Alkylphenol Endocrine Disruptors and Allergies
Channel: NutritionFacts.org
Date: 2014-03-05

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DESCRIPTION: The dramatic rise of allergic diseases such as eczema and seasonal allergies may be related to dietary exposure to endocrine-disruptor xenoestrogens such as alkylphenol industrial pollutants.

Sorry for the cliff-hanger, but the video was getting a bit long. To find out which foods may contain these alkylphenol endocrine disruptors, check out my next video Dietary Sources of Alkylphenol Endocrine Disruptors (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/dietary-sources-of-alkylphenol-endocrine-disruptors).

Here's the link to the video I mentioned on Preventing Childhood Allergies (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/preventing-childhood-allergies/). A plant-based diet may also help alleviate allergies in adults. See Say No to Drugs by Saying Yes to More Plants (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/say-no-to-drugs-by-saying-yes-to-more-plants/) and Preventing Allergies in Adulthood (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/preventing-allergies-in-adulthood/). 

More on endocrine disruptors in:

• Protein, Puberty, and Pollutants (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/protein-puberty-and-pollutants/)
• Male Fertility and Diet (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/male-fertility-and-diet/)
• Xenoestrogens & Early Puberty (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/xenoestrogens-early-puberty/)
• Xenoestrogens & Sperm Counts (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/xenoestrogens-sperm-counts/)
• Obesity-Causing Pollutants in Food (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/obesity-causing-pollutants-in-food/)

A different class of chemicals has been found to be associated with smaller penis size in humans. See Chicken Consumption and the Feminization of Male Genitalia (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/chicken-consumption-and-the-feminization-of-male-genitalia/).

Have a question for Dr. Greger about this video? Leave it in the comment section at http://nutritionfacts.org/video/alkylphenol-endocrine-disruptors-and-allergies/ and he'll try to answer it!

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