Phytoestrogens are plant sterols that come from the plant kingdom which have a estrogenic or female effect on our body. We know that populations who consume abundant and regular amounts of dietary phytoestrogens have a lower incidence of breast cancer and other hormonally sensitive cancers, heart disease, menopause symptoms and osteoporosis.
Harm reduction is a way of preventing disease and promoting health that âmeets people where they areâ rather than making judgments about where they should be in terms of their personal health and lifestyle.
Only Stanton doesnât think that âabstinence-orientedâ is a type of treatment. Harm reduction, which incorporates abstinence as one end of a spectrum of harm-reduction techniques, does represent a therapeutic approach, which Stanton explains in the SMART newsletter. Harm reduction therapy is based on four principles: 1  While absolute abstinence may be preferable for many or most substance abusers, very few will achieve it, and even that small group will take time to do so and may relapse periodically;