03-12-2009, 17:09
The raw material for natural progesterone is usually wild yam but but you need to be careful in your choices because wild yam EXTRACT is not the same as progesterone. Progesterone is obtained by extracting diosgenin from wild yams and then converting this component into natural progesterone in the laboratory. Natural progesterone is referred to as natural because it is the identical molecule to that which the human body manufactures. Synthetic progestins are also made from diosgenin extracted from wild yam but the key difference is that the molecular structure of progestins are different and are not natural to the human body.
There is no evidence that wild yam is converted into progesterone once it enters into the human body and unlike natural progesterone, no conclusive formal studies have ever been conducted to show whether it can effect the body in the same manner as the natural progesterone creams.
All the info above is what the doctors who are big supporters of natural progesterone cream claim. Not being a doctor I don't have a clue if it is the case or not, but felt it best to stick very strictly to Dr. Lee's book when I began taking it, just to make sure I was doing it right. If you haven't seen a difference with the yam then maybe the above is indeed true, it's just really hard to say.
I was also curious if you have more symptoms than painful ovulation? That is not always a symptom that can be put into the estrogen dominance catagory. I would hate for you to be loading up on progesterone in your body without defined need, since having to much of that can be just as bad as having too much estrogen. It's a very fine line to remain balanced when you are having to adjust anything.
Mel
There is no evidence that wild yam is converted into progesterone once it enters into the human body and unlike natural progesterone, no conclusive formal studies have ever been conducted to show whether it can effect the body in the same manner as the natural progesterone creams.
All the info above is what the doctors who are big supporters of natural progesterone cream claim. Not being a doctor I don't have a clue if it is the case or not, but felt it best to stick very strictly to Dr. Lee's book when I began taking it, just to make sure I was doing it right. If you haven't seen a difference with the yam then maybe the above is indeed true, it's just really hard to say.
I was also curious if you have more symptoms than painful ovulation? That is not always a symptom that can be put into the estrogen dominance catagory. I would hate for you to be loading up on progesterone in your body without defined need, since having to much of that can be just as bad as having too much estrogen. It's a very fine line to remain balanced when you are having to adjust anything.
Mel