Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Men: Are Your Estrogen Levels Out of Control?

Hi there,

Okay, most men might think that their estrogen levels are not out of control.  They might not even believe they have to worry about estrogen levels. 

Well, men, you do have to worry about it.  And women also.  Once estrogen levels go out of control, so does menopause. 

Out of control estrogen levels affect everyone.  Estrogen is being force fed to all of us.  Food companies have been force feeding cattle and chicken hormones (mostly estrogen to plump them up) for years now. 

This practice has been banned in most countries, but the FDA in the US seems to think it is okay. 

They think it is okay for men to have breasts as large as women.  They think it is okay to totally throw our natural hormone levels out of whack. 

This leads to more prostate problems for men.  It leads to worse menopausal symptoms for women.  It leads to more wrinkles, more sleepless nights, a lack of sex desire, more memory loss and so on for both. 

Nice to know your hard earned tax dollars are going to a government organization run by corporate sponsors.  Okay that was my rant, now what can you do to counteract your estrogen levels being out of control. 

Well, you can stop aging.  Aging is also one of the reasons estrogen increases in men.  It used to be this didn't happen until latter years.  But, today you can go on any college campus and look at the breasts forming on the soft bodys of the college aged men. 

It will only get worse. 

The other contributor to estrogen levels rising is because of environmental toxins.  You can read more about this in a previous post on toxification. 

So outside of moving off the planet is there anything else you can do?  Sure is. 

First you can eat more of your veggies.  Especially the cruciferous vegetables.  This include broccoli, cabbage, bok choy, cauliflower, turnip, brussel sprouts, rutabaga, kale and mustard. 

You can also stop eating the meat and poultry you find in your local grocery stores.  You can search online for organic or grass fed meats.  Try to find someplace local. 

You can go to your local farmers market and ask where to find grass fed beef.  There is almost always a farm or two where you can pick up healthy meat, poultry and organic eggs. 

Make sure you wash all your fruits and vegetables before you cook them or eat them.  If you can shop for natural or organic foods then do so.  Eat more veggies raw.  That way none of the many nutrients are not lost. 

You can also add a supplement called DIM or di-indole methane.  This is one of the nutrients found in the cruciferous vegetables mentioned above.  Problem is because of the environmental toxins it has been estimated that you would need to eat approximately 2.5 pounds of veggies a day. 

I know that isn't going to happen.  So a supplement of 50-100mg a day will help greatly. 

Try these things and your estrogen levels will no longer be out of control. 

More later.  Thanks,

Mike Val
The Organic Health Food Cookbook
THE JOY OF EATING NATURAL FOODS the Complete Organic Cookbook
http://www.valshealthsite.com/

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