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To: conservative cat

“More fat=more estrogen=more breast cancer.”

Most people don’t know that fat produces estrogen. To add to the problems overweight women also usually have too much belly fat which causes an overload of testosterone. That ups the cancer risk even more.


14 posted on 06/06/2009 10:01:18 AM PDT by Varda
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To: Varda

belly fat causes testosterone?

Can you elaborate on that, or provide a link? I’ve never heard of this. I knew about fat that produces estrogen. I read once that extremely large women that lose their ovaries from cancer or other problems can get by without hormone treatments because their body fat makes up for the loss of estrogen.


15 posted on 06/06/2009 10:37:23 AM PDT by mamelukesabre (Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum (If you want peace prepare for war))
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