Why Do I Have Man Boobs

Men's breasts are an embarrassment to the condition that increasingly common. Up to 10 percent of the male population - that is a million types of Australia - will man boobs at some point in their lives. OMG, is that shocking or what?

BTW, when I first discovered that I had man boobs I really didn't care what caused it. I was more fixated on getting rid of them.

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So what causes and what can be done about them? In addition, hormones in our food may be causing the outbreak?

There is no question that men feel comfortable talking about, but in California 48 years, Merle Yost, remembers his school days and, above all because, as one of 11 years who began to grow man breasts.

"I was this small, skinny child who suddenly started sprouting breasts and big enough to be noticed around the world. The more developed the more I am harassed. The boys were constantly grabbing at my chest and my girls were offering their bras, "says Merle.

The condition is that Merle has a medical name - gynecomastia. It works like this - breast growth is stimulated by estrogen, the breasts of men is testosterone. The problem with children who develop gynecomastia is somehow your body start producing more testosterone and estrogen that becomes the man boobs.

Merle tried to surgically remove the problem in the early nineties: "I suppose by the time they ended up having a surgery in 1993 was probably in the vicinity of a B-cup."

But the operation was a success, so the backup to finish the job by having a second operation in a private hospital in San Francisco.

Dr. Miguel Delgado has done breast reductions on more than a thousand men like Merle. Merle is also to take this opportunity to get his love handles removed.

In the preliminaries over, it's time for the operation. Last year alone, 17,000 American men have stepped up to reduce breast and is mostly about getting rid of excess fat. Dr. Delgado used a tool that literally melts fat away.

"So you have to be very cautious not to over use," says the doctor. Once the fat back to liquid, Liposuction is out.

After four hours, the operation comes to an end and it was so.

"This was undoubtedly a great success," says Delgado. "He will have a bit of a hard ride home, but will his bed, take a sleeping pill and he'll be fine."

Five weeks after the operation Merle is still the use of a compression garment, but when you take it off, the shape of things to come is clear to see.

"I actually feel really optimistic about the surgery, my chest is radically different and it will only improve as the swelling continues to go down," says Merle. "One of the most exciting and the best part of this is the increased freedom, freedom to be me. I do not have to be self-conscious of what I am using and that seems appealing to me a people ... whole new lease on life and how it can be more exciting and more fun. "

Merle is ready to be a poster boy for all the guys out there that suffer from man boobs. He has written a book on the subject and created a website, you are doing gynecomastica.org-one and a half million visits a year on it.

"Somebody has to talk about it because many men are walking in shame and no one willing to talk about what is happening. And the only way to work through the shame is that to bring it into light and have a discussion so that people know what is and what is not, "he says.

Now we said that before gynecomastia is caused by a hormonal imbalance in men, but it is possible that hormones added to food could contribute to an accumulation of estrogen?

Chicken and hormones

Way back in the 1950s, chicken farmers decided they wanted bigger, meatier, faster growing chooks. Scientists arrived at a solution: "Chicken was treated with large amounts of female hormones or estrogens. And in that case there are examples of men who have some breast development, or having young children breast development," says Professor George Werther.

In fact, in Milan in 1977, a study indicated that poultry as the main suspect in an outbreak of breast enlargement among schoolchildren.

Therefore, the hormones were added to chicken to grow more?

"No, absolutely not," said Andreas copy of the Australian Federation of chicken meat.

Truth is, the hormones were not added to the chickens of Australia for over 40 years. However, since the mid-'60s, shortly after the hormone ban came into force, the average size of its store-bought chook has risen from 1.1 kg to almost 1.8 kilograms. What happens there?

"Well, the main reason is essentially selective breeding, so use the biggest and best chooks for growing the next generation of chickens," says Andreas.

But is it really the only reason Chicken Little morphed into big chicken? Many farmers treat their chickens with antibiotics from birth so they are actually growth?

"Antibiotics prevent growth from being stunted. If we do not use antibiotics and the chickens are sick, do not grow as well," says Andreas.

If, as an increasing number of Australians who are concerned about the use of antibiotics in chicken farming, and then buy in the open or organically raised chickens - both are free of antibiotics and not so hard to find . But as to whether the man boobs that you feed your common garden variety of chicken, leave the last word to the endocrinologist Professor Werther: "The chickens are not exposed to estrogen and have been for many, many years. With respect to an adult male breast development, it is very unlikely in our society today and that I know of no recent instance of its occurrence. "

But, of course, chicken is not the only source of protein found in our dishes. The good news is that the lamb is completely free of hormones - so no worries. But what about the pork and beef?

Pork and hormones

Pork is well worth investigating, after all, is the most consumed meat in the world and half of Australia now consumes 23 pounds of pork a year.

There is this idea in the community that there are hormones and chemicals that are put in - is there any truth in that?

"There are some products that are used in the production of pork - one of which is called PST [swine somatatropin]. PST is a copy of a natural hormone produced in the pig," said Andrew Spencer, Director-General of Australia Pork Ltd of Australia which represents producers of pork.

How do we know whether the PST is doing nothing for us?

"PDT has been tested thoroughly to ensure they do not have any activity in humans," he says.

PST is a protein-based hormones, and not one based on the hormone estrogen, which can cross the pork off the list too.

"The products we use to make the pork in this country are not all relevant to human health," says Andrew.

Of course, this is the industry's pork view. But if you have concerns about chemicals used in production of pork have a choice. Scott Kinnear from Australia Certified Organic go green said: "We should eat organic meat, as it is produced in a natural system is sustainable and which takes care of the animals in an ethical manner and the food is produced without harmful additives potential that we see today .

Beef and hormones

What is Australia's most popular source of protein? The beef could be the reason for guys with breasts?

Rockhampton is the beef capital of Australia, and that is what we say. The saleyards outside the city are the largest in Queensland. So there's no better place to learn how to use hormones in beef production.

Also outside the city is the CSIRO Belmont Research Station - the man in charge is Dr. Bob Hunter.

Are hormones used in beef?

"Yes, the hormones used in beef production, particularly in northern Australia," says Dr Hunter.

So we have finally tracked a product of hormone-treated meat. Not only that, says Dr. Hunter estrogens are based on hormones, "A common implant that is used in northern Australia contains 43 milligrams of estrogen."

That does not sound like much especially for a large animal. However, it could improve beef with hormones is the guilty man boob. After all, as Scott Kinnear says organic, the use of hormones in beef production has been banned in Europe since 1989.

"That is something that was achieved by the scientific evidence of that concern and have continued to maintain that the prohibition against the pressure through the World Trade Organization. It is outrageous that Australia hormones in beef is allowed," said.

However, Hunter says, growth hormones are necessary for the conditions of Australia and are harmless to our health. "The overwhelming evidence for each investigation has concluded that it is dangerous to eat meat from animals that have been treated with growth hormone."

So if you want to ensure you are buying the meat is hormone free to ask your butcher. But if you go organic uncertain.

Even so, Professor George Werther says endocrinologist beef hormone estrogen has very little to be a problem.

"The typical fillet would contain such a small amount that is something like hundreds of average daily exposure of estrogen-only from other sources," said the professor.

He also said that it is much more based on estrogen hormones in meat products do not like vegetables. Furthermore, "You would have to eat many pounds of meat per day to be exposed to minimal amounts of estrogen which could lead to breast development in men."

Therefore, to go, the men of Australia, eat meat - but not too much, because the simple fact is that the more overweight are most likely going to have man breasts. Yes, the man boob epidemic is directly linked to the obesity epidemic, so you should try to eat healthy and have plenty of exercise.

Fast facts

* It is now less healthy chooks fatti and what used to be? No. The total fat content of chicken has fallen by 15 percent, mainly due to improvements in farming. And if you're looking for the cut with more fat under the skin of the breast meat choice - has less than one percent of total fat compared with 17 percent, with chicken wings.