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wlfwp-210404-all-things-hormones-metabolism-and-health — Ray Peat Clip

This curated audio highlight features Ray Peat speaking in the interview wlfwp-210404-all-things-hormones-metabolism-and-health. The excerpt begins at 55:56 and runs for 1 minute 54 seconds.

It creates a small injury reaction in the uterus to multiply cells, preparing it for the later action of progesterone to mature the cells. And it was very early recognized to be interacting, causing the toxic effects of polyunsaturated fats to increase. And all of the effects of polyunsaturated fats were seen to be amplified by estrogen and vice versa. Estrogen and polyunsaturated fats were both protected against by vitamin E. So vitamin E was thought of as an anti-estrogen drug, as well as protecting against age pigment formation. That was one of the early toxic effects of PUFA, was it increased age pigment formation exactly the way estrogen does. And so the combination of estrogen with PUFA gave you a maximum rate of that age pigment accumulation, which happens in the brain all of the organs, as well as on the skin. And vitamin E was found to be anti-estrogenic and anti-age pigment formation. It will even help to remove the pigment once it is developed.