How to decrease estrogen levels.
- Cruciferous vegetables
- Rev Supplement
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What more?
-don’t drink out of plastic containers
-don’t let beverages/water sit in plastic containers for extended periods of time
-don’t microwave food in plastic
Grapeseed extract
Green Tea
[quote]laroyal wrote:
Grapeseed extract
Green Tea
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RELATED TERMS
Grape Seed, Grape Seed Extract, Muskat [Vitis vinifera L and V. coignetia.
Family:Vitaceae]
ABOUT GRAPE SEED EXTRACT…
Grape seed is rich in flavonoids, phytochemicals that have antioxidant
properties. Antioxidants are believed to prevent and control numerous
ailments by safeguarding cells against the ravages of unstable oxygen
molecules, i.e. the free radicals. Grape seed’s anti-oxidative activities are
much stronger than vitamin C and vitamin E and may involve radical
scavenging, quenching, and enzyme-inhibiting actions. [1]
The most valuable flavonoids in grape seed extract are procyanidolic
oligomers (also known as proanthocyanidins). Beyond their antioxidant
powers, proanthocyanidins may also help atherosclerosis, gastric ulcer,
large bowel cancer, cataracts and diabetes. [1] Thus, grape seed and its
extract may benefit people with heart disease and cancer.
ARE THERE ANY SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE ON THE HEALTH BENEFITS OF
GRAPE SEEDS OR GRAPE SEED EXTRACTS?
Grape seed extracts promote bone formation.
A high-calcium diet combined with grape seed proanthocyanidins extract
supplement is more effective in reversing mandibular condyle bone debility
in rats. [2]
Grape seed extracts have anti-stress and anti-oxdation activities.
In a study of rats, grape seed extract showed antistress (adaptogenic),
antioxidant and nootropic activities. [3] Activin, a grape seed-derived
proanthocyanidin extract, was shown to reduce the inflammatory response
and the oxidative stress developed in systemic sclerosis patients [16]
Grape seed extracts have anti-cancer activities and protect chromosome.
Researchers at University of Alabama at Birmingham found that grape
seed extract was chemo-preventive from their studies using animal model
of breast cancer. However, diet had a strong impact to the grape seed
extract’s chemopreventive activity. [4]
Japanese researchers found that grape seed extract could prevented
H(2)O(2)-induced chromosomal damage in a dose proportional fashion. [5]
Llopiz N from Spain showed that procyanidins of grape seed extract were
more effective than the corresponding individual monomers, catechin and
epicatechin, to prevent DNA lesions in hepatocytes (liver cells). [10]
Researchers at University of Colorado Health Sciences Center (UC),
Denver, found a strong synergistic effect of grape seed extract and
doxorubicin for breast cancer treatment, independent of estrogen receptor
status of the cancer cell. [9]
They also found the anti-angiogenic potential of grape seed extract
possesses an anti-angiogenic potential was associated with its
antiproliferative, proapoptotic and inhibition of MMP-2 secretion in
endothelial cells. [11]
Grape seed extract was shown to against prostate cancer.
Same group from UC also found that grape seed extract possessed in vivo
anticancer efficacy against hormone-refractory human prostate cancer,
which was associated with grape seed extract 's antiproliferative,
proapoptotic and antiangiogenic activities together with up regulation of
insulin-like growth factor binding protein. [12] They also found that grape
seed extract could induce apoptotic death of human prostate carcinoma
DU145 cells via mitochondrial damage and cytochrome c release in cytosol
resulting in PARP cleavage. [17]
Grape seed extract was shown to against breast cancer.
Eng ET et al at Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope, CA, found
that procyanidin B dimers in red wine and grape seed could be used as
chemopreventive agents against breast cancer by suppressing in situ
estrogen biosynthesis. [13]
Grape seed extract may help prevent thrombus formation and
atherosclerosis.
Researchers from Japan found that proanthocyanidin (grape seed extract)
was able to inhibit thrombus formation in the carotid artery. The
anti-thrombotic effect of proanthocyanidin may be due to a direct inhibitory
effect on platelets. [6] While, scientists at Universite Montpellier II,
France, found commercial grape extracts prevented the development of
aortic atherosclerosis by 68% (EGS), 63% (EGT), and 34% (GSE). [7]
Grape seed extracts were shown to have anti-hyperglycemic effects on
diabetes.
Grape seed extract- procyanidins was found to have antihyperglycemic
effect in a study of diabetic rat. And, the way that procyanidin (grape seed
extract ) affects the activities of insulin-sensitive cell lines was very similar
to insulin’s. [8]
Grape seed extracts may be used in weight management or obesity
treatments
In a study, grape seed extract rich in bioactive phytochemicals showed
inhibitory activity on the fat-metabolizing enzymes pancreatic lipase and
lipoprotein lipase, suggesting that grape seed extract might be useful as a
treatment to limit dietary fat absorption and the accumulation of fat in
adipose tissue. [15]
Grape seed extracts may promote wound healing.
Khanna S and his group at The Ohio State University Medical Center,
Columbus, demonstrated that grape seed proanthycyanidin extract alone
was able to drive vascular endothelial growth factor. Topical application of
grape seed proanthycyanidin extract accelerated wound contraction and
closure. Grape seed proanthycyanidin extract treatment was associated
with a more well-defined hyperproliferative epithelial region, higher cell
density, enhanced deposition of connective tissue, and improved
histological architecture. [18]
Grape seed extracts may prevent cataract formation.
Japanese researchers found that grape seed extract procyanidins and
their antioxidative metabolites (especially the higher molecular weight
procyanidins in the grape seed extract) prevented the progression of
cataract formation by their antioxidative action. [19]
Grape seed extracts have been claimed to lower cholesterol.
But, the evidence is insufficient. Vigna GB et al, found that their
polyphenolic extract of grapes (Leucoselect-Phytosome [LP]) had no
obvious modification of total cholesterol (TC), triglycerides (TG),
high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (HDL-C) and LDL-C in their study of
heavy smokers. [14]
ARE THERE ANY STUDIES ON THE SIDE EFFECTS OR TOXICITY OF
GRAPE SEED?
Grape seeds appear to be safe and they are one of the popular
supplements in the market. There are several studies citing its side effects
listed as follows:
Researchers at Huntingdon Life Sciences investigated the safety of grape
seed extract by feeding rats with grape seed extracts (two products) for
three months.They monitored their body weight and feed consumption
throughout the study. At the end of the study, they conducted a full
necropsy, blood testings and histologic examination and they concluded
that a dietary concentration of 2.5% grape seed extract has no observed
adverse effect level (NOAEL). [20]
Japanese researchers evaluated the toxicity of grape seed extract using
344 rats and concluded that no evidence of acute oral toxicity (side effect)
at dosages of 2 and 4 g/kg. [21]
The Wren Group, Nevada, found that high-dose grape seed extract might
reduce serum iron levels in male rats. Otherwise, administratin of grape
seed extract for 90 days did not induce any significant toxicological effects
in their study of rats. [22]
Ray S. et al at Long Island University also concluded that grape seed
extract was safe and did not cause any detrimental (side) effects in their
study of rats. [23]
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There is an article about grape seed as I realize not too many people use it on a regular basis.
I will also say it is good in controlling estrogen to try to identify if the problem is at the receptor or a result of aromatization. Both of these would warrent a slightly different approach.
DIM avail
not really a blocker but more of a… estrogen transformer? loll
Stinging nettle - prevents testosterone from transforming into estrogen
Don’t watch Lifetime movies.
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How can somebody not eat from plastic? Practically everything comes from plastic!!
How many mg of grape seed should be taken daily?
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How can somebody not eat from plastic? Practically everything comes from plastic!![/quote]
Should you be uneasy about that refillable water bottle you’ve been using? Maybe. Health news headlines are yelping about bisphenol-A, a suddenly scary component of plastic that’s hiding in plain sight in polycarbonate water bottles, water pitchers, baby bottles and even liners in canned foods.
What’s so bad about BPA is that animal studies have linked it with cancer, miscarriage, infertility, obesity and immunity and sexual-development problems. But that doesn’t mean you have to toss half the contents of your kitchen into a toxic waste dump. Here’s our advice on staying safe. And sane.
- How to recognize the real thing
Bisphenol-A is found in clear, hard, shatterproof plastics. Often, the letters PC (for polycarbonate) and/or the number 7 will be stamped in the little recycling triangle on or near the bottom of the container.
But not every plastic stamped with a 7 contains BPAs; your biggest clue is to look for hard, see-through, unbreakable things. Disposable soft-drink and water bottles, and liquid medicine containers (like cough syrup bottles), are not polycarbonate and do not contain BPA.
So, while everyone is rightly having a fit about disposable bottles for environmental reasons, it’s only the rigid, refillable kind that you need to worry about for health reasons.
Make it easy, and remember the numbers: Only drink from those with numbers 4 and 2 in their triangles, or if need be, 5 and 1. In our opinion, don’t buy any with 3, 6 or 7 (not just for BPA reasons).
- How risky is it, really?
Not everyone agrees, even though low levels are estimated to be in the bodies of nine out of 10 Americans. The FDA, the plastics industry and the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis have all concluded that BPA levels are probably too low to be hazardous for adults. But some prominent BPA researchers say harmful effects begin at levels lower than those the government says are safe.
What has people really freaking out is that babies and kids may be at higher risk, according to the U.S. National Toxicology Program. BPA acts like a hormone in the body, and studies suggest that at levels young children may be exposed to, there could be a danger of early puberty, hyperactivity, immune-system changes and low sperm counts.
Moms-to-be can protect kids even further by not getting any mercury or composite dental fillings during pregnancy (use gold). Many experts believe these materials release high concentrations of mercury and BPA during application.
- What you can do right now
Even if you can’t dodge exposure to this ubiquitous plastic the way you can dodge a playground ball (although many manufacturers are removing BPA from their products), you can minimize your contact:
Don’t heat anything that might have BPA in it. BPA is in plastics because it makes them lightweight, shatterproof, extremely clear and heat-resistant. But when these plastics are warmed up, BPA leaches out of them 55 times faster than it does at room temperature. Rates stay high even after the contents cool. So:
No microwaving in hard, clear, plastic containers (use ceramic or glass), and no heating cans of baked beans (or any canned items) on the grill.
No pouring hot tea into your polycarbonate water bottle.
No preparing baby formula with hot water directly in a polycarbonate baby bottle.
Replace your clear, hard, refillable plastic containers. We recommend:
Serving hot foods and drinks in glass or ceramic containers.
Getting babies BPA-free plastic bottles (safer than glass).
Getting older kids and yourself BPA-free plastic water bottles. We also like the stainless-steel and aluminum bottles available at outdoor-supply stores.
For now, buy mainly fresh or frozen food. Currently, as many as 80 percent of cans contain BPA. Some brands are BPA-free – good news if you don’t have time to make black beans from scratch tonight – but if cans aren’t labeled “BPA-free,” think twice.
This is particularly true for the two types of canned foods that leach the most BPAs from their liners: fatty foods, such as tuna packed in oil, salmon, coconut milk and creamy soups; and acidic foods, such as tomato products and some juices.
Go fresh whenever possible.
[quote]Player wrote:
How can somebody not eat from plastic? Practically everything comes from plastic!![/quote]
and scientists wonder why the T level of an average man is lower than 25+ years ago
How do you guys feel about those frozen vegetables that you microwave steam in the bag?
buy a steamer instead ?
Great post ice cold!!
[quote]cyph31 wrote:
buy a steamer instead ?[/quote]
Obviously there are options if it is a serious concern. I am just wondering whether that particular plastic is harmful and if it is leaching into the food I am steaming. It is convenient for me to throw a bag of veggies in the microwave at home and especially at work.
BA is the big villain from plastic so. Halp me here, I drink water not from water bottles but from water fountains with the huge cointainers, are those bad (they are hard and unbreakable but not see-through). What about those plastics in which you wrap meat and stuff. Please reply icecold…
Another thing, how does the toxins from plastic go transfer to the food and how do they affect estrogen production…
Plus, what about the PCBs and dioxins in fish, should I worry about that, any clues about that?