs.38 Kaayla T." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.)

"These compounds, which include genistein, daidzein, and equol, are known as phytoestrogens (plant-derived estrogens). Soy products such as tofu, miso, aburage, atuage, kori-dofu, soybeans, and boiled beans contain large amounts of phytoestrogens. High intake of phytoestrogens may partly explain why hot flashes and other menopausal symptoms are so infrequent in Japanese women.17 However, it is not known whether phytoestrogens will help prevent osteoporosis. Other foods that have been found to have estrogenic activity include cashew nuts, peanuts, oats, com, wheat, apples, almonds, and alfalfa." - Alan Gaby, Preventing and Reversing Osteoporosis: What You Can Do About Bone Loss (Get the book.)

"For women, female children fed the estrogens in soy formula and products hit puberty early, sometimes as young as age 6 to 8.37 Eating soy products during pregnancy may affect the sexual differentiation of the fetus toward feminization; studies even show malformations of the reproductive tract or offspring born with both male and female sexual organs.38 Kaayla T." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.)

"Among the substances that have demonstrated anti-Alzheimer effects are free vitamin E, deprenyl, ginkgo biloba extract, desferrioxamine (an iron-chelating agent) and estrogens. Vitamin E and Alzheimer Disease. American Journal Of Clinical Nutrition, 2000, 71(2):630S-636S. Vitamin E administered in doses of 2000 IU/day may slow the rate of functional deterioration in patients with moderately advanced Alzheimer's disease. Serum Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) and DHEA-sulfate (DHEA-S) in Alzheimer's Disease and in Cerebrovascular Dementia. Yanase T; et al." - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.)

"Increase your consumption of foods rich in phytoestrogens (plant estrogens). Among the best sources of these compounds are soy foods. Phytoestrogens appear to function much like natural estrogens in many ways. For example, they have been found to increase cell growth in the vaginal walls and also to raise the body's level of high-density lipoproteins (HDL, the so-called "good cholesterol"). They may also help to decrease the risk of breast and endometrial cancer." - Janet Zand, LAc, OMD, Allan N. Spreed, MD, CNC, James B. LaValle, RPh, ND, Smart Medicine for Healthier Living : Practical A-Z Reference to Natural and Conventional Treatments for Adults (Get the book.)

"This discordance is usually explained by invoking the likelihood that women voluntarily taking estrogens were also involved in myriad other health-promoting behaviors and that estrogen use, therefore, was simply a marker for a generally healthier lifestyle. Whether that explanation is ultimately correct or complete will perhaps never be known, but the important point is that factors other than estrogen use—factors that could not be randomized—were responsible for the seemingly better outcomes in the estrogen users. 4." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.)

"A woman's cells have specific receptor sites that are prepared to accept estrogen, and when the phytoestrogens come by, they move into those sites, taking the place of the body's estrogens. Because the phytoestrogens have taken the receptor spots, your body's much stronger estrogen has nowhere to go and is excreted as waste. Researchers at the Royal Hospital for Women in New South Wales, Australia, reviewed all the studies conducted between 1980 and 1995 concerning the effect of phytoestrogens." - Gale Maleskey, Nature's Medicines : From Asthma to Weight Gain, from Colds to High Cholesterol -- The Most Powerful All-Natural Cures (Get the book.)

"The theory makes sense, given that estrogen receptors exist in the mood area of our brain, and soy is rich in natural plant estrogens. Soy good for the heart? The definitive news on how soy affects heart health has not yet been reported because researchers are still looking into whether-and how-it helps. A few years ago, a meta-analysis of 34 trials reported that soy protein lowered blood cholesterol, and the mean decrease in LDL cholesterol was 12.9 percent; shortly thereafter, the FDA proposed a health claim for soy protein and heart disease." - Elaine Magee, Food Synergy: Unleash Hundreds of Powerful Healing Food Combinations to Fight Disease and Live Well (Get the book.) "It's especially rich in natural plant estrogens (called isoflavones)—but some types of breast cancer are aggravated by high estrogen levels. The extra estrogen in soy may not be safe for women who've been treated for estrogen-positive breast cancer. On the other hand, soy may be helpful to some women trying to prevent breast cancer because when the body detects estrogen from the diet, it slows its own production of the hormone." - Elaine Magee, Food Synergy: Unleash Hundreds of Powerful Healing Food Combinations to Fight Disease and Live Well (Get the book.)

"The same argument holds for estrogens?Premarin should never be used (unless you are treating a pregnant horse). When estrogen therapy is indicated, natural, bioidentical estrogens should be used. For more information about bioidentical hormones I refer the reader to The Miracle of Natural Hormones, 3?Edition. While this book was in publication, researchers from the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center reported that in the U.S., rates of the most common form of breast cancer dropped 15% from August 2002 to December 2003." - David Brownstein M.D., Drugs That Don't Work and Natural Therapies That Do (Get the book.)

"In vitro binding of estrogens by dietary fiber and the in vivo apparent digestibility tested in pigs. J. Steroid Biochem. Mol. Biol. 38, 621-628. 137. Dorgan, J. F., Sowell, A., Swanson, C. A., et al. (1998). Relationships of serum carotenoids, retinol, alpha-tocopherol, and selenium with breast cancer risk: results from a prospective study in Columbia, Missouri (United States). Cancer Causes Control 9, 89-97. 138. Graham, S., Zielezny, M., Marshall, J., et al. (1992). Diet in the epidemiology of postmenopausal breast cancer in the New York State Cohort. Am. J. Epidemiol. 136, 1327-1337." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.)

"It also has a strong endocrine association, especially to your pineal gland, which controls your sleep-wake cycle, and to dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), which is a precursor to female hormones such as estrogens and progesterone, relating this Integrator bioenergetically to parts of the menstrual cycle. Trace minerals have an important link to Energetic Integrator 6, so this Integrator is involved bioenergetically in enzyme and hormone production and function. The thymus is also correlated to Integrator 6, making this Integrator important to your overall immune function." - Peter h. Fraser and Harry Massey, Decoding the Human Body-Field: The New Science of Information as Medicine (Get the book.)

"A genetic profile blood test provided a clue—the presence of two alleles (specific combinations of genes) indicating that androgens (male hormones) and estrogens might be responsible for Sid's high blood pressure. In this case, the testosterone he was taking for his decreased libido appeared to be the culprit. The results suggested that testosterone could interfere with his medication and even keep pushing the blood pressure up. Even though Sid was pleased with the libido benefits of the hormone, he agreed to stop the testosterone for the sake of his overall health." - Stephen Sinatra, M.D. and James C., M.D. Roberts, Reverse Heart Disease Now: Stop Deadly Cardiovascular Plaque Before It's Too Late (Get the book.)

"If you are following your estrogen metabolites with a twenty-four-hour urine test, you will actually see a shift in your estrogens for the better when you increase your intake of cruciferous veggies. Vegetables high in I3C • Broccoli, cauliflower t Bok choy (there are several varieties) Chinese cabbage • Watercress • Rapini, broccolini • Red, white, and Savoy cabbage • Brussels sprouts ?Kale, kohlrabi • Collard greens, mustard greens I encourage my patients to cook extra cruciferous vegetables at dinner, and add them to their soup, salad, or rice for lunch." - Phuli Cohan, The Natural Hormone Makeover: 10 Steps to Rejuvenate Your Health and Rediscover Your Inner Glow (Get the book.) "Whenever you speak of natural estrogen, know that you are speaking of at least three circulating estrogens and at least five active estrogen metabolites (and many more if you're talking about synthetic estrogen). • All hormones work together in a carefully balanced system. Estrogen is stimulating to our mind and our cells and has a tendency to promote blood clotting. Progesterone naturally opposes estrogen. It is calming, limits cell growth, and lessens blood clotting. • Even if you don't take estrogen, your body continues to make it." - Phuli Cohan, The Natural Hormone Makeover: 10 Steps to Rejuvenate Your Health and Rediscover Your Inner Glow (Get the book.) "Estriol (E3) Estriol is the weakest of the circulating estrogens, and the major form of estrogen in your body during pregnancy, when it is made by your baby's placenta. When you're not pregnant, it is made mostly in your liver and breast cells (from 16 OH-estrone, discussed in chapter 3). It is a unique form of estrogen, because it does not appear to break down into any other metabolite. Yet, its exact purpose (aside from its role in pregnancy) is unclear. It seems to provide benefits similar to estradiol, but in a much weaker form, being about one-eighth as strong." - Phuli Cohan, The Natural Hormone Makeover: 10 Steps to Rejuvenate Your Health and Rediscover Your Inner Glow (Get the book.) "Use I-3-C (400 mg/day) in addition to DIM, sitosterol, and ground flaxseeds to help metabolize estrogens more safely. • Have your stool tested for an excess of glucuronidase, which is produced by bacteria in your gut. If your stool glucuronidase is high, improve your gut bacteria with herbs and probiotics and use calcium-d-glucarate to lower glucuronidase. • Measure your heavy metal levels with a twenty-four-hour urine test. Mercury, lead, and other toxic metals will lower your body's antioxidant resources and make you prone to producing cancer causing quinones." - Phuli Cohan, The Natural Hormone Makeover: 10 Steps to Rejuvenate Your Health and Rediscover Your Inner Glow (Get the book.)

"The liver regulates numerous hormones, including estrogens and progesterone. A woman with unbalanced hormone levels51 may experience a low sex drive (low libido), cardiovascular disease, menopausal symptoms, menstrual discomforts, PMS, breast cysts, breast cancer, fibroids, endometriosis, emotional problems, female anxiety, nervous disorders, skin problems, hair loss, and bone disorders. But it's certainly not the liver's fault when hormonal imbalance occurs." - Andreas Moritz, Cancer Is Not A Disease - It's A Survival Mechanism (Get the book.) "Potential causes for this trend include rising childhood obesity rates and inactivity, cows' milk- and soy-infant formulas, bovine growth hormones commonly added to milk, hormones and antibiotics in beef, and non-fermented soy products such as soy milk and tofu, which mimic estrogens. Soy's estrogenic effects exceed those produced by the birth-control pill by 4 to 5 times. (Also see Soy and Cancer below." - Andreas Moritz, Cancer Is Not A Disease - It's A Survival Mechanism (Get the book.) "Red clover is also one of the richest sources of isoflavones (water-soluble chemicals that act like estrogens and are found in many plants). The isoflavones found in red clover have been studied for their effectiveness in treating some forms of cancer. It is thought that the isoflavones prevent the proliferation of cancer cells and that they may even destroy them. Sheep Sorrel is a rich source of oxalic acid, sodium, potassium, iron, manganese, phosphorous, beta carotene, and vitamin C. This Native Ojibwa tea ingredient is a mild diuretic, mild antiseptic, and mild laxative." - Andreas Moritz, Cancer Is Not A Disease - It's A Survival Mechanism (Get the book.) "Both of these factors (cellular division and blood estrogens) can contribute to cancer growth. Cancer's Emotional Causes Mary experienced a very sad childhood because her parents had great problems relating to one another. When I asked her, she could not remember even a single instance when there had not been tension between her parents. Being a very sensitive person at heart, she took everything more seriously than her more extroverted brother did, and consequently felt insecure, frightened, and depressed." - Andreas Moritz, Cancer Is Not A Disease - It's A Survival Mechanism (Get the book.)

"The most likely reason for this is that it looked as if Wyeth (at that time, 50 Mack TM, Pike MC, Henderson BE, et al. estrogens and endometrial cancer in a retirement community. N Engl J Med, 1976; 294:1262-7. 51 Hoover R, Gray LA, Cole P, MacMahon B. Menopausal estrogens and breast cancer. N Engl J Med, 1976;295:401-5. 52 The number of women in the study who might have been expected to develop breast cancer was 39.1, but 49 women, or 25% more than expected actually developed it. 53 Washington Post, 19 August 1976." - Martin J. Walker, HRT Licensed to Kill and Maim: The Unheard Voices of Women Damaged by Hormone Replacement Therapy (Get the book.)

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