The absolute levels of estrogen, or the ratio of estrogen to the antiestrogens, increases with aging in a wide variety of organisms of both sexes, including humans
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Certain effects of estrogen resemble changes seen in aging such as fibrotic changes of connective tissues, accelerated accumulation of age pigment, a tendency to miscarry, or the production of degenerative changes in various organs 1 0 2Then it must be true that...
The absolute levels of estrogen, or the ratio of estrogen to the antiestrogens, increases with aging in a wide variety of organisms of both sexes, including humans 1 0 2Opposing Arguments
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Ray Peat/Aging, estrogen, and progesterone
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