What
is Progesterone?
In
order to understand what natural progesterone is it is important to understand
what role progesterone serves in the body.
Progesterone
is Produced by both Women AND Men.
Progesterone,
also known as the "pregnancy hormone", is both a male and female
hormone.
In
pre-menopausal women the majority of Progesterone is produced by the corpus
luteum of the ovaries and when pregnant, the placenta. The corpus luteum is a
yellow mass of cells produced after the release of a mature egg.
Post-menopausal
women and men produce most of their progesterone from the adrenal glands. In
men some is produced in the testes. Both sexes synthesize a small amount in
the nervous system.
Progesterone
is one of the hormones produced when the body metabolizes pregnenolone,
sometimes referred to as the "mother of all hormones". The reason
for this name is because not only does the body use pregnenolone to produce
progesterone, it also is used to produce corticosterone, testosterone (both
male and female) and estrogen.
While
progesterone is produced in more abundance in young fertile women the hormone
cannot be called a male or female hormone. Reports indicate that it is used in
almost all areas of the body and is highly fat-soluble.
Effects
It
is reported that progesterone deficiency can produce a variety of effects in
both men and women. Some of these reported symptoms are: depression, increased
risk of breast cancer, prostate problems (in men), higher cholesterol and
more...
Unlike
estrogen that generally falls only 40 to 60 percent at menopause, progesterone
levels can fall to nearly zero.
As
you probably already know, too little or too much of
any hormone is a bad thing. Levels of progesterone in the body can
decrease due to many factors. The major cause for women is menopause and of
course, age reduces progesterone levels in both men and women.
There
are two ways to increase progesterone levels in the body, naturally and
through synthetics. Pharmaceutical companies produce synthetics. Since you
can't patent a natural product they have to produce molecularly different
variations of progesterone.
Natural
Progesterone
According
to Dr John R. Lee, natural progesterone USP has a molecular structure
identical to the progesterone produced by the human body. Natural progesterone
is produced through the fermentation (and other steps) of the Mexican Wild
Yam. Dr. Lee (international authority on natural progesterone) points out that
if the molecule produced from the extract of the Mexican Wild Yam is
molecularly identical then it is indeed the identical hormone.
Reports
would seem to indicate that natural progesterone has no side effects while the
same would not seem to be the case for the synthetic products.
Don't
take for granted that your doctor understands the differences in the natural
product and the synthetic products. Make sure you get natural progesterone!
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