American Children Produce Too Much Estrogen and Androgen

Increased quantities of dietary fat cause an array of negative effects on immune
function. The link between higher fat intake and the increasing occurrence of
common cancers has been well established for years.
The link between fat and breast cancer is also explained because it is well known that breast tumors.
are fueled by estrogens.When women eat a low-fat diet, their estrogen level
drops quickly.Fats not only increase the amount of circulating estrogens in
the body, but also increase the biologic activity of the estrogen. A heightened
estrogen level through life eventually takes its toll — as a cause of menstrual
difficulties and increased bleeding, and as an important cause of breast cancer.

This effect of estrogen on the development of breast cancer is also indicated
by the fact that women who mature early, as measured by when menstruation
begins, face increased risk of developing breast cancer.
Sexual maturation is dependent on circulating estrogen levels. Ominously, the onset of menstruation
has been occurring at a younger and younger age in western societies during
this century.The average age in the United States is now about 12 years.
According to the World Health Organization, the average age at which puberty
began in 1840 was about 17.

The early development of breast tissue and the early stimulation of this tissue
with high levels of estrogen is unprecedented in the history of the human race.
This unnatural stimulation of breast tissue occurs before and during the teenage
years, setting the groundwork for breast cancer later on. Feeding our children a
plant-centered diet predominating in wholesome natural plant foods such as
fruits, vegetables, and whole grains is probably the most important thing we
can do to prevent them from getting breast cancer as adults. We are finally
realizing that the diet we are raised on early in life has profound, far-reaching
effects on our later health.

As modern young Japanese have adopted our ways of eating high amounts of
fatty foods and more animal products, their age of onset of menses has
gradually fallen over the last 50 years from 16 to 12.5 years.
The onset of early maturity is an ominous sign both in males and females. As with estrogen
in women, heightened levels of androgens in men at a young age set the stage
for the development of prostate cancer later on.