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Does Eating Too Much Chicken Make Your Boobs Grow? And What Of Man Boobs?

July 24, 2013September 30, 2019 by Alyce Vayle 12 Comments

There is a theory you have probably heard that too much chicken makes your boobs grow. There has been some news recently that estrogen in chicken and beef may be contributing to hormone-dependent cancers. This is from a study in the US. The study was presented in early June at the American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting in Chicago. It showed that U.S. chicken and beef contain relatively high levels of estrogen.

Can you have too much estrogen in your system?

Estrogen dominance occurs when estrogen is found in excessive concentrations and compromises the delicate balance of other hormones. In women this can lead to hormonal problems, ovary troubles and tender breasts. The article does not go into symptoms for males.

According to the article, these are all estrogenic foods

Soy
Commercially raised meat
Conventional produce
Plastic wrapped and canned foods
Caffeine

So, as you can see from that list – estrogen is very difficult to avoid. Could too much chicken make your boobs grow? Let’s find out.

Does excessive estrogen consumption cause “Man Boobs”

That’s what we call them in Australia. Another affectionate term is “Moobs”. I don’t know anyone who has them, but I see my fair share on the beach and under too-thin shirts on public transport. There is a bit of a theory here in Australia that eating too much chicken causes man boobs. If you think that too much chicken makes your boobs grow, you might be right.

To quote a reputable source:

“…he informed me that he avoided eating commercially produced chicken because he had done some research, and found that chicken meat caused manboobs. “It’s the hormones see,” he reliably informed me. Now I can guarantee you that if you are an Australian, you have spoken to someone who believes commercially produced chickens in Australia contain growth hormones and that that is the reason why some girls are reaching puberty earlier or are the cause of manboobs or some such thing.”

Does too much chicken makes your boobs grow?

This awesome blog post is from a “research scientist who has worked in the fields of freshwater ecology, biological conservation, behavioural ecology, invasive species management and plant pathology” named Mike, but who does not want to reveal his last name. I should mention here that Mike does not agree. He points out that in Australia, commercial chickens are no longer fed hormones. The quote is from his mechanic who is not a scientist, but his attitude seems to reflect an Old Wives’ Tale touted by many Aussies. But not just Australians think this way…

Soy makes your boobs grow too

Now I have not experienced this personally (thank god because I have already blogged about how my big boobs are not as fun as you think) but there have been reports in Hollywood of actresses eating soy products to gain weight. It seems that too much chicken makes your boobs grow in some cases.

this is a photo of jessiuca from the movie the help — A still of the Marilyn Monroe type character in The Help

Actress Jessica Chastain (who is vegan, incidentally) said that she ate lots and lots of soy ice cream to play Marilyn Monroe in the movie The Help.

She says, “I had to be soft and curvy, so I ate a lot of soy. Soy helps you become curvy because it has oestrogen in it. So what I would do—and this is really gross—is buy cartons of soy ice scream, microwave it and drink it. It was disgusting, but wait until you see my boobs in the movie.” If you want to know if too much chicken make your boobs grow, then it’s really still up in the air, but you should be safe.