male ness... lost

A phenomenon is occurring among the male population, they are in essence becoming more feminine, not because of emasculating TV personalities but due to the affects of estrogenic hormones in the environment.

Xenoestrogens are those chemicals that have estrogenic properties in the body but are not part of normal hormone metabolism.

Here is a well written article and a list about Xenoestrogens.
http://http://endojourney.wordpress.com/2009/07/31/a-list-of-xenoestrogens/

One important thing to note is that many cancers in men and women are estrogen driven. Men develop prostate issues from estrogen and DHT.

High estrogen levels in men contribute to erectile dysfunction, a general softening of the body and accumulation of excess body fat, which in turn further exacerbates the problem.

For men nutritional supplement such as zinc and boron are helpful in mitigating these issues. Nutritional biochemicals such as di-indole methane and indole 3 carbinol both of which are found in broccolli have estrogen modifying properties.

You can also use a compound known as chrysin applied directly through the skin, since absorption is a problem taken orally.

There are a handful of other helpful things to do including calcium d glucarate, nettle root ect that help to maintain a more healthy hormonal balance.

The endocrine system is a chemical ballet that needs to be in balance to serve a person properly. Certain seeminly benign practices such as using a body wash with progestins or estogens in it may be enough to change a persons endocrine system negatively.

Think twice about the chemicals in the world around you.

optimum health

I thought it would be conveinant for friends, family and patients to have an open forum about todays health challenges.

I think we are on a precipice of a health tsunami.

The explosion of childhood illnesses : ADD, ADHD, Autism, auto immune diseases and diabetes has made the simple way to handle the family's health a good bit different then it was just a few short years ago.

There are critical components of health that all families need to know about. There are enormous amounts of data about simple strategies that dramatically improve health, sadly most people have never heard of them, and are even less likely to come across this information on a daily basis.