Xenoestrogen Awareness & Detox Guide
Xenoestrogen Awareness & Detox Guide
Xenoestrogen Awareness & Detox Guide
& Detox
Clean your Life
Introduction
As you can see, when you mess up your hormones you mess up your health.
And these xenoestrogens are everywhere, from personal care products, to
household cleaners, to the very water you drink and bath in and even receipts
from the grocery stores.
The problem is not that you come in contact with these endocrine disruptors
once in a while, the real problem is that they start to accumulate in your tissues
without you knowing it, slowly changing your physiology.
A silent killer so to speak.
This is why I wrote this guide, to bring awareness about xenoestrogens.
The protocol is to:
1) Reduce exposure
2) Regulate innate estrogens
3) Detox xenoestrogens
4) Alternatives and swaps
Applying these principles can drastically change your life and your health!
Please chare with anyone else who can benefit from this information.
REDUCE EXPOSURE
Beer has the most estrogen units per serving that I could label it as a hormonal
contraceptive for man. It makes men less manly in general.
The alcohol and estrogens in beer are very damaging to the liver and they have
been shown to lower testosterone levels while increasing fat tissue.
Alcohol causes also oxidative damage to the reproductive system and depletes
your body of many nutrients.
Something you don’t want, right?!
In addition to that, beer is mostly brewed with tap water, another source of
endocrine disrupting chemicals.
Besides beer, most teas are also estrogenic.
With tea I mean the real tea, like Jasmin Green Tea. A study done on the
estrogenic effects of coffee and tea showed that teas are quiet estrogenic,
whereas coffee had anti-estrogenic qualities.
By the way, the roots of the tea plant have a high affinity to absorb fluoride,
which is also an endocrine disruptor.
Water from the tap or from plastic bottles are also a source of xenoestrogens.
Get a good water filtration system or just buy water in glass bottles.
DETOX XENOESTROGENS
3. Supplementation
Calcium D Glucarate is a natural fibre present in certain fruits, but can be
supplemented as an aid for the removal of excess xenoestrogens.
Taken as a supplement, Calcium D Glucarate supports the glucuronidation,
which is an important system/ detox pathway of your liver that your body relies
on for deactivation and elimination of certain toxins and hormones.
4. Sauna
Saunas are good for you. Through sweating your body can release a number of
xenoestrogens like phthalates, BPA’s and heavy metals.
PREVENT REABSORPTION
When estrogens are detoxified through the liver and dumped in the intestines,
you want to prevent them of being reabsorbed.
This is why we need some fibre as a binding agent. Eat a carrot salad daily five
days out of the week.
1. The fibres in carrots have been shown to bind excess estrogens in the gut
preventing them of reabsorption into the bloodstream making sure
those estogens hit the toilet.
2. Some activated charcoal from time to time can be helpful as well with
eliminating toxins and xenoestrogens from the gut.
EXTRA: Remove Fluoride
This Chinese study done on farmers, divided the men in two groups: a
high and a low fluoride group (HFG & LFG). They concluded that the
younger farmers in the HFG were most likely to have lower T levels when
exposed to fluoride. (abstract)
And many other studies show how fluoride causes a decrease in fertility,
androgen production by causing oxidative stress and inflammation. (link,
link, link)
XENOESTROGENS SWAPS
Hand soaps are something crucial, however most of the time loaded with
chemicals and very dehydrating for the skin. Make your own handspray with
water, ACV and some essential oil or go for a natural soap like Aleppo or
soap made from goat milk.
Washing cleaners are again full of estrogens. Replace by pure baking soda
aka soda bicarbonate with hot water or with something acidic like vinegar
that will rinse of any stickiness.
Plastic containers even BPA free contain xenoestrogens. Store your food in
glass containers or something made from natural material like bamboo.
Silverware can leach inorganic iron and other toxic metals while eating.
Swap for bamboo or wooden utensils or chopsticks and avoid all plastic
cutlery.
Plastic wrapper & Aluminium foil are unnecessary because they are toxic to
you and the environment.
Laundry products and softeners can be swapped for natural detergents like
borax.
Tap Water, replace it with glass bottled water or invest in a high quality
water filtration system. The tubes of your water supply leach inorganic
metals into your water plus in many countries the tap water is highly
contaminated with fluoride and plastics.
Fluorinated Toothpaste. Fluoride is not needed at all for tooth health and is
a dangerous mineral that has been to can cause infertility and decrease
intelligence (IQ). Swap toothpaste for green clay, activated charcoal,
aluminium-free baking soda or make your own paste with coconut oil and
neem powder.
Fluorinated Tap Water can be mitigated with a shower filter that filters
fluoride from the water supply.
Shampoo is mostly full of estrogens, that can dehydrate your scalp and
promote hair loss in the long-term. This can be easily swapped for apple
cider vinegar diluted in water. If you don’t like the smell of acv, try aloe vera
or make your own poo. There are many natural methods you can find on
YouTube or on blogs.
Make your own Shampoo:
1. Warm up some milk
2. Melt fat either coconut oil or butter
3. Blend the two
4. Add an essential oil like peppermint/ sandal wood/ rosemary
5. Apply and massage on scalp and wait for 3min
6. Rinse with warm water
Body Soaps you can swap for a natural soap like Aleppo which is made from
herbs and olive oil, or soap derived from goat milk. Something natural, you
get the point. Hydrate your skin with coconut oil.
Bath & Shower Water. You can’t really swap those, however you can install
a shower filter that filters out the toxins.
Sunscreen gives you cancer. Caffeine on the other hand can be diluted in
water and sprayed on your skin multiple times a day. Studies show that
caffeine from coffee protects the skin cells against UV induced photo
damage. However a healthy diet rich in cholesterol and other antioxidants
and a gradual exposure to sunlight are the ways to go. Give your body the
time to adapt to the sunlight and get a tan.
Cosmetics & Hair dyes: swap for natural make-up or make your own, and
avoid all dyes.
Perfume you can swap for an essential oil. Perfume and certain fragrances
contain phthalates that contribute to estrogen dominance and are shown to
reduce sperm count and can cause conditions like endometriosis.
Other
Candles when lit give of estrogens to the air. This is an estrogen airborne
attack on your lungs. Swap for beeswax candles.
Air fresheners are very toxic. Swap for an essential oil diffuser, otherwise it
is not needed.
Furniture and carpets when made from synthetic material are loaded with
xenoestrogens which can enter the body by absorption or through the air by
inhaling them.
Supermarkets
Canned foods are loaded with BPA and other xenoestrogens and heavy
metals like aluminium. Canned food is dead food, so don’t eat it. Swap for
fermented foods and pickles that are preserved in a glass container.
Receipts are loaded with BPA and can be absorbed through the skin, don’t
take them or were gloves. Estrogens that are absorbed by the skin are ten
times more harmful as they enter the bloodstream directly and don’t pass
by the liver.
Alcohol & Beer are highly estrogenic, especially all beers, wines, and dark
liquors. Swap for healthier alternatives like white tequila or vodka with
orange juice.
Soy products are a source of phytoestrogens, plant estrogens in other
words that are known to suppress metabolism. Conventional cattle is fed
soy so it gains weight.
Vegetable oils such as sunflower oil, flaxseed oil, canola oil, all seed oils, all
nut oils, soy oils, nut butters, nut milks, oat milks, nut bars,… are extremely
estrogenic and bad for your hormonal and reproductive health.
Plastic bags are polluting the environment. Limit plastics and bring your
own reusable bags.
XENOESTROGENS LIST
This is a list of the most common endocrine disruptors that are found in plastics,
pesticides, herbicides, personal care products and food preservatives.