DIM Lowers Estrogen in Men and Women -Roger Mason

One of the most pervasive medical myths is that Western women are estrogen deficient as they age and need supplementation. On the other hand, one of the most unknown medical facts is that men over 50 generally have higher estrogen levels than their post-menopausal wives! This is called "estrogen dominance". In women, the loss of progesterone means a higher estrogen-to-progesterone ratio, and thus more illnesses of various types, especially cancers. In men the reversed testosterone-to-estrogen ratio causes such problems as prostate disease, obesity, gynecomastia, etc.You can easily and inexpensively test your estradiol and estrone with saliva kits. Women should also test their estriol (the "forgotten" estrogen) since medical doctors are too uneducated to know about it. One reason rural Asian people and vegetarians enjoy better health generally is their lower levels of estradiol and estrone, and higher levels of estriol.

If your estrogen levels are too high what do you do? Diet and exercise are the answer. A low fat, high fiber diet based on whole grains, beans, and vegetables is vital. Daily exercise lowers estrogens.You should never take dangerous estrogen blockers like Tamoxifen, Clomipine, or Arimidex. Diet and lifestyle are always the real answer to your health problems. What supplements can you take? 200 mg of DIM (diindolylmethane) is the most important. This is the direct metabolite of I3C (indole-3-carbinol). DIM is a much better choice than I3C and is only half the price, since you need twice as much I3C. We sell 60 X 200 mg of DIM for only $11.95, which is the cheapest price in the world. Life Extinction is too stupid to sell it as is Swanson's. Even Puritan's Pride, the biggest vitamin company in the world,  wants $20. Make sure you get 200 mg of DIM per capsule, and never buy any product with a “special delivery system”. I3C is found in cruciferous vegetables such as broccoli, cabbage, and Brussels sprouts. Most of the published studies are, in fact, on I3C since it was discovered first and has been around longer. More and more you see studies on DIM. All the I3C studies apply equally to DIM since it is the direct metabolite.

There are good published clinical studies to prove the value of DIM. Doctors at NY Medical College said, "In fact I3C undergoes dimerization under acidic conditions to form DIM that is more bioreactive than I3C." Doctors at UC Berkeley gave a mere 108 mg (it should have been 200 mg) of DIM to postmenopausal women in a double blind study. Their estrogen metab-olism was improved dramatically in only 30 days. At Wayne State University the researchers concluded, "The results from our lab, and from others, provide ample evidence for the benefit of I3C and DIM for the prevention and treatment of prostate cancer." At Tecnion Institutein in Israel two studies were done to show the effectiveness of DIM against breast and prostate cancer in animals. "The inhibitory action of DIM on tumor growth was demonstrated in vivo" The the University of Leicester, "I3C and DIM are promising cancer chemopreventive agents." At Oregon State Universtiy, "I3C and DIM are naturlly occurring dietary components found in cruciferous vegetables. In the stomach I3C forms condensation products including DIM." At the Jewish Research Institute, "I3C and its dimer DIM, obtained from dietary consumption of vegetables have multiple biochemical activities. Both compounds have been effective clinically in treat precancersou lesions of the cervix and laryngeal palillomas."

Do not take chrysin to lower your estrogen levels as it simply doesn't work. Clinical studies worldwide prove it has no value at all. This is promoted by the muscle magazines to the meatheads who read them.

Test your estrogen levels with a saliva kit and take DIM to keep them low. One to two grams of flax oil will work synergistically with this. Nothing substitutes for a good low fat,high fiber diet and lots of exercise though.