Chemicals that can be found in women’s beauty products, as well as in plastic packaging, which is often used to store and transport food, can cause premature menopause. So say experts from the University of Washington.
If you care about your health, then you should limit yourself in the use of hair sprays, plastic containers for dishes and some types of cosmetics. These things contain substances that cause earlier onset of menopause. It is proven that women who often use such products have menopause about two to three years earlier than others who do not use such products. In women who abuse the use of cosmetics and often drink or eat food from plastic dishes, menopause can begin 15 years before their natural term. Phthalates are to blame.
Phthalates are chemicals that are widely used in industry for the manufacture of plastics and cosmetics in order to give elasticity and softness to products. They can be found almost everywhere. Most often they are used for the production of medical products, toys, all kinds of packaging, carpets, car upholstery, detergents and cosmetics.
Scientists believe that phthalates have a cumulative effect. Their presence negatively affects the hormonal background of a person. Also, these substances have a negative effect on the functioning of the liver and kidneys.
Scientists have long been talking about the dangers of phthalates for the human body. Even in the results of studies from 2005 in the USA, it was noted that the phthalates that were contained in the blood of pregnant mothers of boys duplicated female sex hormones, which led to boys underdevelopment of the penis and undescended testes in the scrotum. New studies have confirmed their detrimental effect on the reproductive system of women.
Natalia Grindler and her colleagues took a blood test for a study of 5700 women who used cosmetics and consumed food and water from plastic dishes. As a result, it turned out that the highest level of phthalates in the blood was associated with the onset of menopause in women on average three years earlier, that is, menopause occurred at 49 years old instead of 51. The early onset of menopause is still fraught with an increased risk of stroke and heart disease.
