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Progesterone:
Nature's Secret for PMS, Menopause, Depression,
and More …
What secret ingredient reduces premenstrual syndrome (PMS) symptoms, burns fat for energy, helps normalize blood sugar, acts as an antidepressant and rejuvenates libido? What is in all women that builds bones, sharpens memory, protects against endometrial and breast cancer, defends against fibrocystic breasts and ensures both embryo and fetal survival? Give up? Progesterone!
An imbalance in progesterone and estrogen levels can lead to a number of complications: osteoporosis, increased blood clotting, a reduction of oxygen and vital minerals in cells, menstruation without ovulation (anovulary cycles), and all the symptoms of menopause (hot flashes, irritability, sleep disturbance, breast swelling and tenderness).
What causes this imbalance? Stress, age, a diet of low fat and low cholesterol, estrogen dominance in hormonal replacement therapy (HRT), environmental pollutants, hysterectomy, and loss of ovaries.
Studies have proved progesterone, not estrogen, to fluctuate more during a woman's menstruation cycle. Its presence becomes nearly obsolete after menopause. While doctors routinely prescribe estrogen to women experiencing these complications it makes more sense to raise their progesterone level.
Symptoms of PMS may be caused by a lower than normal level of progesterone before menstruation. The majority of Dr. John R. Lee's (author of "What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Menopause") patients reported outstanding improvements in their PMS symptoms, including the absence of water retention and weight gain after supplementing with progesterone.
Many pre-menopausal women begin experiencing uncomfortable symptoms 10 to 15 years before entering menopause. At this time, they may still menstruate but not ovulate. This is due to dominant estrogen levels and a waning progesterone level. Symptoms may include erratic vaginal bleeding and heavier periods, loss of libido, fatigue, vaginal dryness, breast tenderness, depression, thyroid imbalance, poor memory retention, bloating, and weight gain.
Oftentimes doctors prescribe synthetic estrogen such as Premarinä and synthetic progestins (only progesterone is natural) to "counter-act" the estrogen's breast and ovarian cancer risks. Because the structure of these hormones are different than those normally found in the human body, women taking them experience a variety of uncomfortable body disturbances.
Natural progesterone is made through an extraction and conversion process of specific components from plants such as the European wild yam or soybeans. It is a fat-soluble compound best dissolved in a vegetable oil and applied to the skin over fatty areas of the body. This allows the body to use the progesterone as needed. The liver excretes most of that taken orally.
Dr. Lee suggests using progesterone on the same schedule as your normal menstrual cycle, beginning right before ovulation and ending before menstruation. Only between 20 to 30 milligrams a day are needed.
Be sure to consult with your doctor or naturopath first and prepare for more balance and vitality in your life!
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