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How Food Can Drive And Slow Cancer Growth

The Dr. Hyman Show

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How to Balance Hormone Levels in Your Body

We have this enzyme, aromatase in our fat cells that turns other hormones into estrogen. So when you have more fat cells, you make more aromatase; and so you have more estrogen. Obesity is linked to higher levels of the hormone: breast, uterine, prostate cancers are definitely related to it. We really want to pay attention to those, those xenoestrogens, right? Those are those toxins from the environment that act like estrogen in the body.

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