Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals Are Making Us Fat and Giving Us Diabetes

[JohnyCanuck]

Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals Are Making Us Fat and Giving Us Diabetes

A study published last month in the journal Obesity Research & Clinical Practice found that it’s harder for adults today to maintain the same weight – even at the same levels of food intake and exercise – as adults in the 1980s. (As reported by the Atlantic and the Independent.)

And last month, the prestigious Endocrine Society reinforced the argument that endocrine-disrupting chemicals are making us fat.

As Medical Xpress reports:

Emerging evidence ties endocrine-disrupting chemical exposure to two of the biggest public health threats facing society – diabetes and obesity, according to the executive summary of an upcoming Scientific Statement issued today by the Endocrine Society.

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The statement builds upon the Society’s groundbreaking 2009 report, which examined the state of scientific evidence on endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) and the risks posed to human health.

http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2015/10/endocrine-disrupting-chemicals-are-making-us-fat-and-giving-us-diabetes.html

[Baitball Blogger]

1. This article is useless without a list of suspects.

[JohnyCanuck]

4. Dirty Dozen Endocrine Disruptors

Dirty Dozen Endocrine Disruptors
12 Hormone-Altering Chemicals and How to Avoid Them


There is no end to the tricks that endocrine disruptors can play on our bodies: increasing production of certain hormones; decreasing production of others; imitating hormones; turning one hormone into another; interfering with hormone signaling; telling cells to die prematurely; competing with essential nutrients; binding to essential hormones; accumulating in organs that produce hormones.

Here are 12 of the worst hormone disrupters, how they do their dirty deeds, and some tips on how to avoid them.

BPA

Some may say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but do you really want a chemical used in plastics imitating the sex hormone estrogen in your body? No! Unfortunately, this synthetic hormone can trick the body into thinking it’s the real thing – and the results aren’t pretty. BPA has been linked to everything from breast and others cancers to reproductive problems, obesity, early puberty and heart disease, and according to government tests, 93 percent of Americans have BPA in their bodies!

How to avoid it? Go fresh instead of canned – many food cans are lined with BPA – or research which companies don’t use BPA or similar chemicals in their products. Say no to receipts, since thermal paper is often coated with BPA. And avoid plastics marked with a “PC,” for polycarbonate, or recycling label #7. Not all of these plastics contain BPA, but many do – and it’s better safe than sorry when it comes to keeping synthetic hormones out of your body. For more tips, check out: www.ewg.org/bpa/

More: http://www.ewg.org/research/dirty-dozen-list-endocrine-disruptors

[Baitball Blogger]

5. Thanks! Great list.

[dixiegrrrrl]

7. Would you mind making that a post????

Be really helpful so more folks see it.

[lunasun]

2. K&R

[KT2000]

3. and chemical companies

are still fighting to not test their products for EDC effects. This has now been going on for decades.

[phantom power]

6. re: diabetes, I also wonder about pets

In my team of 7 people, there are three who have diabetic docs (I am one of them). This is very anecdotal, but I feel like more dogs have diabetes than when I was a kid. (either that or more of them get diagnosed).

[dixiegrrrrl]

8. well, if the BPA is in dog food cans.........

and all those other chemicals are in the house, then absorption is not limited to just people.