The role of estrogen

Estrogen played a major role in the development of my breast tumors. I have come to find that this is most likely due to birth control pills, eating foods that contain hormones (e.g. dairy and meat with added hormones), food that converts into estrogen in the body (soy-very bad for premenopausal women), and a genetic problem with my estrogen (e.g. low estriol levels). The cure to my cancer is to keep my estrogen levels very low, otherwise known as menopause, but more on that later. I feel a hot flash coming on…


I came across an article on the Tahoma Clinic web-site and worth a read if you are premenopausal women. Here is a blurb from the article (see link), “In the June issue, I told you about the importance of an estrogen metabolite called estriol. The recent resurgence in estriol research is confirming the discoveries made in the mid-20th century: Estriol is a "good" estrogen. More estriol means less cancer risk. Estriol appears to block many of the effects of estradiol (E2), estrone (E1), and other "pro-carcinogenic" estrogens. So how do you find out if your body is producing enough estriol to protect you from cancer? You calculate your EQ.”

http://www.tahomaclinic.com/hrtbreastcancer.shtml