4 Foods That Mess Up Your Hormones

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4 Foods That Mess Up Your Hormones

1. Soy - Specifically Non-Organic

According to the National Institutes of Health, we do not fully understand the health effects of pesticides, but their use is associated with cancer, neurological conditions, and diabetes. (9)

Phytoestrogens are found in numerous plants, including legumes, broccoli, beans, and soy products. Studies have found both positive and negative effects of phytoestrogens, so these are not necessarily bad - have been found to inhibit certain types of cancer and improve metabolic parameters (1).

That said, phytoestrogens have a very similar structure to the estrogen found in our bodies. These phytoestrogens both connect to and stimulate estrogen receptors.

Case Study

In the Avon Longitudinal Study of Pregnancy and Childhood, it was found that 51 of 7,928 boys born suffered from hypospadias, a conditions where the penis does not work and appears abnormal.

It was found that boys born to vegetarian mothers who had higher phytoestrogen content in their diets were more likely to be born with hypospadias.

Soy formulas are of particular concern as this intake can be as high as four to seven times that of the quantity of phytoestrogen per pound of body weight as that of a traditional soy-based Asian diet. (7)

2. High Omega 6 Fats

It is important to have a healthy balance of omega-3 fatty acids and omega-6 fatty acids in our diets, however in the USA we tend to consume about 14 to 25 times more omega-6 fatty acids than omega-3 fatty acids.

Our bodies produce hormones from omega-6 and omega-3 fatty acids. The hormones produced from omega-6 fatty acids promote inflammation while those produced from omega-3 fatty acids help to reduce inflammation. (6)

This large consumption of proinflammatory foods is coinciding with an increase in chronic inflammatory diseases, including obesity, cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, cardiovascular disease, and may others.

3. Flax

Case Study - Rats Born to Mothers with 10% Flaxseed Diets Experienced Hormonal Effects and Birth Weight Differences

In a 1998 study published in the Journal of Nutrition, rats were fed diets containing either 0%, 5% or 10% flaxseed while pregnant and during lactation.

No difference was found between the 0% and 5% flaxseed diet, but there were weight and hormonal differences found between the 0% flaxseed and 10% flaxseed diet.

4. Dairy - Specifically Non-Organic

In the US, the vast majority of our meat and dairy come from concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs).

Animals raised in CAFOs are treated horribly, packed together, and fed unnatural diets. They are fed questionable chemicals to encourage faster growth and pumped with antibiotics to keep them alive.

These antibiotics, hormones, and other chemicals may disrupt your endocrine system.
Estrogens and insulin-like growth factor found in dairy are thought to encourage initiation in breast, endometrial, and prostate cancers. (11)

References:

1. Endocrine modulators in the food chain and environment
http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/019262330002800311

2. Endocrine disruptors: a review of some sources, effects, and mechanisms of action on behavior and neuroendocrine systems
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3245362/

3. Soy as an endocrine disruptor: cause for caution?
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/49699410_Soy_as_an_Endocrine_Disruptor_Cause_for_Caution

4. A maternal vegetarian diet in pregnancy is associated with hypospadias. The ALSPAC study team….
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10619956

5. Omega-6 fatty acids
http://www.umm.edu/health/medical-reference-guide/complementary-and-alternative-medicine-guide/supplement/omega6-fatty-acids

6. Health implications of high dietary omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3335257/

7. Long-term effects of environmental endocrine disruptors on reproductive physiology and behavior
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2706654/

8. Flaxseed and its lignan precursor, secoisolariciresinol diglycoside, affect pregnancy outcome and reproductive development in rats
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9808635/

9. GMOs and pesticides: helpful or harmful?
http://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2015/gmos-and-pesticides/

10. Flaxseed
http://www.webmd.com/vitamins-supplements/ingredientmono-991-flaxseed.aspx?activeingredientid=991&activeingredientname=flaxseed

11. Hormones in dairy foods and their impact on public health - a narrative review article
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4524299/

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