Progesterone is one of the steroid hormones and it is a precursor to so many other hormones needed in the body on a daily basis. Progesterone is vital in balancing the endocrine or hormonal system in women. It is involved in reproduction and as long as a woman is ovulating, there should be progesterone produced in the corpus luteum of the ovaries of menstruating women. It is also synthesized by the placenta, is found and produced to a certain extent in the adrenal glands and is stored in fat tissue. Progesterone levels rise and fall during the monthly cycle. Progesterone is produced just before ovulation and increases rapidly after ovulation, during the latter two weeks of the menstrual cycle.
Benefits of Progesterone
Progesterone is needed for the proper function of the adrenal glands. Stress on the adrenal glands may lead to progesterone deficiency, often causing symptoms of nervous disorders, depression, irritability, fatigue, and mood swings. Progesterone is used in many of the following ways:
- Protects against breast fibrocycts
- Helps use fat for energy
- Natural Diuretic
- Natural anti-depressant
- Normalizes blood sugar levels
- Normalizes blood clotting
- Increases libido
- Helps use fat for energy
- Restores proper cell oxygen levels
- Causes endometrical cancer Prevents endometrical cancer
- Helps prevent breast cancer
- Improves vascular tone
- Decrease risk of coronary vasospasm
- Helps prevent cancer in women - breast, uterine and ovarian cancer
- Increase immunity against infection and allergies
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