May 30, 2023. Written by Dr. Krista Anderson-Ross.
Doctor’s Data Insight Newsletter
Estrogen is a life-giving hormone with which modern humans, both men and women, have a love-hate relationship. Several factors contribute to this complicated relationship: 1) estrogen is a proliferative hormone that contributes to and exaggerates growth; 2) because women outlive their estrogen production, they need safe forms of exogenous supplementation for bone, brain and cardiovascular health; 3) the mode of delivery is essential to preventing or contributing to some of the harms associated with estrogen; 4) because many modern chemicals mimic estrogen (xenoestrogens), increasing the estrogen burden; and 5) adipose tissue has the ability to aromatize testosterone into estrogen in both men and women.