SECRETS IN REGENERATIVE MEDICINE
THE MODERN EPIDEMIC OF BALLOONING BREASTS
A  staggering number of women I see in my practice are suffering from severe pain in their backs, shoulders and necks.   

In many cases, these patients also have numbness in their fingers, itchy rashes, migraines... and many struggle to breathe. Some are even battling depression or other psychological symptoms. 

All of these women are suffering from the same condition... and this condition does more than cause pain. It can shorten a woman’s lifespan by five years!

But these women aren’t sick...

They’ve developed unnaturally large, swollen breasts that are too big for their bodies. 

Breasts that grew larger after they went through menopause... 

And this problem isn’t unique to my patients. It’s happening everywhere... 

In a study of 1,130 post-menopausal women, researchers found that one in five women have to buy a bigger bra after menopause than they did before. Only 1.7 % reported needing a smaller size.  

The reality is that the breast sizes of postmenopausal women have tripled in the last 60 years. In the 1950s, the average woman wore a 34B cup. Today, she wears a 34DD. 

Our society is obsessed with large breasts, but these women are in agony. And that’s why more and more women today are going under the knife. 

According to statistics from The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, more than 103,000 American women underwent painful breast reduction surgery in 2015. And nearly 28% were 51 or older.

Studies have shown that the risks of post-surgical infection and other complications are much higher in women over 50.

What’s going on here?
LOW ESTROGEN ISN'T THE PROBLEM
Most doctors blame this modern problem on decreasing estrogen levels. In fact, they have three theories — or myths — about what’s causing what I call “ballooning breast syndrome” :

Each of these theories is easy to disprove. Let me take them one by one...

Myth #1:
With lower estrogen levels, women eat more and are less physically active. This causes them to gain weight. 

The truth: It’s true that obesity continues to be a growing problem. But in the case of women with swollen breasts, only their cup sizes increased. Not their band — or back — size.

Myth #2:
Too little estrogen causes the body to use starches and blood sugar less effectively. This increases fat storage in the breasts. 

The truth: Discounting the second theory is easy. Even women following a no-carbohydrate, Paleo diet have seen their breast swell.

Myth #3:
After menopause, lower estrogen levels cause the milk-producing mammary glands to return to their non-lactating state. These milk ducts and the entire glandular structure eventually revert to fat.

The truth: Women have always stopped producing milk as they got older. It’s a normal part of the life cycle. And for generations, these women’s breasts shrank, not swelled. 

In fact, every theory that blames large, painful breasts on decreasing estrogen levels is wrong. 

Oversized breasts aren’t caused by too little estrogen. 

The problem is TOO MUCH... resulting in what’s known as estrogen dominance. 

At this stage in a woman’s life, estrogen and fat work hand in hand. Estrogen settles into fatty areas like the breasts and stomach. The fat cells in these areas then expand and produce estrogen of their own. 

The problem is fake estrogens are everywhere. We’re surrounded by them. And a major player in the estrogen dominance game is our food supply.
MODERN FOOD SUPPLY 
FEEDS ESTROGEN DOMINANCE
Our world has changed dramatically in the last hundred years. 

We’ve taken food production away from the family and given it to faceless corporations. Now we have a booming food industry. 

Their agenda is to sell food with the highest profit margin. And that means using tons of estrogen-mimicking chemicals in your food. When these chemicals get into your bloodstream, they attach to your estrogen receptors. They act like estrogen. But there’s a difference... 

These chemical hormones are MUCH stronger than the estrogens your body produces naturally. 

They give your cells a strange new set of instructions. In response to these new messages, your body’s estrogen levels shoot through the roof. Estrogen starts to take over your entire hormonal system. Progesterone, testosterone and other hormones can’t keep up.
STEER CLEAR OF FARM-FACTORY ANIMALS
For more than 20 years, I’ve been helping women get control of their estrogen levels. The first step is to reduce or eliminate fake estrogens at their source. And one very effective way to do that is to reduce or eliminate industrial foods from your life — particularly farm-factory animals.

Most animal protein and dairy has been treated with growth hormones. Big Agra does this so the animals fatten up faster, get to market faster and turn a profit faster. These growth hormones compound the estrogen imbalance in your body. 

Despite claims from the FDA, research shows these hormones are wreaking havoc with our health. In a 2004 study, patients with above average hormone levels had a 65% higher risk of hormone-dependent premenopausal breast cancer than people with below-average levels.

In 1989, Europe banned the import of beef from the United States and Canada based on high hormone levels. Since then, studies have found that American women have five times the risk of developing breast cancer than women in countries that don’t allow the sale of hormonal beef. 

And chicken isn’t any safer than beef. Although federal law prohibits injecting poultry with growth hormones, today’s factory-farmed chickens are still full of estrogens mimickers from their soybean-based feed.

Soybeans contain substances called isoflavones that mimic estrogen and lead to estrogen dominance. One researcher calculated that, based on body weight, feeding your baby soy formula exclusively is like giving it five birth control pills a day!

Farm-raised chicken and poultry is also drowning in antibiotics. These aren’t the high-dose antibiotics that doctors give humans to cure infections. Instead, they’re lower doses given as “growth promoters” to make chickens bigger.

The drugs, known in the industry as antimicrobial growth promoters, work because they eliminate bacteria in their intestines that slow down the absorption of nutrients.

The result? Chickens that are much bigger than nature ever intended. Today, the average chicken is four times bigger than it was in the 1950s. And chicken breasts are 80% bigger!

I recommend buying only organic meat and dairy from grass-fed animals. 
BUY ORGANIC WHEN IT COUNTS
Commercial fruits and vegetables are grown using chemical pesticides and fertilizers. These chemicals act like very strong estrogen in your body. 

When possible, choose organic produce. They don’t use pesticides or chemical fertilizers. In the produce aisle, check the Price Look-Up (PLU) stickers on all your fruits and vegetables. Conventional produce has a 4-digit code. Organic produce has a 5-digit code starting with the number 9.
AVOID PROCESSED, PACKAGED FOODS
Foods today have more than 10,000 preservatives, flavorings, colors and other additives.10 That’s way up from the 800 in our food supply in the 1950s. And the FDA doesn’t test any of them for estrogenic activity. 

These are the three I consider to be the worst offenders:

1. BPAs 

Tests reveal 93% of us have BPA in our bodies. A recent study in Reproductive Toxicology discovered a direct link between even low exposure to BPA and abnormal breast growth — even in men!

BPAs are found in bottled water and canned foods. 

A new study revealed that people who ate one canned food product in the past day had a 24% higher concentration of BPA in their urine compared with those who hadn’t. Eating two or more canned foods resulted in a 54% higher concentration. Canned soups are the worst, followed by canned pasta and canned produce.
 
2. Parabens

You’re probably aware that parabens act as a preservative in beauty products. But you may not know they’re also in your food. 

That’s because when they’re added to foods, they’re not called parabens. Instead, they’re hidden behind a code that starts with the letter E. Such as methylparaben (E218), ethylparaben (E214), propylparaben (E216) and heptylparaben (E209). 

A large British study found traces of five parabens in the breast tumors of 19 out of 20 women. The worst food offenders are beer, tortillas, desserts, soft drinks, processed fish, jams, pickles, frozen dairy products, processed vegetables and flavored syrups.
3. Atrazine 

This indirect additive is one of the most widely used pesticides in the U.S. It is so disruptive to the hormones that it has actually turned male frogs female. 

Atrazine was found in 80% of drinking water samples taken from 153 public water systems around the country. The best way to avoid atrazine exposure is to buy organic produce and get a drinking water filter certified to remove pesticides.
5 FOODS THAT HELP BALANCE HORMONES
Changing the way you eat won’t solve all the problems caused by estrogen dominance. But it’s a good place to start. And fortunately, simply by adjusting your diet, you may find you drop a cup size — or even two — without going under the knife.

Then, once you stop the onslaught of estrogen from the modern food supply, you can add in foods that have proven to balance hormones naturally. 

Here’s what I recommend:

1. Eat more cruciferous vegetables. They help your body get rid of excess estrogen by excreting it in your urine. They also contain a special chemical called sulforaphane that improves your liver’s ability to detoxify the body.

It takes only 3 to 5 servings a week to get the benefits

2. Flush out estrogen with fiber. When your body is finished with estrogen, it goes to the liver, then the intestines, to be excreted. But if it’s not excreted, the estrogen will be reabsorbed. It continues to circulate in your body. 

Fiber binds to estrogen and helps flush it out. Beans are your best source, especially kidney, black beans and cannellini beans. Other good choices are apples, pears, strawberries and lentils. 

 Aim for 30 grams of fiber every day.

3. Block chemical estrogens with “phytoestrogens.” These are weak plant estrogens and they take up space on estrogen receptors. That means fake estrogens have nowhere to land. 

Phytoestrogens are found in more than 300 plants. Here are some good sources of these estrogen balancers:

Blueberries , cherries, cranberries, carrots, bananas, beets, oranges, onions, peppers, apples, plums, olives, potatoes, grapes, bilberries, tea, coffee and sunflower seeds. 

4. Drink pomegranate juice for a natural balance. Pomegranates provide the same three estrogens as a woman’s ovaries — estradiol, estrone and estriol. In fact, one study showed that pomegranate is the richest plant source of estrogens.

But pomegranates won’t contribute to estrogen dominance. That’s because they are a natural adaptogen. They increase levels of estrogen when the body is low. And block stronger estrogens when levels are too high. 

I suggest drinking just two ounces of pomegranate juice a day. 

5. Don’t forget the good fat. Fat is essential for hormonal balance. You see, hormones are produced using certain fatty acids and cholesterol. If you’re missing these nutrients, your body doesn’t have the raw material it needs to make hormones that can balance out estrogen dominance. 

My favorite good fat is coconut oil. You can use it to replace butter and olive oil in recipes. I use it for frying, pan-searing and sautéing.

To Your Good Health,
Al Sears, MD.
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AL SEARS, MD
Al Sears, MD is America’s #1 anti-aging doctor. He travels to the most remote regions of the world searching for natural healing secrets unknown or ignored by conventional medicine. 

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