Natural Progesterone,
Yam Extract,
Exogenous Estrogens
Although the Wild Mexican Yam plant saponins have shown to benefit women's health... However, what's at issue are biological progesterone levels, progesterone's balancing effects on estrogen and otherwise unopposed estrogen from external sources... with subsequent prevention or relief many hormore related conditions, such as PMS or Menopause symptoms, Infertility and Osteoporosis, and balancing side effects of estrogen dominance from Exogenous Estrogens.
No published studies conclude that Yam increases progesterone levels in animals or humans... The confusion is probably caused because the diosgenin molecule from wild yams can be converted to a progesterone molecule IN the laboratory, BUT NOT in the human body.
Only supplemental natural progesterone is shown to increase serum and saliva progesterone levels. This fact is verified by ample clinical and scientific research... Among these are studies done Dr. David Zava, laboratory director of Aeron Life Cycles (a highly respected hormone testing facility), who holds a PhD in Bio Endocrinology and has focused on progesterone and estrogen receptor activity. After testing progesterone levels in thousands of women, Dr. Zava notes: "In response to your question about wild yam steroids - do they convert into progesterone? The answer is NO, there are no enzymes in the human body that will convert diosgenin, the active component of wild yams, into progesterone. This does not mean diosgenin is without activity in the body as it has been used by phytotherapists for centuries as an adaptagen."
Nevertheless, there have been many false claims that diosgenin or Dioscorea Villosa (Wild Mexican Yam Extract) is molecularly the same as USP Natural Progesterone.
Some say users will find the same benefit using diosgenin as they would with a cream containing USP Natural Progesterone.
Some say: "Wild Mexican Yam makes a substance identical to the progesterone produced by the human body."
DO NOT be fooled.. Remember: Review of research reveals that supplemental Natural Progesterone produces an increase in saliva and serum levels of progesterone, but that diosgenin (Wild Mexican Yam Extract) does NOT.
Use Wild Mexican Yam FOR the benefits it can facilitate, BUT do NOT expect it to do what it can't do...
To add weight and monetary value to animals in the food chain, most meat, poultry, and dairy products contain foreign estrogens. Also, pesticides and other petrochemical compounds with estrogenic properties are consumed by these animals, much of which concentrate in milk and fat of the meat.
When consumed by humans, these exogenous estrogens are deposited in human fatty tissues, as well as on estrogen and progesterone receptors, causing inteference with proper utilization and production of natural progesterone and estrogen. Exogenous estrogens are implicated in promoting serious health problems, such as fibrocystic breast disease and breast cancer.
By replacing animal proteins with saponin-rich plant foods, such as soy products, good phyto-estrogens (genistein) are provided. These good estrogens have a greater affinity for estrogen receptors than do bad estrogens. The good estrogens have demonstrated protection against breast and endometrial cancer.
The drastic increase in the amount of Hysterectomies being done, with the resulted loss of female hormnone production, is responsbile for bringing to light the foregoing information.
The surgical procedure known as a hysterectomy causes the female to become immediately menopausal.
Although it's thought that even after a complete hysterectomy, hormone production does not completely cease; some should continue to be produced by the adrenals and fat cells. But estrogen and progesterone replacement is considered critical at this time of sudden female organ removal, since optimal balance between estrogen and progesterone is necessary for optimal health; especially considering progesterone's role in bone building by osteoblasts.
For menopausal women, whether or not surgically-induced, throughout Dr. Lee's books he says: "Adding progesterone will actively increase bone mass and density and can reverse osteoporosis." Natural progesterone offers many other benefits for women who have had a hysterectomy or not... some of which are listed in the foregoing informaton... Women on artificial Estrogen Replacement Therapy need to read the DANGERS of ERT presentation...
NOTE: All information within the Liberty Zone Cafe is for education purpose only... Nothing is intended to diagnose or treat any disease.
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