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Obesogens: the sneaky toxins sabotaging your goal of achieving a healthy weight. Obesogens disrupt your endocrine system, often by disturbing insulin pathways, as well as your leptin levels, making it more of a challenge to lose weight. Scientists h
In 2015 the Endocrine Society released its Second Scientific Statement On Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (PMID: 26544531) This graphic - from that paper - is a summary of the endocrine disrupting chemicals that have an obesogenic effect. They break
This table contains some commonly know obesogens . This is a term coined back in 2006. Obesogens are chemicals that disrupt the body’s normal homeostatic controls in such a way as to promote adipogenesis and lipid accumulation. They are chemi
HOW does your body get rid of toxins like those xenoestrogens that mess up your hormones? This is part of a series I’m doing all about estrogen detox! Go back on my Instagram to catch up. * But we have to talk chemicals/toxins. This applies to
Xenoestrogens are chemicals that act like estrogen (specifically estradiol) in your body. They are a type of endocrine disrupting hormone. Xenoestrogens don’t care about your gender or race. They will disrupt things in your body if given the c
Can certain chemicals act like hormones? Yes. Yes they can. They are called endocrine disrupters. Your endocrine system is basically your hormone system. It covers things like your ovaries, testicles, thyroid and adrenals. You don’t want this
Polyphenols for PMS Polyphenols, which are plant compounds found in various foods and beverages, have been studied for their potential benefits in supporting PMS symptoms. Here’s how polyphenols may offer support: 📍 Anti-inflammatory propert
Part 2 : for a run down on epinutrients read below👇 Epinutrients are these incredible compounds that have the remarkable ability to regulate gene expression (that is, they have an epigenetic effect, hence epinutrient). It is this ability, I belie
Epinutrients are these incredible compounds that have the remarkable ability to regulate gene expression (that is, they have an epigenetic effect, hence epinutrient). It is this ability, I believe, that drives all the extraordinary downstream benefic