Does Grapefruit Reduce Estrogen?

Does grapefruit juice raise or lower estrogen levels in men?

More importantly does grapefruit help fight man boobs or increase their size? There are some misconceptions out on the internet where people state that grapefruit helps to reduce estrogen, while others state that the complete opposite, so we set out to find out what is really going on. After all, if you are asking yourself how to lose man boobs, wouldn’t you want to know if grapefruit helped get rid of gynecomastia?

Grapefruit is good for you, but not if you suffer from man boobs.

When you hear someone mention grapefruit, more than likely you immediately think about a glass of grapefruit juice with breakfast or you are visualizing half of a grapefruit on your breakfast plate.

But what you don’t know is that a grapefruit has a unique way of increasing the effects of some medication and more importantly estrogen. Studies have found that women who take birth control pills (a form of estrogen) can have their estrogen levels in their blood skyrocket to unsafe levels, leading to blood clots, heart attacks, and even gangrene. So how does this innocent looking fruit affect men?

For a male who has normal levels of testosterone and estrogen (yes even men have a little bit of estrogen) in his body and does not suffer from gynecomastia the chances of grapefruit adversely reacting in his body are very low. In fact grapefruits have many benefits and have even been shown to slow aging in laboratory mice (mice who had spermidine added to their diet decreases molecular markers of aging (grapefruit has a lot of spermidine).

But to a man with higher than normal levels of estrogen in their body it can wreak havoc. Chances are grapefruits will just make your man boobs worse if you have a higher level of estrogen either because your body is out of whack and is producing too much of it or you are getting it from external sources such as your diet, deodorants, and plastics to name a few.

There are detailed lists available of foods to take and foods to avoid

You would think that items like grapefruit and soy based products are health foods and for most people they are but for someone suffering from enlarged male breasts they are foods to be avoided.

For an extensive nutrition guide that gives you recommendations of foods to eat that fight gynecomastia and foods that cause enlarged male breasts we recommend you check out the #1 gynecomastia exercise guide below this article, is was especially written for men suffering from moobs and will help you lose your man boobs.

Now if you are trying to reduce breast size and you consume a lot of grapefruit I would recommend you stop eating it for a month and see what kind of a difference it makes, you will be surprised.

HEALTH WARNING: Also watch out if you are on any prescription medication, check with your doctor or pharmacist if you have or taking medication if it reacts with grapefruit.

A polyphenolic compound called flavanone naringin, and two furanocoumarins named bergamottin and dihydroxybergamottin are found in grapefruit and they inhibit (prevent) drug-metabolizing enzymes isoform CYP3A4 in low doses (as little as 4 ounces of grapefruit) and also hepatic CYP3A4 in higher doses, the result is the drug’s effect is greatly increased, similar to the increase in estrogen.

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