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🗓️ 20 April 2026

⏱️ 24 minutes

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362: Phytoestrogens aren’t always a bad thing! Here’s why you may need them! Topics Discussed: → What phytoestrogens are → The role estrogen plays in the body beyond hormones → Foods containing phytoestrogens and why you may want to incorporate them into your diet → Where to get your hormones tested for cheap As always, if you have any questions for the show please email us at digestthispod@gmail.com. And if you like this show, please share it, rate it, review it and subscribe to it on your favorite podcast app. Sponsored By: → Seven Sundays | Go to https://sevensundays.com/ and use code: lilsip for 20% off → LMNT | Get your FREE sample pack with any LMNT purchase at https://drinklmnt.com/DIGEST Timestamps: → 00:00:00 - Introduction → 00:01:19 - Understanding Estrogen → 00:03:52 - Testing Your Hormones → 00:05:02 - Defining Phytoestrogens 12 → 00:08:22 - Food Recommendations → 00:14:51 - Cruciferous Vegetables → 00:17:01 - Red Wine + Cancer → 00:20:45 - HRT Further Listening: → Foods That Help & Harm Hormones, Infertility, Inflammation, + The Key to Hormone Balance Check Out Bethany: → Bethany’s Instagram: @lilsipper → YouTube → Bethany’s Website → Discounts & My Favorite Products → My Digestive Support Protein Powder → Gut Reset Book → Get my Newsletters (Friday Finds) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to The Digest This Podcast, and I'm your host, Bethany Cameron.
0:06.8	Hey guys, welcome to The Digest This Podcast. If you haven't already assumed, we're talking about
0:14.4	estrogen today. And I think that estrogen gets a really bad rap because you see it all over the internet. I'm high in
0:23.9	estrogen. I need to stay away from phytoestrogens, et cetera. And this is a little bit different
0:31.3	today because I'm going to be talking about why we need estrogen. And I'm going to talk about
0:37.4	the foods that are high in estrogen
0:40.5	and phytoestrogens, because as females, we do need this. Now, I do also want to preface that
0:47.8	too much estrogen is also not good. So if you are high in estrogen, then still listen to this podcast, take note
0:59.8	about the foods that I'm going to list because you may want to stay away from those foods, right?
1:05.7	But if you're low in estrogen, you may want to up your intake of these foods. And before I even get into that,
1:14.5	I just want to talk about the importance of estrogen. So it's, of course, a female hormone. Also,
1:22.0	males have it as well, but females have more of it. And it's a crucial hormone. And it plays a role in sexual health,
1:34.0	reproductive health. Low estrogen levels can lead to low libido, as well as contribute to
1:41.0	infertility and erectile dysfunction in males.
1:45.4	Estrogen also plays a very huge and crucial part in the body's regulatory processes
1:52.2	in gastrointestinal, skeletal, cardiovascular, and central nervous system.
1:58.5	So if you have gut issues and you're low in estrogen, that may be a
2:03.2	connection there or skeletal issues, osteoporosis, things like that. Estrogen plays a role in
2:10.9	cholesterol, blood sugar levels, bone and muscle mass, and brain function. Ovaries produce most of the circulating estrogen during reproductive years, but
2:22.4	adrenal glands, like found in kidneys, and other fat tissues also secrete estrogen.
2:31.8	During pregnancy, the placenta releases a significant amount of estrogen,
2:37.1	and many of the conditions that impact estrogen secretion are out of the control of the individual,
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