Ingredients to watch out for.

Solarbeam
Solarbeam Posts: 23
edited June 2014 in Recipe Swap for Healthy Living
Hey everyone. I keep a list of these ingredients in my purse so I know what to avoid when I'm shopping if I want to try something that I'm not familiar with. Thought I'd share it with you.

Foods that are estrogen based; us ladies with a hormone sensitive cancer should stay away from these in concentrated form.

african wild potato
aletris
alfalfa
androstenedione
anise
asparagus racemosus
beta-sitosterols
bitter yam
black cohosh
blue cohosh
black currant
bladderwrack
boron
burdock
chasteberry
chrysin
cola nut
DHEA
dong quai
dyer's broom
epimedium
evening primerose oil
fennel
flaxseed (not including flaxseed oil)
flor essence (contains red clover)
fo-ti
genistein (combined polysaccharide)
german chamomile
ginseng (all types)
guarana
guggul
hops
hu-zhang
ipriflavone
job's tears
kudzu
lavendar
licorice
milk thistle
mountain flax
oregano
panax (pseudo ginseng)
pleurisy root
pomegranate seeds
pregnenolone
raspberry leaf
red clover
resveratrol
scarlet pimpernel
sage
schisandra
soy supplements
star anise
tea tree oil
tinospora cordifolia
wild carrot
wild yam

Anyone on Tamoxifen should avoid phytoestrogens as it interferes with the ability of the drug to do its job.

These ingredients may lead to an increased risk of cancer;

parabens and phthalates in cosmetics, soaps, lotions, sunscreens, etc.

anything that starts with;
methyl
propyl
butyl
ethyl
isobutyl

nonylphenol ethoxylates (NPE's) in laundry soaps and detergents.

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 1,376
    edited December 2009

    Thanks.

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  • Berry77
    Berry77 Posts: 6
    edited December 2009

    Wow great list! Thanks! I was kind of shocked to see tea tree oil on there and lavendar...ok not shocked but disappointed...I use them both. And oh my gosh I drink raspberry leaf tea and eat alfalfa sandwiches all the time. I am so glad you posted this. I try and eat healthy but I had no idea. Bless you and thank you. :-)

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  • kk69Z
    kk69Z Posts: 167
    edited December 2009

    The licorice that is on the list. Would that be your basic red licorice?

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  • Jelson
    Jelson Posts: 1,535
    edited December 2009

    I think it is the black licorice, not the red

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  • hollyann
    hollyann Posts: 2,992
    edited December 2009

    I have to laugh at the kudzu as it grows like wildfire around here!..Didn't know you could eat it!.....

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  • kk69Z
    kk69Z Posts: 167
    edited December 2009

    I found a list of herbs and foods on the internet that have estrogen in. Just type in "foods that have estrogen in". In the list was carrots, apples, beans among others. I was really surprised. I think I will have to print the list and carry it with me.

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  • wandergo1
    wandergo1 Posts: 30
    edited August 2011

    Chickpeas...so should I avoid Humus?  I love that

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  • bedo
    bedo Posts: 1,866
    edited August 2011

    Hollyann,

    You are not to eat Kudzu, Willie B's babygirl and you are not to make kudzu flower wine.

    Also, those pickled pigs feet and red eggs in the jar look kind of iffy.

    15 year resident of Atlanta

    Only kidding, this is a great list. I'll print it out

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  • buray2355
    buray2355 Posts: 3
    edited September 2011

    Being recently diagnosed I am not real sure on what "health foods' are good for me to eat. I appreciate the list.

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