Male Breast Reduction Surgery

Male breast reduction surgery is on the rise. While most industries are in a downward spiral, breast reduction surgery in men is growing at double-digit rates.

While male breast enlargement – “gynecomastia” – can occasionally occur due to rare endocrinologic problems, such as high prolactin hormone levels (hyperprolactinemia) or somewhat more commonly as failed testosterone production (hypogonadism), the vast majority of men who suffer with this problem simply have high estrogen levels.

It makes sense … Women develop larger breasts during development mostly due to increased levels of estrogen. A parallel situation in men similarly stimulates breast tissue.

So where does the excess estrogen come from?

Visceral fat converts testosterone to estrogen. Men with excess visceral fat therefore develop low levels of testosterone and high levels of estrogen. Estrogen levels can, in fact, be substantially higher compared to slender males.

So what foods cause the accumulation of visceral fat and, therefore, increased estrogen and decreased testosterone?

Foods that increase blood glucose and insulin to the greatest degree are the foods that begin this cascade.
Foods like bread, rice, suger, Milky Way bars, Snickers bars and other sugary junk food.

Also see: Biggest man breasts