5 fake estrogens that ruin your sex drive and cause man boobs

Men’s Health

Virginia Tims-Lawson

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2. Shrimp

Did you know that the shrimp you pick up in the grocery store or order at a restaurant is not just fresh from the sea?

What I mean is that all of that shrimp is dipped in a chemical known as 4-hexyl resorcinol to prevent something called melanosis or black spots.

While that may sound okay at first since no one wants black spots on their shrimp, that 4-hexyl resorcinol is a known xenoestrogen, meaning that it has estrogen-like effects in your body.

Read: Fight back against the xenoestrogen health danger

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By Virginia Tims-Lawson

Virginia Tims-Lawson has dedicated her life to researching and studying natural health after her mother had a stroke that left her blind in one eye at the age of 47, and her grandmother and two great uncles died from heart attacks. Spurred by her family history, Virginia’s passion to improve her and her family’s health through alternative practices, nutrients and supplements has become a mission she shares through her writing. She is founder of the nutritional supplement company Peak Pure & Natural®.

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