25-09-2011, 11:58
Thank you Susan,
and welcome Ana,
The most experienced forum members advise against herbs before age 21, because your body is still developing, and it may plan a growth spurt any time. Your gain on soy may have been one of those. If not, I'm a bit worried. At age 18, your body should have enough estrogen. But if it does, adding a phyto-estrogen like soy should not make much of a difference.
If you don't mind sharing, are your mother, grandmothers, and sisters the same height and size? Did they stop developing at the same age? Were you ever diagnosed for a growth disorder or a thyroid disorder, or checked for hormone levels?
Your diet and multivitamin combined should have
25 mg iron, because you menstruate regularly, and lose iron with the blood
> 50 mcg vitamin B12 (meat or added to soy milk)
vitamin B6 between 2 and 10 mg a day (added to soy milk too)
http://www.breastnexus.com/showthread.php?tid=8419&pid=35070#pid35070
400 mcg folic acid or folates (dark green leafy vegetables)
http://www.breastnexus.com/showthread.php?tid=8419&pid=29912#pid29912
between 12 and 35 mg zinc (seafood and meat)
http://www.breastnexus.com/showthread.php?tid=8419&pid=29783#pid29783
Use the http://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/ to add up vitamins and minerals in your diet.
Waist size increases if your insulin level (from eating carbs) and/or your cortisol level (from stress or strenuous exercise) are too high.
It's a bit of work to get this right, but it's worth doing before NBE. Without it, you'll just be disappointed.
Good luck on your journey
and welcome Ana,
The most experienced forum members advise against herbs before age 21, because your body is still developing, and it may plan a growth spurt any time. Your gain on soy may have been one of those. If not, I'm a bit worried. At age 18, your body should have enough estrogen. But if it does, adding a phyto-estrogen like soy should not make much of a difference.
If you don't mind sharing, are your mother, grandmothers, and sisters the same height and size? Did they stop developing at the same age? Were you ever diagnosed for a growth disorder or a thyroid disorder, or checked for hormone levels?
Your diet and multivitamin combined should have
25 mg iron, because you menstruate regularly, and lose iron with the blood
> 50 mcg vitamin B12 (meat or added to soy milk)
vitamin B6 between 2 and 10 mg a day (added to soy milk too)
http://www.breastnexus.com/showthread.php?tid=8419&pid=35070#pid35070
400 mcg folic acid or folates (dark green leafy vegetables)
http://www.breastnexus.com/showthread.php?tid=8419&pid=29912#pid29912
between 12 and 35 mg zinc (seafood and meat)
http://www.breastnexus.com/showthread.php?tid=8419&pid=29783#pid29783
Use the http://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/ to add up vitamins and minerals in your diet.
Waist size increases if your insulin level (from eating carbs) and/or your cortisol level (from stress or strenuous exercise) are too high.
It's a bit of work to get this right, but it's worth doing before NBE. Without it, you'll just be disappointed.
Good luck on your journey