Maybe you've heard of xenoestrogens but don't really know what they are or how they work in your body.  I'm going to explain what they are and why you need to minimize them in your life and perhaps even more so in your<strong> children's</strong> lives.

<strong>Xenoestrogen</strong> means <strong>foreign estrogen</strong> - which basically means any outside substance that acts like estrogen once inside our body.  It includes chemical compounds and pesticides, but also plants like soy, as well as both synthetic and natural estrogens.

<strong>Endocrine disrupters</strong> or <strong>hormone disruptors </strong>are similar but actually refer specifically to chemicals and/or compounds that disrupt our hormonal systems.

So here's a simple explanation of how it works:

It's a bit like a game of musical chairs - chemical compounds and pesticides enter your body &amp; jump onto the receptors that are supposed to be there for the estrogen <em>your body</em> is producing.  When your own estrogen comes along it finds that these xenoestrogens have stolen their spot!  So your own estrogen has nowhere to go!  Every time xenoestrogens win the game - your body &amp; hormone health lose.

Your body doesn't even have to be producing too much estrogen to show symptoms of estrogen dominance!    Because our estrogen is now free to roam throughout your body with nowhere to go.

Endocrine rising rates of:

Endometrial cancer

Breast cancer

PCOS - Poly-cycstic Ovarian Syndrome

Endometriosiss

Fibroids

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plastic bottles, metal food cans, detergents, flame retardants, food, toys, cosmetics, and pesticides

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Further reading about the negative effects of Endocrine Disrupters on our health:

<a title="Medical News Today - Xenoestrogens" href="http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/245485.php" target="_blank">Medical News Today</a>

<a title="National Institute of Health Sciences" href="http://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/topics/agents/endocrine/index.cfm" target="_blank">National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences</a>

<a title="Wikipedia - Endorcrine Disruptor" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endocrine_disruptor" target="_blank">Wikipedia - Endocrine Disruptor</a>

<a title="Natural Resources Defence Council" href="http://www.nrdc.org/health/effects/qendoc.asp" target="_blank">Natural Resources Defence Council</a>

<a title="EPA" href="http://www.epa.gov/endocrine/#eds" target="_blank">Environmental Protection Agency </a>

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