Male Elevated Estrogen…Resolving Hormone Imbalance

Man elevated estrogen. Developing larger than normal breasts is only one symptom of elevated estrogen.  Male breasts–and elevated estrogen– is not a disease. Rarely (if ever) is it genetic.  Nor does a man have to be overweight to have larger breasts or other elevated estrogen issues. The cause is most often from the same cause of escalating female hormone conditions. Hormone imbalance is not gender specific.  The good news…what resolves female hormone imbalance is very often what resolves male hormone imbalance. More than “adding” a multitude of supplements, meds or treatments, the biggest influence of all is peeking into the daily habits of chemical application and ingestion that cause hormone chaos.

Male or female…the same causes for hormone conditions

Many of the same influences for men are the same cause of so many female hormone issues: dominant estrogen from chemicals in foods and medications.  Unfortunately, a common response is that removal of chemicals can’t possibly make enough difference to resolve extreme hormone imbalance. Once we understand that chemicals cause the extreme disruption, we can begin the process of removing them so our body can do its job of coming to homeostasis…balance.

There are a tremendous number of studies to support the fact that chemicals cause not only hormone disruption but entire body disruption, the fact that people need a study to prove synthetic chemicals are harmful and disruptive to a living, breathing, human body is a puzzler indeed.

Let’s go back to common sense: the human body was not designed to be able to excrete constituents that are synthetics–unnatural to the environment people lived in when they were created.

Synthetics such as plastics, medications (at least 10 to 20 percent of gynecomastia cases occur because of taking pharmaceutical drugs*) preservatives, things like aspartame or fragrance chemicals as well as heavy metals attach and embed in membranes, attach to nerve endings or connective tissue….and once those little fellas grab on, their “sticky” or metal molecules are near impossible for the human body organs and systems to break down and excrete.

Imagine your body having a few of these sticky molecules or heavy metals in it. Now imagine it sending out the soldiers from your immune system to get rid of this foreign invader. Usually, with something like a virus, bacteria (if they aren’t man created or altered like those in vaccines), the warning goes out and the body sends in digestive acids and enzymes, lactic acid while activating your lymph system to help excrete them from the body.

Now…imagine your body trying to break down plastic molecules or fibers delivered into it through skin, inhalation or ingestion of processed foods. What part of the body system could we imagine can break this down? Add a few more unnatural constituents from things like MSG, heavy metals, preservatives chemicals, pesticides, fertilizers….all toxic and all disruptive to a beautifully created system for breaking down and excreting toxins. But, this system, designed to protect you, goes haywire when unrecognizable substances to this system, permeate our membranes, glands, tissue, cells.

Any body system in chaos causes a cascade of events in the body. Ultimately, chemicals create powerful xenoestrogens (estrogen mimickers) that are 10-100 times more powerful than our natural, gentle, beautiful estrogen.

Females–endometriosis, PCOS, fibroids, severe cramping, infertility, thyroid issues, breast, uterine, thyroid, vaginal cancers.

Men–low testosterone, testicular cancer, prostate and breast cancer and, yes, male breasts. Just as alarming are male babies born with conditions such as undescended testicles, breast lumps, urinary opening closed on the tip of the penis.

I review the effects as well as the causes of powerful xenoestrogens as well as things you can do to counteract the damage in my book  “Essential Gut and Hormone Wellness”. 

If chemicals are not one of the highest priorities in yours and your childrens life….I recommend it becomes THE highest. Organic foods, non fragranced/chemical free personal care & household products, avoid inhalation of any and all commercial hairsprays, air “fresheners”, fabric softener. Research non-medical alternative health sites and publications like “So You’re Going to Have a Baby” regarding vaccinating you or your child.

Guard your body like the temple it was meant to be. If we want to live, and especially if we want to live healthy, heavy metals and chemicals in virtually every commercial product, food and medical “treatment” have no business in our life.

God Bless