Friday Favorite: The Effects of Hormones in Dairy Milk on Cancer
What effects do the female sex hormones in milk have on men, women, and children?
For more on the relationship between cancer and dairy, see:
• Dairy & Cancer ( )
• Prostate Cancer and Organic Milk vs. Almond Milk ( )
• Is Milk Good for Our Bones? ( )
• Prevent Cancer from Going on TOR ( )
• Saving Lives By Treating Acne with Diet ( )
I talk about the effect of dairy estrogen on men in Dairy Estrogen and Male Fertility ( ) and on women in The Effects of Hormones in Milk on Infertility in Women ( ).
What about the phytoestrogens in soy? See:
• BRCA Breast Cancer Genes and Soy ( )
• Who Shouldn’t Eat Soy? ( )
• Is Soy Healthy for Breast Cancer Survivors? ( )
Correction: On the graph at minute 3:09, the left column should be labeled “Estrone” instead of “Urine.”
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Dr. G. Please give us some insight into causes and treatment / dietary treatment for Leukemia. My wife has acute B cell lymphoblastic Leukemia and any information you are able to provide will be embraced and deeply appreciated!
Halten Sie sich auf jeden Fall an die Pflanzliche Ernährung, schauen Sie sich den Film The Food Cure an, einer dieser Frauen aus der Schweiz gibt ihr Wissen weiter.
I believe his next book is on cancer. Best wishes.
How Not To Die has a chapter on blood cancers. There are also videos on fasting being beneficial and timing of chemo so it’s more effective. Aside from that, a whole food plant based diet lowers inflammation and just makes one feel better. Go to his website and type in ‘cancer’ to get started. The book is on Amazon (hardcover, Kindle, audio) for less than $20.
There’s another doctor, Neal Barnard who may have some good info for you. https://www.youtube.com/@PhysiciansCommittee/search?query=cancer
You are wise to look into dietary changes to help improve her health and yours. There are resources out there. Some more traditional doctors may not be particularly supportive. Do not let that stop you-you can absolutely at a minimum improve how she feels, or improve her prognosis. The changes may seem drastic if you currently eat animal products but it’s worth it. Sometimes great results require great changes.
Sending all my hopes for your wife’s recovery.
Thanks for sharing 👍
very concerning, especially thinking how dairy is pushed on us since childhood
Yes. Unfortunately, money seems more important than the well-being of the citizenry.
@@Spock_Rogers That’s how it works in capitalism.
Absolutely still believe my daily consumption of cream cheese the 3yrs before my breast cancer contributed to my diagnosis. Vegan and doing well now. 🌱 ❤
Not possible at this time, ha ha ha! Too revealing.
My roommates are in complete denial that healthy nutrition or physical fitness have any value. They are both fat and sick and complain constantly about their health problems and feeling bad, yet treat me as though there is something wrong with me because I don’t eat animal products.
sucks to be your roommate LOL… ignorant people !…. saving money now, to only spend everything on doctors later in life !
I love this channel!
Can you please make a video about C 15 fatty acid which recently was discovered to be an essential fatty acid for human health. Food sources include dairy products. But there seems to be vegan supplement options too. Would be interesting to learn more about it. 🙏🏻
Plants—famously lacking of any molecules that act as hormones in vivo.
Not that it matters. Veganism can be survived and is more ethical. There’s no need to make-believe it’s superior to a balanced omnivorous diet.
Of course it’s superior.
Make believe?
Evidence over hundreds, thousands of years,proves the blue zone people who are 95-100% plant based,average lifespan 100, stay active into those ages and don’t suffer chronic diseases. Can you show me any studies of those who include a larger percentage of meats and animal products in their diets that come close to the blue zone groups study? I know there aren’t any but I’ll wait.
I struggle with always having to tell people that they don’t have to add hormones to these products. It’s already in there.
Overall good but not buying the excuse at the end for excluding women of child-bearing age from the analysis. Don’t care what wish-washy excuse one paper gave. There’s a whole history of ignoring this population for stupid reasons. Really couldn’t have some drink milk and measure what happens? Hormone fluctuations aren’t the excuse it’s ever been made out to be, especially if using an appropriate sample size anyway
That’s crazy. I didn’t know milk was that bad.Eggs are the worse of animal products. Between milk and meat, which is worse?
This is absolute gold, another home run, this channel is truly a gift from the gods, hooray Dr. G!