"Analysis revealed 60% higher blood levels of BPA among lean women with PCOS and 30% higher levels among obese women with PCOS compared with healthy women."
Xeno-Estrogens are external hormones that cause an estrogen dominance (which causes PMS symptoms) and early onset of puberty in women.
Organ chlorines, are one of the largest sources. They are used in pesticides, dry cleaning, bleaching of feminine-hygiene products and the manufacture of plastics.
Bisphenol-A, a breakdown of polycarbonate, is used in many plastic bottles. It’s found in the lining of many food cans and juice containers.
Avoid heated plastics, plastic lined items and Styrofoam (microwave, oven, sun), as the polycarbonate escapes
Use glass, ceramics or steel to store/consume foods and liquids.
Choose organic produce. Always go organic with thin skinned fruits and vegetables.
Buy hormone-free animal products (eggs, poultry, meats, dairy). To avoid xenoestrogen injections, supplements, bovine growth hormone.
A common food preservative in processed foods (BHS: butylated hydroxyanisole).
Avoid non-organic coffee and tea.
Use reverse-osmosis filter water or purchase your own filter (drinking and bathing).
Many creams and cosmetics contain parabens and stearal konium chloride. Choose natural brands (preservatives made with minerals or grapefruit seed extract).
Most skin lotions, creams, soaps, shampoo, cosmetics use parabens and phenoxyethanol as a preservative. Substances are 100% absorbed into the body. Go natural or organic.
Phthalates are commonly found in baby lotions and powders.
Sunscreen can contain benzophenone-3, homosalate, 4-methyl-benzylidene camphor, octal-methoxycinnamate, octal-dimethyl-PABA. Go organic.
Many perfumes, deodorizers, air fresheners have artificial scents and contain phthalates.
Most perfumes are petrochemically based.
Nail polish and removers contain harsh chemicals.
The birth control pill contains high concentration of synthetic estrogen. Choose a condom or diaphragm gels without surfactants. Use a condom without spermicidal.
Hormone replacement therapy (contains synthetic estrogens) - opt for paraben-free progesterone cream.
List of Xenoestrogens - Chemical Estrogens: How to Avoid Xenoestrogens http://www.suite101.com/content/list-of-xenoestrogens---chemical-estrogens-a205523#ixzz1EfVCfCd2
http://www.endo101.com/xeno.html
HERE ARE TWO SOURCES OF EVIDENCE SHOWING THE CONNECTION BETWEEN BISPHENOL A AND ESTROGEN DOMINANCE (ESTROGEN DOMINANCE=POLYCYSTIC OVARIAN SYNDROME).
Reaching Puberty Early (story about how a mother reversed her daughters’ early puberty onset by removing all plastic bottles from the home)
http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=97bf71a8f3916b2a41688810f62d15ff
PCOS in Japan-Glucose intolerance due to Obesity, not endocrine/immune system. (Evidence that their PCOS might be caused by exposure to xeno-estrogens since they drink no fluoride and eat a diet high in iodine/glycotoxins)
http://www.springerlink.com/content/hvw87n2q303560m6/
Endocrine or thyroid disruptors are everywhere. These are cited to inhibit the absorption of iodine by the thyroid gland which is being cited not just for PCOS and ovarian cancer, but fibrocysts and breast cancers as well. Japan eats a high anti-oxidant diet, 12-14 mg of iodine/day and they don't put fluoride or chemicals in their water. They have the lowest rates of cancer in the world. Here 1 out of 7 women are getting breast cancer and PCOS is rather common.
Fluoride and Bromide are both halogens that interrupt the absorption of iodine by the thyroid gland, leading to hypothyroidism and complications such as auto-immune and endocrine disorders.
Fluoride is found in our tap water.
Bromide is used in breads.
http://www.iodine4health.com/special/halogens/pavelka_halogens.htm
http://thyroid.about.com/od/thyroidbasicsthyroid101/ss/preventthyroid_7.htm
Food grade Boron does detox fluoride from our system. They’re found in certain multi-vitamins. I had a hard time finding supplements in Vitamin stores though.
Fluoride is in our tap water. There is a handful of nasty politics involving Edward Bernays and the American Dental Association who argue that swallowing fluoride is good for the teeth. Edward Bernays is the “Father of Spin” who got the government to believe that ingesting fluoride is good for our teeth; while the ADA has bribed cities to put fluoride into our cities’ tap water.
The truth is that Alcoa (and other companies) figured it would be cheaper to just dump this stuff into our water supply instead of cleaning it up.
On Edward Bernays
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4612464
The ADA’s argument in favor of fluoride in our water.
Not only do we get fluoride in our tap water; a few institutions including the DOD, airplane companies and defense contractors thought it would be a good idea to put rocket fuel byproducts, aka. Perchlorate into our tap water as well! You would never believe this, but perchlorate too is an endocrine disruptor!
They dumped it into our tap water because it was cheaper to do so than to clean it up.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703960804576120020625251558.htmlj
http://thyroid.about.com/od/toxictriggers/a/cdcperchlorate.html
It's going to cost the system a lot more to provide healthcare for the issues thyroid/iodine disruptors cause the public, including reproductive issues, mental handicaps, diabetes II and cancer. Where is Erin Brockovich when you need her?
Note for women trying to conceive: if you’re in pain, your body is telling you that something is wrong. Iodine deficient babies are at risk for conditions such as autism and mental handicaps. I question doctors that pimp pregnancy as a cure for PCOS.
Just because some of us are not trying to conceive at this point doesn't mean we should ignore this.
Here's an article revealing a study of all of the synthetic chemicals found in a pregnant woman's body:
Analyzing data for 163 chemicals, researchers detected polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), organochlorine pesticides, perfluorinated compounds (PFCs), phenols, polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), phthalates, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and perchlorate in 99 to 100 percent of pregnant women. Among the chemicals found in the study group were PBDEs, compounds used as flame retardants now banned in many states including California, and dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane ( DDT), an organochlorine pesticide banned in the United States in 1972.
Bisphenol A (BPA), which makes plastic hard and clear, and is found in epoxy resins that are used to line the inside of metal food and beverage cans, was identified in 96 percent of the women surveyed. Prenatal exposure to BPA has been linked to adverse health outcomes, affecting brain development and increasing susceptibility to cancer later in life, according to the researchers.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110114081653.htm
http://www.foodconsumer.org/newsite/Non-food/Environment/chemicals_pregnancies_0205110834.html
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/checkup/2011/01/httpwwwcdcgovncbdddbd.html
Now lets revisit what Iodine does for the body:
Iodine is utilized by every hormone receptor in the body. The absence of iodine causes a hormonal dysfunction that can be seen with practically every hormone inside the body. Dr. Flechas has recently been able to show that patients with insulin resistant diabetes have a partial to full remission of their illness in the presence of taking iodine. Iodine deficiency is also felt to be the source of ovarian cysts. With iodine replacement therapy the cysts disappear and women have stopped having ovarian cysts. http://www.cancercontrolsociety.com/bio2005/flechas.html
Ovaries concentrate iodine and have NIS symporters. Ovarian iodide uptake varies with sexual activities and is enhanced by estrogens. Iodine deficiency is related to ovarian cysts and ovarian cancer.
Long-term iodine deficiency is a risk factor for hypothyroidism, malignant thyroid cancer, fibrocystic breast disease, breast cancer, prostate cancer, endometrial cancer and ovarian cancer.
http://www.drgregemerson.com/fact-file/iodine-thyroid-and-cancer
It's said that ovaries and breasts consume more iodine to act as a buffer to the growth stimulating effects of estrogen and as a proper estrogen metabolism.
TH is sensitive to the levels of other hormones besides TSH. Estrogen partially blocks the efficiency of TH, so women compensate by producing more TH than men. This may be why women have larger thyroids than men and are more prone to thyroid disease of all types. Women who take TH replacement pills must increase their TH dosage if they start taking birth control pills, to compensate for the higher levels of estrogen from birth control pills. Growth hormone also partially blocks TH, but it also complements TH in its effects on growth, development, and metabolism.
...Thyroid disease affects 8 times as many women as men, possibly because women need higher levels of TH than men do...
...The link between high cholesterol and underlying hypothyroidism is vastly overlooked, even though cholesterol's role in heart disease is heavily publicized. People have their cholesterol tested more regularly than their thyroid hormone levels. The result is prescriptions for expensive cholesterol-lowering drugs that don't address the real problem. People diagnosed with high cholesterol, especially those with low body temperature, should have their thyroid function tested before they begin taking such drugs. Also, smokers and other substance abusers should be watched for hypothyroidism (and urged to quit), as stimulants and depressants both can affect TH metabolism." http://www.csa.com/discoveryguides/thyroid/overview.php
The FDA doesn't take that into account when they determine the required minimum standard for iodone consumption. (as always, iodine can't work by itself so don't forget to get your Vitamin D and other round of vitamins and minerals).
Iodine can be concentrated in the ovaries, and Russian studies done some years ago showed a relationship between iodine deficiency and the presence of cysts in the ovaries. The greater the iodine deficiency, the more ovarian cysts a woman produces. In its extreme form, this condition is known as polycystic ovarian disease."http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/chris/2007/01/31/consequences_of_iodine_deficiency.htm
