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Nile Red (quokk.au)
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[–] 15 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I wouldn't be surprised if there is some, but I bet an entire gallon of hormone laden milk has less estrogen than the average trans person takes on the daily.

I would be surprised if it was even measurable in whole milligrams.

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  • [–] 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 child)

    Well if it was measurable in mg, that would be super bad, since oral estrogen doses for trans women are like 2-4 mg per day. For it to be consumed by men regularly with no feminizing effects, I think it would need to be at least in the picograms/gallon range.

    ... but then again, i'm not a doctor. I could be wrong about that.

    Edit: Turns out it's more than I was expecting. Maybe if you are taking an anti-androgen you might get a noticeable amount of E in your system if you drink multiple liters of milk per day? Not that i'd recommend it, but it is interesting.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago

    The reference levels of estrodial for males is 10-50 pg/mL.

    4mg daily of oral estrodial got me from (presumably) that range to around 95 pg/mL. Let's round this to an estimate of a 50 pg/mL, or an increase of 12.5 pg/mL per mg of oral estrodial.

    A gallon of milk, would have 0.000492mg of estrodial, which would translate to a 0.00615 pg/mL increase. That is about 0.0015% the reference range for cis men.

    Interestingly, high testosterone levels actually increase men's estrogen levels, as testosterone gets metabolized into estrogen.

    https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/2089003-overview?form=fpf#a1

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