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.

There's a few ways that disruption occurs but without getting too scientific on you here is one simple explanation of how it works:

Think of it 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 disruptors are being blamed for our rising rates of:
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	<li>Endometrial cancer</li>
	<li>Breast cancer</li>
	<li>PCOS - Poly-cycstic Ovarian Syndrome</li>
	<li>Endometriosis</li>
	<li>Fibroids</li>
	<li>Infertility</li>
	<li>and other problems, including testicular &amp; prostrate cancer in men.</li>
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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="Endocrine Society - Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals - A Scientific Study" href="http://www.endo-society.org/journals/ScientificStatements/upload/EDC_Scientific_Statement.pdf" target="_blank">The Endocrine Society - Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals - A Scientific Statement </a>

TEDx - The Endocrine Disruption Exchange

<a title="Journal of Environmental &amp; Public Health - Endocrine Disrupters" href="http://www.hindawi.com/journals/jeph/2012/713696/" target="_blank">Journal of Environmental &amp; Public Health</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>

<a title="NIEHS - Recent Endocrine Research Resources" href="http://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/assets/docs_a_e/endocrine_research_resources.pdf" target="_blank">NIEHS - Recent Endocrine Research Resources </a>

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