Xenohormones - Get The Facts

Hi Everyone,

Today we're going to learn about xenohormones. I first learned about this in 2004 when a very dear friend of mind was diagnosed with multiple large fibroid tumors within her uterus. She was past menopause. I can tell you now that she did successfully shrink all the tumors and a hysterectomy was avoided. She did it by transforming her diet, what she used on her skin, and by eliminating her exposure to xenohormones. Like you, she had no idea until this situation occurred.
So, the good news is, it is reversible and it's avoidable. So let's get started.

Let's start at the beginning. This is taken directly from http://www.womenlivingnaturally.com/articlepage.php?id=73. I quote. I put the take notice areas in pink.

"Xenohormones are man-made substances that are foreign to the body and have a hormone-like effect. Most xenohormones have an estrogen-like effect and so are sometimes called xenoestrogens.

Common sources of Xenohormones

• Synthetic estrogens and progestins, as are found in oral contraceptives and conventional hormone replacement therapies.
  
  
• All American-grown, non-organic livestock, which are fed estrogenic drugs to fatten them.
  
  
• Petrochemically-derived pesticides, herbicides and fungicides.
  
  
• Solvents and adhesives (as in fingernail polish and polish remover, glue, cleaning supplies).
  
  
• Car exhaust.
  
  
• Emulsifiers found in soaps and cosmetics.
  
  
• Almost all plastics, given off especially when plastics become hot or are heated.
  
  
• Industrial wastes such as polychlorinated biphenyls(PCBs) and dioxins.

Disorders related to Xenohormone exposure

• Increase in reproductive-site cancers (breast, uterine, & ovarian).
  
  
• Decreased fertility.
  
  
• Increased PMS problems.
  
  
• Estrogen dominance epidemic.

NOTE: You can absorb xenohormones by ingestion, inhalation and direct skin contact.

What You can do to minimize Xenohormone exposure

• Avoid all synthetic and horse hormones (oral contraceptives and conventional HRT).
  
  
• Eat Certified organic meat and dairy, and/or avoid the fat of non-organic meat and dairy (this is where the xenohormones will concentrate).
  
  
• Decrease or stop all conventional pesticides, lawn and garden chemicals, etc. (use natural instead). Don't contract with conventional lawn services that use these sprays (most do); they are extremely toxic, and full of xenohormones.
  
  
• Wear protective gloves and clothing when in contact with any glues, solvents, cleaning solutions, etc., that contain xenohormones.
  
  
• Buy cosmetics and skin care and personal care products without xenohormones.
  
  
• Avoid particle-board, synthetic-fiber carpets and fake woods as much as possible. (Those chemicals you smell are toxins and xenohormones.)
  
  
• Ventilate properly when in contact with any of these materials. (Think ahead; for example, if you do install synthetic-fiber carpets, do so when the windows can be opened-it takes months to out-gas the chemical.)

Estrogen dominance is when your body has excess estrogen in relation to the amount of progesterone.This almost always occurs when women have used birth control and are exposed to exogenous sources of "estrogen like" chemicals/xenohormones. Estrogen dominance can be reduced by supplementing with Bioidentical progesterone cream and by reducing your exposure to environmental toxins or xenohormones. "

So what does this have to do with you? Everything. When you consume foods that have pesticides, you are consuming xenohormones. When you apply cosmetics that use synthetic preservatives, you are consuming xenohormones. You body does not know what to do with these "false" estrogens. So they are "stored" in areas like your breast, your uterus, your ovaries. This is also true for children and young adults, boys and girls alike. When you consider how many ways in a day that you are "consuming" xenohormones, it becomes problematic by its frequency and intensity. Every time you microwave in plastic. The plastic water bottle that you leave in the car. Your skin lotion, the SPF, the shave cream, the pesticides in the water supply, prescribed medicines.

Better living through chemistry is not necessarily so.

Here's what can you do?

• Use glass or ceramics whenever possible to store food and water
• Heat food up in the microwave in glass or ceramic covered dish
• Use a simple detergent with less chemicals. This includes laundry detergents and household cleaners
• Use certified organic soaps, shampoo and personal care products.
• Use natural pest control not pesticides
• Don't use herbicides instead use a cup of salt in 4ltr of vinegar

• Wear natural fibres

• Buy hormone free certified organic meats
• Buy organic produce, vegetables and fruits grown without pesticides, herbicides or synthetic fertilizes or hormones
• Use anti-oxidant supplementation of Vit A,C,E to combat Xeno-Estrogen effects
• Eat Broccoli Cabbage etc.
  
• Use condoms without spermicides instead of birth control
  
• Avoid parabens used in skin lotions.Check the ingredients
  
• Balance your system with natural progesterone creams (yam, cohash, thistle) that have no parabens.
  

Now you're informed. Take it one step at a time. It took me over a year to transform my cosmetics and medicine chest. I bought a stainless steel to go mug. I use a recycled iced tea bottle for water. I use glass for heating up foods in the microwave. But do begin. You're worth it and so are all the members of your family.

Thanks for reading!


Kath