Estrogen Fibroid Tumors
is there any relation to soy milk and fibroid tumors?
I am a 52 year old woman in peri-menopause stage. I have been drinking soy milk for the past two years and I have just been diagnosed with a medium to large fibroid. My understanding is that Fibroids feed off of estrogen. Are the phytoestrogens in soy milk linked to increased growth of my fibroid tumor?
It’s possible. But it’s complicated. The weak phytoestrogens of soy compete with the more powerful estrogens your body makes, for the same estrogen receptors. So, depending on how much estrogen your body is making, the soy could be making the situation worse, making the situation better, or not making any difference at all.
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