What kind of food contains estrogen? Can I eat?

In the context of pineapple, "estrogen" is a frequently asked and new keyword. Especially for some breast cancer patients, there are many legends about this topic, and everyone is particularly concerned about two issues:

1: Does soybean milk contain estrogen? Is it safe for women to drink?

2. What foods contain estrogen?

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Let me answer the first question first.

Some readers said that doctors in China also advised breast cancer patients not to drink soy milk, just in case. However, I asked the doctors in several 3A cancer hospitals in China, and they all said that there was no such statement.

Soybean products are questioned because soybean contains a substance called isoflavone, whose chemical structure is close to that of human estrogen, so it is called phytoestrogen.

So if there are too many isoflavones, will they play the role of human hormones and even cause breast cancer or ovarian cancer?

This is a very reasonable scientific question.

Fortunately, bean products are widely eaten all over the world as food, so people all over the world are paying attention to it, not just in China.

Therefore, there are a lot of research data to investigate whether soy products can cause breast cancer.

But this kind of research is not easy to do, because there are too many interference factors in diet, and you can't find two groups of people. All living habits, including diet, are the same, but one group drinks soybean milk every day and the other group doesn't drink it at all.

Therefore, the conclusions drawn from a limited number of studies are questionable.

What should we do?

Big data!

The more participants and data, the more reliable the conclusion may be.

Several researchers have synthesized the research conclusions spanning several continents, dozens of countries and decades, and reached a consistent conclusion: according to the current evidence, soy products have not been found to cause breast cancer in general.

On the contrary, eating soybeans may also reduce the incidence of breast cancer, especially for orientals and menopausal women. For example, a study in Japan found that menopausal women who eat soy products (including tofu and soy milk). ) can reduce the risk of breast cancer by 30%.

Those who love tofu and soybean milk can breathe a sigh of relief. Let's continue to eat.

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Answer the second question, which foods contain estrogen?

First of all, there are almost no foods that directly contain human estrogen. More often, some substances in food have estrogen-like activity.

At present, it is suspected that there are many things such as royal jelly, Korean ginseng and velvet antler.

Yes, they are all so-called "high-end supplements". It seems that poor people still have the function of preventing cancer.

Let's talk about royal jelly first

Royal jelly was once popular when we were young. Parents like to spend money to buy it for their children as a nutritional supplement.

Royal jelly is not so hot now. It may be that parents can choose too many kinds of nutrients and the advertising of royal jelly is not enough.

But there are still many die-hard fans in society. I guess I ate too much when I was a child, and the impression that "royal jelly is a good thing" has been deeply implanted in their minds.

But fans don't know that royal jelly contains many substances with estrogen activity!

There is a misunderstanding that the hormones in insects are not in the same channel as humans, so they will not affect people. This is only a kind of reasoning and cannot be used as security evidence. Moreover, this royal jelly is not all insect sex hormones, and there are other ingredients.

For example, recent studies have found that some fatty acids in royal jelly can increase the function of estrogen. The important thing is that the content of these fatty acids in royal jelly is really not low!

People who have never eaten royal jelly think it will be as sweet as honey, and those who have eaten it know that it tastes sour. This sour taste comes from a large number of fatty acids in royal jelly.

How much influence does the estrogen active substance in royal jelly have on human body?

At present, there is no conclusion, but it has been observed in clinical research that royal jelly can change the menopausal symptoms of women, indicating that the influence of royal jelly on human estrogen is not just groundless.

To tell a gossip, in 20 13, a 7-year-old malignant breast cancer patient was admitted to Chongqing Cancer Hospital, and it was a boy. According to parents, children have been taking supplements such as royal jelly for a long time because of their poor health since childhood. Therefore, the director of breast department speculated that it might be related to hormone overdose.

Of course, this is just a story, and a single case cannot determine the real reason. But in any case, there is really no need to risk stealing this sour food from bees!

By the way, honey is not like royal jelly, it doesn't have so many fatty acids, and it doesn't have strong estrogen activity. Except for infants and diabetics, a normal diet is ok.

The relationship between Korean ginseng and estrogen is also very interesting.

The main component of ginseng is ginsenoside, which has no estrogenic activity. What's going on here?

It is found that the estrogen in ginseng is not from ginseng itself, but from fungal pollution attached to ginseng.

If ginseng is not cleaned, it may carry an estrogen-like substance contained in these fungi: mycotoxin.

The hormones contained in velvet antler are very complicated, including not only estrogen but also androgen, but the content is relatively low, so it should not be a problem to eat a small amount.

Some Chinese herbal medicines used to "nourish yin" also contain hormones.

For example, saikosaponin D in Bupleurum and flavonoids in Eucommia ulmoides Oliv. It can be measured in vitro and in animal experiments. From this point of view, it does make sense that Bupleurum chinense and Eucommia ulmoides appear in Yijing decoction for regulating women's menstruation.

Of course, regardless of efficacy or toxicity, dosage is the key.

We don't mean that these things can't be eaten at all, nor that eating them occasionally will cause cancer.

I just want to tell you that anything, even advanced supplements, has certain risks. Don't eat blindly, especially for a long time.

Moreover, many "natural tonics" in China are not natural at all.

In order to achieve the effect, merchants add viagra for aphrodisiac and estrogen for nourishing yin. The point is, you don't know how much he added.

The so-called "natural" is responsible for propaganda, and "artificial" is responsible for curative effect.

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Are there any ingredients that naturally inhibit estrogen?

Yes!

If the composition of food can inhibit the synthesis of normal estrogen in human body, it may reduce the level of estrogen.

Aromatase is an important catalytic enzyme for the synthesis of estrogen in vivo. In fact, in the treatment of breast cancer, anti-estrogen drugs such as letrozole are actually aromatase inhibitors.

Interestingly, aromatase inhibitors exist in many mushrooms (Lentinus edodes, Agaricus bisporus, Brown Mushroom, Little Brown Mushroom, etc.). )!

Importantly, this inhibitor in mushrooms has two good characteristics, one is heat resistance, and the other is water solubility.

This means that they can stand the test of the cooking process, and it is easy to enter the soup during the cooking process. So, if mushrooms make soup, you must also drink soup.

Studies in South Korea have found that if there are more mushrooms in the diet, the risk of breast cancer before menopause will be significantly reduced by 65-70%.

Theoretically, ovarian cancer is also related to estrogen. Therefore, eating some mushrooms in moderation is also beneficial to the prevention of ovarian cancer.

Of course, we have always stressed that everything, no matter how good, should be controlled. No matter how good mushrooms are, don't eat them every day.

Remember, the healthiest diet is always a balanced and simple diet!

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