Natural Estrogen Containing Foods

*Many common foods contain natural estrogens and progesterone. For the perimenopausal and postmenopausal woman they can be very helpful in maintaining healthy estrogen levels. However, care should be taken not to over eat any one food, but rather choose a variety and rotate them into your normal daily diet for optimum and safest results.

Alfalfa
Animal flesh
Anise seed
Anise food
Apples
Baker's yeast
Barley
Beets
Beer
Cabbage
Carrots
Cherries
Chickpeas
Clover
Corn
Cowpeas (black- eyed peas)
Cucumbers
Dairy Foods
Dates
Eggs
Eggplant
Fennel
Flaxseeds
Garlic
Green beans
Hops
Licorice
Oats
Olive oil
Olives
Nutritional Yeast
Papaya
Parsley
Peas
Peppers
Plums
Pomegranates
Potatoes
Pumpkin
Red beans
Red clover
Rhubarb
Rice
Rye
Sage
Sesame seeds
Soybean sprouts
Soybeans
Split peas
Squash
Sunflower seeds
Tomatoes
Wheat
Yams



Estrogen Inhibiting Foods

*If you are suffering from breast cancer, PMS, fibroids, ovarian cysts, and other situations that estrogen might exacerbate, the following estrogen inhibiting foods might be of interest to you.

Berries
Broccoli
Buckwheat
Cabbage
Citrus Foods
Corn
Figs
Fruits (except apples, cherries, dates, pomegranates)
Grapes
Green beans
Melons
Millet
Onions
Pears
Pineapples
Squashes
Tapioca
White rice
White flour


P.S. I am sure normal amounts of these foods would not make a difference (of course many men eat these foods without growing boobs...but an excess of them could definately make a difference.)

Very Interesting!

see thats interesting, i thought i remember tiger lily or someone saying that brocolli was good for nbe?