Common Substances with Dangerous Consequences

Our world exposes us to a host of other hormone-altering substances, which include:

•Xenoestrogens mimic real hormones and are found in sunscreen, food preservatives, weed killer, insecticides, adhesives and paint.

•Heavy Metals like mercury, lead, aluminum and nickel accumulate in your body and come from drinking water, fish, dental fillings and vaccinations. Mercury is one of the most common indoor air pollutants.

•Teflon, found in non-stick pans, cleaning products, cosmetics and in stain-resistant carpet and clothing is a harmful pollutant that never breaks down. PFOA, a component in Teflon, is in 95% of Americans’ blood!

•Bad fats are found in almost every prepared food in your local supermarket. Look for “partially hydrogenated” or “hydrogenated” oils on the label to avoid these artery-clogging, liver-stressing, and hormone-suppressing oils. (Read more about the dangers of processed, refined oils.
All of these toxic substances: xenoestrogens, heavy metals, pollutants like Teflon and bad fats- enter your bloodstream where your liver must then struggle to process them, remove them or store them in your fat cells. The fatter you have in your body the more places you have to store these dangerous toxins.

Allowed to stay in your body, these substances wreak havoc on your hormones and your health- setting you (and further generations) up for disease. Your immune system strains to act against these toxic invaders, but without proper hormone levels, even your immune system cannot function properly. You age rapidly, feel depressed, and lose energy.

Your brain, memory, and focus all suffer. Researchers have even linked imbalances within your reproductive hormones (especially DHEA) to Alzheimer’s in both men and women.4

And of course, we’ve seen the rampant infertility that is affecting so many couples trying to have children. Just a few generations ago, fertility problems were rare. Since the 1950′s however, time-saving processed foods and life-saving pharmaceutical drugs became a bigger part of our daily habits than our bodies were created to handle. Added to this are increased environmental toxins — and higher stress levels, creating emotional toxins that could be just as harmful.

See the full article from Body Ecology go to:
http://bodyecology.com/articles/natural-factors-that-suppress-your-hormone-production-and-how-to-avoid-them/