Is it true that the beer contains estrogen?

It is common that the popular alcoholic drink contains a female sex hormone estrogen. And this allegedly explains the external changes in people who use it in people. We decided to check if the hormone is really part of beer.

That's how some Doctors Describe The consequences of the use of a large number of drinks: “A woman may begin to change in the“ male ”side: the back is becoming wider, antennae begin to grow. What is worse, problems with the childish can arise, and in some cases even diagnose infertility. In men, the reverse process occurs. Fans of beer get a lot of female hormones, so the man’s voice becomes higher, appearance may change. ” Stories about such transformations can be found in the format of the stories "from the first person" on various forums and even on sites of specialized medical clinic.

Estrogens - the collective name of steroid female sex hormones, produced Basically in ovarian follicles in women, in the testicles and bark of the adrenal glands in men, as well as in a small amount of non -rogena tissue (bones, brain, adipose tissue, skin and hair follicles) in both sexes. 

Estrogens have a feminizing effect on the body. They stimulate The formation and development of the uterus, uterine pipes, vagina, ducts of the mammary glands, pigmentation in the nipples and genitals, the formation of secondary sexual characteristics according to the female type, contribute to the timely rejection of the endometrium and regular bleeding. At the same time, estrogens work not only in the reproductive system - their role in Cardiovascular And boneas well as in work brain.

In humans Select Three types of estrogens: estradiol, estriol and estrone.

Having studied carefully compound Beer, we will not find any of these hormones there. However, there is probably a hops, which is part of the hoppathy wort. In Hops Contained Contacted by name, but not in the action of phytoestroogen - non -steroidal plant compound, similar in structure to estradiol. In addition to beer phytoestroogen Contained In tea, coffee, cabbage, pumpkin, pears, plums, grapes, peanuts, beans, chickpeas, broccoli, sunflower seeds. However, even eating all this in food and drinking beer, changes in appearance can not be afraid.

Phytoestrogens are enough unstable Substances, moreover, are much more weak compared to true estrogens. To achieve a comparable effect, the effect is required accept The dose of phytoestrogens is 500, or even 100,000 times more, depending on its type.

That is, in terms of beer you will have to use a huge amount of this drink, significantly superior to the weight of the person himself, daily for a long time to cause changes in the hormonal composition of the body. At the same time, women engaged in cleaning and processing hops really can There is a disorder of the menstrual cycle.

“Beer” stomach and breasts do not occur at all because of phytoestrogens, but because of the total calorie content the drink itself and snacks, often walking with it in pairs.

Thus, although the beer contains phytoestrogens consonant in name and similar in structure to female sex hormones, the dose of beer in which they could contribute to the hormonal restructuring of the body is so large that it exceeds several times the weight of the person himself.

Not true

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