Is Too Much Estrogen Causing Weight Gain?

Weight management and control is key for optimal hormonal health. The extra fat around your waistline contributes to the formation of estrogen in both men and women. I was looking at some of my personal snapshots from way back in the 1990’s. I was carrying an estrogen-making machine (big belly) and am sure my waist was pressing thirty-eight “husky” inches. It’s definitely a lot easier to put on extra pounds versus hoping they will fall off; losing weight is not easy.

The real challenge men contend with is the fact estrogen competes with testosterone (women, on the other hand, are challenged with too much estrogen). Testosterone is the key hormone for men and estrogen is the principle hormone building block for females. Men do not have the natural metabolic pathway to process the massive amounts of estrogen found in the water we drink, the soy that is in nearly every processed food or “energy” bar today, and the steaks, burgers and chicken patties you pick up at your local franchise restaurant (read all labels of the food you eat!). I am treating more men today with enlarged prostate glands causing them to get up five or six times a night to urinate.

I recently had a number of men come into the office with elevated estrogen and low testosterone; they each gave me one of two answers—they just finished walking through a golf fairway or were fertilizing their yard.  Golf course maintenance crews apply herbicides and pesticides to the greens and fairways to control weeds and bugs, but those sprays have a base of xenohormone producing estrogen.

I would not golf in the morning when there is dew on the grass blades.

Walking on the course will kick up the water droplets and vapors that you are going to inhale. I did not have the ability to assess hormones this easily in the past, but now with Zyto™ technology the process of estrogen/testosterone levels can be tested incredibly effortlessly.  We can actually order a cradle to place your hand on to assess your hormone and other levels anywhere in the world; it works via a USB internet software, all you need is a computer.

You would be wise to incorporate a plan to reduce the massive amount of estrogen and the negative impact created by its exposure. This is by far one of the biggest sources of long-term health challenges I am seeing currently and will continue to be in the future. Forty-five thousand women die from breast cancer every year in the US; ninety-five percent of those cases are caused by excessive estrogen. The amount of men having breast cancer is also increasing; there are over two thousand cases of male breast cancer yearly. This number will continue to increase due to the toxic environment and the lack of information being provided.  (Please pass this tip on).

Action Steps to manage estrogen which will help increase testosterone:

1.     Do not eat soy or canned food.

2.     Take Livotrit Plus™ two or three daily—this supports liver function.

3.     Do not eat sugar; this depletes B vitamins needed to process estrogen.

4.     Golf Tips: 1. Ride the cart when you golf 2. Do not put the T in your mouth. 3. Don’t wipe grass and dirt off your high tech golf balls with your tongue.

Fresh green vegetables, especially those in the sulfur family – broccoli, cabbage and cauliflower are great foods to lower estrogen. Eat organic meat products and drink water from a pure source; reverse osmosis would be wise. Finally men, I would not apply any testosterone to the body via patch or lotion; the external testosterone can be easily converted to estrogen. Trust me, you’ll be glad you did!

(Me in the 1990’s-Pre Dr. Bob’s 20:12)