Dairy Estrogen and Male Fertility
Sex steroid hormones in meat, eggs, and dairy may help explain the link between saturated fat intake and declining sperm counts.
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What does saturated fat have to do with semen quality? Check out my last video The Role of Diet in Declining Sperm Counts (
What about the phytoestrogens in soy? See The Effect of Soy on Precocious Puberty (
More on hormones in dairy in:
• Skim Milk and Acne (
• National Dairy Council on Acne and Milk (
• The Acne-Promoting Effects of Milk (
• Saving Lives By Treating Acne With Diet (
• Prostate Cancer: Organic Milk vs. Almond Milk (
Neurotoxic chemicals in the dairy supply have been blamed for neurological conditions as well. See my video Preventing Parkinson’s Disease with Diet (
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