09-10-2011, 12:27 PM
The diosgenin in fenugreek increases progesterone. It increases estrogens too, but very little. A recent publication confirms this. I linked it here:
http://www.breastnexus.com/showthread.php?tid=10194&pid=37898&highlight=diosgenin#pid37898
Diosgenin is also the reason why fenugreek is a galactogogue, a property which was traditionally attributed to galactomannan. Galactomannan, a fiber, is responsible for the mucilage (slime), and blocks the intestinal absorption of glucose. This is why fenugreek is hypoglycemic, and why it makes some people sleepy, or at least, why it lowers their energy.
How I use fenugreek in my program is consistent with the above properties:
1) to make enough progesterone to prevent estrogen dominance (foggy thinking, headaches),
2) for swelling,
3) with the only carbs in my diet, to absorb them slower.
Most of the swelling, I get from goat's rue. Fenugreek also increases insulin, and I want to slim my waist. So I want to replace fenugreek by goat's rue, just to the point where my thinking doesn't get too foggy
I'm also balancing hops (digested/undigested) and maca, just to the point where I don't get pimples, and where I don't get depressed.
I only have the multivitamins, hops, maca, fenugreek and goat's rue to work with. The hops, I can tweak by digesting less or more of it. But that still leaves only five handles to manage a dozen hormones. True, some hormone levels are consequences of others, like cortisol, which will be OK if progesterone is OK.
But still, it makes it all the more remarkable what MydreamisGcup and idreamofD achieved with just Ainterol PM capsules, L-arginine, bc, and multivitamins. I'm already planning to try L-arginine. PM is not too different from hops. The progesterone I get from fenugreek is just as good as bc. I'm using my current stock of multivitamins, but several people commented there may be room for improvement there. MydreamisGcup used a hair skin nails, and idreamofD used a teen multivitamin. And both are young women. Maybe I should do more about the effects of age: the natural decrease of HGH and increase of SHBG. L-arginine is for HGH, and oats decrease SHBG. I could give that a try too.
http://www.breastnexus.com/showthread.php?tid=10194&pid=37898&highlight=diosgenin#pid37898
Diosgenin is also the reason why fenugreek is a galactogogue, a property which was traditionally attributed to galactomannan. Galactomannan, a fiber, is responsible for the mucilage (slime), and blocks the intestinal absorption of glucose. This is why fenugreek is hypoglycemic, and why it makes some people sleepy, or at least, why it lowers their energy.
How I use fenugreek in my program is consistent with the above properties:
1) to make enough progesterone to prevent estrogen dominance (foggy thinking, headaches),
2) for swelling,
3) with the only carbs in my diet, to absorb them slower.
Most of the swelling, I get from goat's rue. Fenugreek also increases insulin, and I want to slim my waist. So I want to replace fenugreek by goat's rue, just to the point where my thinking doesn't get too foggy
I'm also balancing hops (digested/undigested) and maca, just to the point where I don't get pimples, and where I don't get depressed.
I only have the multivitamins, hops, maca, fenugreek and goat's rue to work with. The hops, I can tweak by digesting less or more of it. But that still leaves only five handles to manage a dozen hormones. True, some hormone levels are consequences of others, like cortisol, which will be OK if progesterone is OK.
But still, it makes it all the more remarkable what MydreamisGcup and idreamofD achieved with just Ainterol PM capsules, L-arginine, bc, and multivitamins. I'm already planning to try L-arginine. PM is not too different from hops. The progesterone I get from fenugreek is just as good as bc. I'm using my current stock of multivitamins, but several people commented there may be room for improvement there. MydreamisGcup used a hair skin nails, and idreamofD used a teen multivitamin. And both are young women. Maybe I should do more about the effects of age: the natural decrease of HGH and increase of SHBG. L-arginine is for HGH, and oats decrease SHBG. I could give that a try too.