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[–]Tb0n34 points
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No you retard. It's not literal estrogen it's phytoestrogen from plants. Hence the veggie burger. That story posted here about how the veterinarian feels about estrogen levels in the burgers conflates the two but they're not the same. They're not well understood but they're not human estrogen all the same.
They both act at the estrogen receptors. They both cause feminization in males. While there are molecular differences between estrogen and phytoestrogens, the end result of ingesting too much of either is the same. Why pretend the difference matters?
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[–] Tb0n3 4 points 0 points 4 points (+4|-4) ago (edited ago)
No you retard. It's not literal estrogen it's phytoestrogen from plants. Hence the veggie burger. That story posted here about how the veterinarian feels about estrogen levels in the burgers conflates the two but they're not the same. They're not well understood but they're not human estrogen all the same.
[–] Jaegerjaques 1 point 6 points 7 points (+7|-1) ago
They both act at the estrogen receptors. They both cause feminization in males. While there are molecular differences between estrogen and phytoestrogens, the end result of ingesting too much of either is the same. Why pretend the difference matters?
[–] Tb0n3 6 points -4 points 2 points (+2|-6) ago
Some research shows connections while others do not. It's not understood well enough to make such definitive statements.