Re: Estrogen metabolites-what does this mean??

[Guest guest]

I don't know Diane, but you might want to try to balance that high

estrogen level with some natural progesterone. Estrogen doesn't hurt

you, only if it is out of balance to progesterone, otherwise younger

women in the prime of their lives would be the group most likely to get

estrogen driven cancer. Even though post meno estrogen levels may dip,

it is primarily PROGESTERONE that takes a nose dive - the pregnancy

hormone. You can get some over the counter progesterone cream and put

it at your pulse points for absorption. Stop it for 7 days every

month. You should feel a difference in about a month. Symptoms it

improves vary, so it is individual thing. If you want more information

on balancing estrogen with progesterone, there is an excellent

website. I'll look it up later and post it.

--- In , " dianebolton52 " <dianebolton@...>

wrote:

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> Hi Guys: I have an estrogen level that is FOUR times what is normal

for

>

[Guest guest]

Estrogen is stored in fat cells, so if you are overweight, losing weight

will drop your estrogen level.

Can't help you with the rest.

Kenda

> Hi Guys: I have an estrogen level that is FOUR times what is normal for

> my age, being post-menopausal. I was reading about mycotoxins this

> morning and it said they were estrogen metabolites. Can someone tell me

> what that means as this term is way over my head.(: Thanks D

>

[Guest guest]

some mycotoxins are estrogen " like "

like mimicing estrogen, or stimulates estrogen receptors.

" hyperestrogenism "

[Guest guest]

There are a number of estrogenic mycotoxins. I don't know if they

would show up AS estrogen. You should ask the testing company or a

company that does large scale mycotoxin testing of foods like Romer

Labs.

The one that come to mind especially is zearalenone, and its

metabolites alpha- and beta-zearalenol. It is a fusarium mycotoxin.

Soy also contains phytoestrogens like genistein and daidzein

On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 3:08 PM, dianebolton52 <dianebolton@...> wrote:

> Hi Guys: I have an estrogen level that is FOUR times what is normal for

> my age, being post-menopausal. I was reading about mycotoxins this

> morning and it said they were estrogen metabolites. Can someone tell me

> what that means as this term is way over my head.(: Thanks D

>

>

Things like this are probably what they mean:

J Pediatr. 2008 May;152(5):690-5, 695.e1. Epub 2008 Feb 20.Click here

to read Links

High growth rate of girls with precocious puberty exposed to

estrogenic mycotoxins.

Massart F, Meucci V, Saggese G, Soldani G.

Department of Pediatrics, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.

massart@...

OBJECTIVE: To test the hypothesis that human puberty timing can be

advanced by environmental estrogen exposure. STUDY DESIGN: We analyzed

serum mycoestrogen contamination via high-performance liquid

chromatography (HPLC) in 32 girls affected by central precocious

puberty (CPP) and in 31 healthy female control subjects. All 32

patients received triptorelin (TR) for more than 12 months after

diagnosis. RESULTS: Increased serum levels of zearalenone (ZEA; 933.7

+/- 200.3 pg/mL; 95% CI, 723.5-1143.9) and of its congener

alpha-zearalenol (106.5 +/- 1.9 pg/mL; 95% CI, 104.5-108.5)

contaminated 6 girls with CPP, who were from a bounded Tuscany area.

At diagnosis, ZEA levels correlated with patient height (r = 0.906, P

< .05) and weight (r = 0.887, P < .05), but not with bone age. In

patients who were mycotoxin-positive, height (F = 4.192; P < .01),

weight (F = 3.915; P < .01), and height velocity (F = 2.777, P < .05)

were higher than patients who were mycotoxin-negative during 12-months

TR treatment. Height correlated with weight both in patients who were

mycotoxin-positive (r = 0.986, P < .001) and in patients who were

mycotoxin-negative (r = 0.994, P < .001). Body mass index, bone age,

and gonadal secretion was not different in patient groups before and

during TR treatment (P > .05). CONCLUSIONS: Mycoestrogenic zearalenone

is suspected to be a triggering factor for CPP development in girls.

Because of its chemical resemblance to some anabolic agents used in

animal breeding, ZEA may also represent a growth promoter in exposed

patients.

PMID: 18410776 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]