• @snekmuffin@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    111 months ago

    afaik, it’s not really a myth. it does actually have plenty of phytoestrogens and it’s often recommended as a supplement for HRT. Probably not enough to have much of an effect on its own though

    • Who knew?
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      211 months ago

      False, the phytoestrogens in beer are far more bioavailable, but also the animal estrogen in beef.

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      11 months ago

      it does actually have plenty of phytoestrogens

      you think because it has “estrogens” in the name it turns you into a girl. phyto- means plant. are you a plant?

      recommended as a supplement for HRT.

      by who? facebook?

      • r00ty
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        111 months ago

        by who? facebook?

        You know what I’ve been seeing on Facebook lately (qualifier, I use it for my local village group and those last few friends that refuse to use anything else)? People posting the fact that the AstraZeneca vaccine used a modified chimpanzee adenovirus and implying this is the cause of the mpox business.

        I would 100% bet they got it from Facebook!

      • @hoshikarakitaridia@lemmy.world
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        111 months ago

        Exactly. It has a similar name in one of the ingredients. But: this ingredient is not estrogen and it basically has zero impact on the hormones in your body. And all experts know that. That’s why there’s no scientific papers supporting this whole soy / estrogen theory.