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Healthy Home Economist / Archives / Natural Remedies / 10 Steps to Banish Man Boobs (Gynecomastia) With No Drugs or Surgery

10 Steps to Banish Man Boobs (Gynecomastia) With No Drugs or Surgery

by Sarah Pope / Affiliate Links ✔

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  • Male Hormonal Imbalance Can Lead to Moobs+−
    • Steroids in Conventional Meat and Dairy
  • Conventional Treatments for Gynecomastia
  • Man Boobs Respond Well to Dietary Change and Nutritional Support+−
    • More Information

man boobs

Man boobs, also known as gynecomastia, is a benign enlargement of breast tissue in males thought to be caused by an imbalance of the hormones estrogen and testosterone. One or both breasts may be affected.

According to some estimates, about half of adolescent boys experience at least some breast development during puberty. Living in Florida where swimming and beach activities are popular year-round, however, I can tell you it surely seems more prevalent than this!

Cases of man boobs are on the rise around the globe no doubt paralleling the rise in obesity rates. Glasgow, Scotland, which boasts the second-highest obesity rate of all countries studied by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, has seen an 80 percent rise in man boobs reduction surgery since 2007.

While most cases of man boobs are related to problems with overweight, it seems that even thin and normal weight men are increasingly experiencing issues with breast enlargement. Go to any water park this summer and look around. Clearly, man boobs of all shapes and sizes are at epidemic levels and it isn’t just the boys and men struggling with their weight that are affected.

Something environmental is at play here as I don’t ever remember seeing even one case of man boobs when I was growing up in Florida  – certainly never on a thin or normal weight guy!

Male Hormonal Imbalance Can Lead to Moobs

Could all the soy that is in the majority of processed foods today which has added plant estrogens (isoflavones) to the male diet at a rate never before seen in history be a factor in the development of man boobs?  Not even in Asia was soy ever consumed in the large amounts experienced by those eating a modern diet. Traditional Asian societies primarily consumed soy in small, condimental amounts after careful and long periods of fermentation.

Perhaps the increasing popularity of soy infant formula starting a few decades ago is partly to blame which exposes a male infant to disruptive levels of estrogen at a very vulnerable time for the developing hormonal system. An estimated 25% of North American babies today receive soy baby formula made from processed soybeans, mostly GMO.

An infant exclusively receiving soy formula consumes the estrogenic equivalent of at least 5 birth control pills every single day!

Beware of soy milk too. A single glass a day for a few months can lead to hormone disruption according to Dr. Kaayla Daniel, author of The Whole Soy Story. Don’t ever let your children touch the stuff, and if you enjoy a soy milk latte regularly, switch to coconut milk!

Steroids in Conventional Meat and Dairy

What about all the steroids, hormones and antibiotic laced feed used in the conventional dairy and meat industry? Consumption of foods from factory-farmed animals containing pharmaceutical residues could be another contributing factor to the estrogen/testosterone imbalance at the root of gynecomastia.

No doubt there are multiple environmental reasons for the large and very worrisome increases in gynecomastia across the board.  For the person who suffers from it, however, the reason for the condition is not nearly as important as resolving it – and quickly!

Conventional Treatments for Gynecomastia

Conventional medicine maintains that many cases of gynecomastia resolve on their own within about two years. Even if this were true (anecdotally I would dispute this from the stories I hear), two years is a very long time at a very vulnerable stage in an adolescent’s emotional development.

Enduring the ridicule or avoiding social situations that require a bathing suit for that period of time seems unrealistic particularly in a warm weather climate.

Rather than wait and see for two long years only to resort later to drugs designed for breast cancer like tamoxifen and raloxifene or surgical reduction does not seem like a health promoting plan of action particularly for a young boy possibly already struggling with self-esteem issues.

Man Boobs Respond Well to Dietary Change and Nutritional Support

According to Kim Schuette, CN, Certified GAPSâ„¢ Practitioner and owner of Biodynamic Wellness as well as the San Diego Chapter Leader for the Weston A. Price Foundation, gynecomastia responds extremely well to nutritional support and dietary change.

She has treated a number of cases successfully in recent years and the strategies employed by the staff at Biodynamic Wellness either via office visit, phone or Skype consultation include the following:

  1. Immediately stop consumption of all sources of soy in order to remove plant estrogens from the diet. Because soy is in the vast majority of processed foods, this means freshly prepared, whole foods at home must become the rule rather than the exception. Many times, this change alone will resolve the problem.
  2. Add iodine supplementation.  Kim uses Iodoral or Nascent Iodine in her practice.
  3. Add Symplex M from Standard Process.
  4. Castor oil packs over the liver and/or coffee enemas. These two therapies assist the liver in processing all that excess estrogen causing the hormonal imbalance relative to testosterone.
  5. Increase dietary animal fats to at least one tablespoon per meal.
  6. Use bone broth made at home for optimal potency to provide the necessary amino acids to the liver for optimal detoxification.
  7. Eliminate all grains for 30-60 days. After that time incorporate properly prepared, soaked grains.
  8. Emphasis on a Nourishing Traditions diet.
  9. Whole Vitamin C (not synthetic ascorbic acid) helps metabolize excess estrogen.
  10. Some people are poor methylators (proper methylation in liver detoxification is critical for eliminating excess estrogen) and may benefit from methylated B vitamins with the addition of trimethylglycine (TMG). Fortunately, this last step is often not necessary. Avoid synthetic folic acid found in multivitamins and fortified foods.

Have you or someone you love suffered from gynecomastia?  Please share your experiences and your successes resolving it in the comment section.

More Information

The Shrinking Effect of Pseudo Estrogens on Reproductive Organs
Antibiotic Exposure and Early Puberty in Boys

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Sarah Pope

Sarah Pope MGA has been a Health and Nutrition Educator since 2002. She is a summa cum laude graduate in Economics from Furman University and holds a Master’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania.

She is the author of three books: the bestseller Get Your Fats Straight, Traditional Remedies for Modern Families, and Living Green in an Artificial World.

Her four eBooks Good Diet…Bad Diet, Real Food Fermentation, Ketonomics, and Ancestrally Inspired Dairy-Free Recipes are available for complimentary download via Healthy Home Plus.

Her mission is dedicated to helping families effectively incorporate the principles of ancestral diets within the modern household. She is a sought after lecturer around the world for conferences, summits, and podcasts.

Sarah was awarded Activist of the Year in 2010 at the International Wise Traditions Conference, subsequently serving on the Board of Directors of the nutrition nonprofit the Weston A. Price Foundation for seven years.

Her work has been covered by numerous independent and major media including USA Today, ABC, and NBC among many others.

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  1. sbekezelo

    Jul 1, 2019 at 7:07 am

    i had gynecomastia since i was 13 and it has’nt dissapear and i am ashamed to take off my clothes when swimming or infront of my friend cause they laugh at me alot

    what can i do to end them???

    Reply
  2. Oluwagbemiga Stephen

    Jun 28, 2019 at 10:51 am

    Please man, what exactly did you use to cure. It’s up to seven years now that I have been with gyneacomastia, please suggest a solution for me. Please………

    Reply
    • Sarah Pope MGA

      Jun 28, 2019 at 11:41 am

      If you’ve tried the holistic remedies in this article, perhaps you should consider a surgical approach … important to discuss options with your physician.

  3. Ansh

    Jun 14, 2019 at 10:02 am

    I ahve gynecostia one right side for 18 yrs, feel shame when Open, pls suggest me something

    Reply
  4. gift

    Jun 14, 2019 at 6:28 am

    pushups are beneficial

    Reply
  5. ravieluri

    Jun 4, 2019 at 10:35 pm

    can u tell me which workout u have done even i had gyno

    Reply
  6. James Nelson

    May 17, 2019 at 6:08 am

    I’ve had gynecomastia since puberty and never went away. I found out how to work out correctly to reduce the appearance (chest sculpting) and now you can barely tell if I have gynecomastia. Thanks for writing this article Sarah, and would love to connect, I write about gynecomastia on my blog and how to reduce it naturally.

    Reply
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