Metalloestrogen
Avoid Metalloestrogens listed below
aluminium
antimony
arsenite
barium
cadmium
chromium (Cr(II))
cobalt
copper
lead
mercury
methylmercury
nickel
selenite
tin
vanadate
Certain metals are included in metalloestrogens. These are a new class of xenoestrogens that are physiologically related to functioning estrogen. Though metalloestrogens are metal chemicals, they can replace true estrogen in many of the body processes. These mimic estrogen by activating hormonal receptors. These are considered harmful for hormonal cancers, PLD and more.
Increased mercury levels are seen in children with high fish intakes among children from Vancouver, Canada. Inuit children exposed to methylmercury from high fish diet show neurotoxicity. We have known that high levels of mercury and high levels of aluminum are harmful to a body.
Aluminum
In Hawaii higher levels of aluminum are associated with dementia in the aged. Researchers theorized that this was because in Hawaii, soy which is used in tofu, soy milk, and tempeh is made using aluminum pipes. Commercial manufacturers of soy thought it too costly to switch the pipes.
Aluminum has been found in higher concentrations of the brains of dementia patients. Aluminum is in the salt that pours, table salt. Table salt is used in most processed foods. As individuals age they tend to eat more and more processed foods adding to their own body's aluminum level.
In addition, aluminum can coatings are lined with BPA, an endocrine disruptors, associated with an increase in reproductive cancers and possibly liver cyst growth.
Certain metals can affect estrogen receptors acting like true estrogen. Avoid these metalloestrogens, these xenoestrogens. They can affect a PLD liver causing a growth and expansion of a PLD cystic liver. Metalloestrogen has an affinity for estrogen receptors activating these hormonal receptors and potentially linked with breast cancer, infertility, feminizing affects, and PLD growth.
Mercury and Methylmercury
Anything which comes from our oceans such as fish, fish oil, seaweed are a source of mercury and methylmercury.
Cadmium
The discovery of cadmium in McDonald's "Shrek Forever After" movie-themed drinking glasses has led to a
nationwide USA recall and fear over how the toxic metal could affect young children.
"A very small amount of cadmium can come to the surface of the glass, and in order to be as protective
as possible of children, CPSC and McDonald's worked together on this recall," said U.S. Consumer Product
Safety Commission (CPSC) spokesman Scott Wolfson.
"Long-term exposure to cadmium can cause adverse health effects," according to the official recall notice
from the CPSC. In addition, according to the CPSC statement, the amount of cadmium found in the cups was
"slightly above the protective level currently being developed by the agency."
according to LiveScience
A known carcinogen, or cancer-causing agent, chronic cadmium exposure has been shown to primarily cause severe kidney problems, including kidney failure, and, secondarily, bone softening. Cadmium (Cd), a by-product of zinc production, is one of the most toxic elements to which man can be exposed at work or in the environment. Once absorbed, Cd is efficiently retained in the human body, in which it accumulates throughout life. Cd is primarily toxic to the kidney, especially to the proximal tubular cells, the main site of accumulation. Cd can also cause bone demineralization, either through direct bone damage or indirectly as a result of renal dysfunction.
Other Metalloestrogens
Inorganic forms of chromium, copper, nickel,
tin and and vanadium, can be found on the labels of many mass marketed multivitamins.
Another daily source of metalloestrogen exposure for millions of consumers is
aluminum-based antiperspirants. Aluminum salts used as antiperspirants have been incriminated
in contributing to dementia, Alzheimer's, and breast cancer. An alternative could be a half a
lime rubbed on the skin
following a shower. Another alternative might be homemade
bentonite clay soap:
Bentonite Clay Soap
1 cup of Bentonite Clay or Aztec Clay or Green clay
1 tablespoon of raw honey
Add enough olive oil to make a paste
CAUTION olive oil can make shower surfaces very slippery.
