Originally Posted By: Mamala Bay
When you buy a can of sardines soak in safflower oil - soybean oil it defeats the purpose in omega3 intake. The omega6/omega3 ratio is blown.
Check labels in process food - seems like
soybean, corn safflower oil is so common so you get the picture - high omega6.
Yes sir this is a key point. Not only is the imbalance between omega3 and omega6 prevalent in modern processed foods, but also an imbalance within the omega3 group itself. There are a few omega3 EFAs, including DHA (DocoHexaenoic Acid) and EPA (EicosaPentanoic Acid). Most commercial processed food preparations boasting omega3 usually have a high DHA ratio, if not only containing DHA. EPA is a little harder to come by, for some reason. Knowing industry all too well, DHA is probably obtained from the waste product of another process, perhaps soy. Anyhoo, even an imbalance of 3 and 6 has estrogenic effects.. wait what?
"Experimental evidence suggests that omega-6 (n-6) fatty acids have mammary tumor promoting effects whereas omega-3 (n-3) fatty acids inhibit tumor growth" (google for source)
Now having mentioned that, I'd like to talk about something since this is about prostate cancer. I have personal beliefs about these systems that are based on solid autodidaction and experience, so I'm not asking anyone to just trust me.
One must validate and know for themself, anything that they believe. Disclaimers out, is anyone else seeing connections here. Soy was just mentioned- what a plant. It produces a good amount of phytoestrogens (whether naturally or via genetic modification, is unclear). Phytoestrgens are plant-based (phyto)estrogens; a hormone that does what hormones do best, trigger biological processes. With so much exposure to soy derived products in our dandy modern processed foods and other
exogenous estrogenic compounds our male bodies are handling an unusual amount of estrogens! This is a fact. It's a horror show guys, man boobs, prostate hyperplasia; cancer, just making it really hard to pee sometimes, genetically triggering male pattern baldness, decimating sperm counts, "male" depression and just straight-up doughboy obesity. It really seems to be getting bad, in all honesty, ask around. And guys are not the type to even talk about this kind of thing. "Exogenous estrogenic compounds" are the focus here, not necessarily the soy or the phthalates on their own. Exogenous estrogens, IMO, have been also been pushing our girls earlier and earlier into puberty. Some men claim to have noticed this; I wouldn't know, I haven't looked.
But while the 'perks' may be thrilling for them and their peers, exogenous estrogens wreak havoc on the female body as well. With effects ranging from mild persistent obesity to ovarian and breast cancer. I mean these are huge problems! Is no one really seeing any connections?
So, kind sir say you, from whence forth dost thine exogenous estrogenic compounds hither? Everywhere! Even in motor oil. Besides estrogen producing plants being made into a definitive food staple, we have -- everything else that was made since WW2; plastics/plasticizers, phenols, phthalates, heck even esters and polycyclic aromatics!! Is that ubiquitous enough for ya? Shampoos, conditioners, glad wrap, flip flops from China, gaskets, italian salad dressing, kfc, polyester, acrylate tooth filling material, diaper plastic, garbage bags, the liners of tin cans, new cars, lotion, progesterones in industrial milk, Tylenol (and other pill) enteric coatings. It goes on. Hormones are nothing to mess with; they need to occur at the right time, and in the right amount for one to develop and remain healthy. While there is some protective level of tolerance to abmornalities, the recent persistence of exposure to these chemicals is truly breaking people's health. And that's just exogenous estrogens!!
It's too bad the issue gets no talk. There is no convenient one-word term for what I'm just calling "exogenous estrogenic compounds", which I find strange, but then not considering how it implicates the extremely powerful and influential corporate entities we love and depend upon.
WWII (and the chemistry and technology borne from it) has truly impacted all life on Earth
