Jenn Simmons, MDThe Doctor with The Answer to Breast Cancer

Constipation and Breast Cancer

Name: Constipation and Breast Cancer
Uploaded: 2025-08-13T17:18:40+00:00
Duration: 4 s
Channel: Jenn Simmons, MD
Description: A short YouTube conversation (Jenn Simmons, MD) linking constipation to increased breast cancer risk by arguing that estrogen is excreted via stool and…

13 Aug 2025 · 0 min

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A short YouTube conversation (Jenn Simmons, MD) linking constipation to increased breast cancer risk by arguing that estrogen is excreted via stool and can be reabsorbed when bowel transit is impaired. The speaker also shares personal experience with severe constipation during her diagnosis. The piece foregrounds gut health as an under-discussed factor in estrogen-related cancer risk.

Constipation is a huge risk factor for breast cancer that we never talk about.
And if you're constipated, it's recirculating, right?
That's exactly right. One of the major routes in which we get rid of our estrogen is through our stool. And if you're not getting rid of it, it's just getting reabsorbed into your system. I had horrible, horrible gut problems. Horrible, horrible constipation that I dealt with into and through this diagnosis.