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Xenoestrogen- a hormone mimicker

Putting on makeup before going out for a date? Don’t bother buying organic greens because they are expensive? Buying any type of plastic water bottles without considering the material of the bottles? The technology is constantly advancing, people develop new things to lead a better life. However , at the same time we are enjoying, we also exposed to the negative effects. One of the chemicals that is widely used in the product nowadays that secretly affecting us with the adverse effect – Xenooestrogen.

In this era, even man uses cosmetic and beauty product. However all this product including xenoestrogen. Xenoestrogen is chemical that will imitate oestrogen ( one of the female sex hormones) and alter hormonal activity, thus disrupting our body naturally function especially reproduction and human development.

Where can I find Xenoestrogen?

Xenoestrogen can be either natural or synthetic, natural xenoestrogen such as phytoestrogen can be found in food e.g soy products whereas synthetic xenoestrogen is used as one of the compound in industrial products. There are variety of products around us nowadays that contains xenoestrogen. Some example of chemicals that are xenoestrogen that contained in products are 4-Methylbenzylidene camphor (4-MBC) that are contain in sunscreen lotion, Endosulfan contained in insecticides used on vegetables, fruits and cereal grains, BPA (Bisphenol A)  used to manufacture polycarbonate plastic in most food and beverage can, and also water bottle, and Phthalates that contained in cosmetic products(one of the most important source of xenoestrogen exposure).

BPA structural formula

What is Xenoestrogen tactics?

Xenoestrogen main effect is to disrupt the normal function of hormones in our body. Our endocrine system regulate our body function by releasing hormones to different tissue telling them what to do. When xenoestrogen enters our body, it will mimic oestrogen in our body. In normal body, the body regulate our body and endocrine system will signal how much amount of estrogen should be released. Xenoestrogen are not biodegradable and will stored in fat cells. In the presence of xenoestrogen, our body will end up containing too much oestrogen resulting oestrogen dominance symptoms and causing problems to our body such as breast cancer, early onset puberty, miscarriages in woman, as for man is testicular cancer, man boob and infertility.  

How can I counter Xenoestrogen?

Its not quite possible to avoid every product that contain xenoestrogen compound but what we can do is to avoid the most common product that containing xenoestrogen. We should choose organic greens, hormones free meat and dairy product for food,  choose BPA-free water bottles and use ceramics or glass to store food instead of plastic, use chemical free and biodegradable laundry and household cleaning products, avoid creams and cosmetics that have toxic chemicals and estrogenic ingredients such as parabens and stearalkonium chloride, avoid surfactants found in many condoms and diaphragm gels, minimize exposure to nail polish and nail polish removers. It may troublesome in doing all this, but the effort you put will pay you back with your health.

The plastics you want to avoid are numbers 3, 6, and 7 - these are the types that can release nasty hormone disruptors and carcinogens into your food and drink.

source from: http://womeninbalance.org/2012/10/26/xenoestrogens-what-are-they-how-to-avoid-them/

http://www.energeticnutrition.com/vitalzym/xeno_phyto_estrogens.html