137: Endocrine Disruptors, Xenoestrogens, Estrogen Dominance

This week on the podcast, Genevieve and Cassie sit down to talk about the role endocrine disruptors like BPA, PFCs, flame retardants, and phthalates play in our hormonal health. In this episode, Cassie walks us through some basics of the endocrine system, how endocrine disruptors can cause estrogen overload, and signs you could be struggling with estrogen dominance. Make sure to tune in next week, we’ll be discussing estrogen dominance in more detail as well as how to support your body’s natural healing processes.

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We talked about:

• basics of the endocrine system

• how endocrine disruptors impact the body

• signs & symptoms of estrogen dominance

• common endocrine disruptors

• becoming an informed consumer

• Using the EWG app

Resources:

• Ep 33 Non Toxic Living at Home [Part 1]

• Ep 34 Non Toxic Living at Home [Part 2]

• Ep 10 Heavy Metals Contamination in Cosmetics

• Ep 78 Clean Enough: Pushing the Boundaries in Health & Beauty

• Ep 75 Fragrance Loophole

• https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/beauty-counter-makeup-44050754

• EWG App

• https://www.ewg.org/research/dirty-dozen-list-endocrine-disruptors

• Holding Thermal Receipt Paper and Eating Food after Using Hand Sanitizer Results in High Serum Bioactive and Urine Total Levels of Bisphenol A (BPA) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4206219/

• https://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/topics/agents/endocrine/index.cfm

• https://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/results/pubs/rr/reports/abstracts/rr04/index.html

• https://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/ntp/results/pubs/rr/reports/rr04_508.pdf

• https://www.ewg.org/enviroblog/2016/08/flame-retardants-why-they-re-our-homes-and-how-avoid-them

• https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5989427/

• https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/institute_basic_biomedical_sciences/news_events/articles_and_stories/cancer_disease/2010_08_eat_veggies.html

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/05/070517100315.htm

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