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Originally Posted by Bella
Oh my word, this is too wonderfully interesting!! SJ Guardhouse is on fiiiyaaa!!
Why did you work with eostrogen? What are you? Is it for real estrogen out of someone's body? Why couldn't it touch you!   |
I am a chemist, and for a while was trying to measure the levels of endocrine disruptors (like estrogen) in local rivers and streams. The estrogenic compounds I had to weigh were for making standards. If I remember correctly, these kinds of chemicals are not currently targeted by wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), and so are being released into the environment. My job was to determine what kinds of levels were present below several of the local WWTPs. Too much environmental endocrine disruptors can cause problems in animals' reproductive cycles.
Here is a good page describing the adverse effects of a man having too much estrogen:
Google Answers: estrogen
Basically, it can cause all kinds of problems. That's why I'm interested in learning more about this soy milk - estrogen relationship. No estrogen for me, thank you! Furthermore, the amount it takes to be biologically active is
tiny. Just a fraction of a milligram in your drinking water (or mouth) can cause some pretty severe problems.
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high levels of estrogen can cause reduced
levels of testosterone, fatigue, loss of muscle tone, increased body
fat, loss of libido and sexual function and an enlarged prostate.
Other problems associated with excessive levels of estrogen include
(1) The shut down of normal testicular production of testosterone.
Excess estrogen can saturate testosterone receptors in the
hypothalamus in the brain therefore reducing the signal sent to the
pituitary gland. This in turn reduces the secretion of luteinizing
hormone, which is necessary for the gonads to produce testosterone.
(2) Increasing the body's production of sex hormone-binding globulin
(SHBG). SHBG binds testosterone therefore reducing the amount of the
clinical important free testosterone in the blood available to cell
receptor sites.
(3) A reduced effectiveness of the testosterone replacement therapy
due to excess aromatization of testosterone medications to estrogen.
(4) Long-term health risks including an increased risk of diabetes,
heart disease, and some cancers.
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