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by anwseringmrns 2166 days ago
Why are you afraid of phytoestrogens? they are lowering estrogen levels and don't affect testosterone.
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I admit it is only a speculation, but I made a link between the phytoestrogens and some health problem I had.

I had a scare with a autoimmune problem, but luckily it was benign. However I learnt that estrogens weaken the mechanism by which the body learns to avoid fighting itself, and that it was explaining why women had a lot more of some kinds of autoimmune diseases than men. And the missing puzzle piece was when I understood that my autoimmune problem started a few years after I discovered Japanese food culture, and as I had always been in fond of soy drinks, soy creams, tofu, etc, when I was in Japan I was drinking/eating/dreaming soy every meal of every day (this for a few years).

Are you sure about they are lowering estrogens level?

To draw you the picture, I was drinking tonyu (soy drink) all the time so there always was some in my stomach (except when I was sleeping). Maybe the mechanism by which phytoestrogens lower blood level estrogens works only when you give it time to overcompensate after your last intake.

You can read about estrogen lowering effect of soy milk here (studies included) - outline.com/5UkBSS
Thanks a lot! :) My fear is gone.

After reading the article, it turns out not all phytoestrogens have this estrogen-lowering property: this is a particularity of soy's phytoestrogens.

Beer for example has different phytoestrogens and they are not good.