[al from Canada]

Here agian lies the confusion... old school vs. brave new world. Do phyto-estrogens (PE) bahave the same as estrogens (E), ie fuel E+ cancers OR do PE merely take the place of E in their receptors.

For the newbies to this discussion, think of a receptor as a comfortable bed on the cell surface the hormone E gravitates to and while in that bed the hormone does damage, in the case of E+ cancer it promotes growth. Drugs like tamoxifen are bigger and stronger than E and can kick them out of their bed.....the question again is, when PE replace E. what damage can they do?? The old school of thought is that PE behave the same as E BUT obviously that view is changing........can anyone clear this up?????
Al