Natural progesterone - its role and function in the body.
Progesterone plays a very important role in balancing a woman’s entire hormonal system. The proper hormonal balance has a huge impact on the whole body. Not only does it affect the proper functioning of the reproductive and other organs, but also it has a key impact on a woman’s mental health.
Excess testosterone causes aggression and anger, and excess estrogen causes passivity, hypersensitivity, orientation disorder, hyperactivity and insomnia. Natural progesterone causes calming, reduces feelings of anxiety. In addition, it has a great impact on the proper functioning of the thyroid gland. However, the role and action of progesterone in the body are much broader, as described below:
- It is the most protective hormone produced by the human body.
- Protects against cancer, especially against hormone dependent malignant tumours.
- Protects the fetus (during pregnancy) from the stress experienced by the mother
- Protects against stress
- Natural progesterone is the most natural hormone produced by the human body
- Used before and during pregnancy, it reduces the number of birth defects of the baby / fetus
- Necessary for the functioning and development of the brain. It affects the child’s survival and intelligence
- Analgesic during labour
- It is a precursor of other steroid hormones such as estradiol, estriol, estron, testosterone, cortisol, corticosterone, aldosterone, DHEA. Natural progesterone allows the production of adequate and balanced amounts of the remaining steroid hormones in the body. Their production is strictly regulated, and when they are deficient, taking the precursor, or progesterone, will correct this deficiency without causing excess. In case of excess, it has a balancing effect on the remaining hormones. It protects against harmful side effects of excess hormone adrenal cortex, can also compensate for their deficiency. It also balances the harmful effects of oestrogen. Therefore, it is described as acting antiandrogenic, antiestrogenic, antialladonic and anti-cortisol.
- Restores normal thyroid function and other endocrine glands called endocrine glands.
- Is anti-inflammatory and helps in numerous autoimmune diseases such as Sjogren’s syndrome, Hashimoto’s disease, Graves-Basedov disease, lupus erythematosus
- Prevents osteoporosis by stimulating osteoblasts
- Has diuretic effect, removes edema.
- Normalises blood coagulation.
- Increases oxygen levels in cells.
- Prevents overpressure.
- Normalises the level of zinc and copper.
- Natural progesterone improves blood circulation. It extends the veins, thanks to which there is a faster flow of blood and reduces the formation of varicose veins,
- Normalises blood sugar levels.
- Improves heart rate.
- Improves breathing and corrects emphysema
- Accelerates fat burning.
- Has anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects
- Protects the mammary gland from degeneration
• Progesterone is the primary hormone for adaptation and resistance to stress. During stress, when the body has enough progesterone, the adrenal glands do not have to produce cortisol, which is excessively harmful. Large doses of progesterone, having anti-stress effects, do not damage the adrenal cortex, and even protect it, helping to reduce the need for hormones in the adrenal cortex. With progesterone deficiency, in stressful situations, the body produces a lot of cortisol, the excess of which causes osteoporosis, the accumulation of fat in the abdomen and back, premature aging of the body. It causes the disappearance of skin, muscles, blood vessels, weakening of the immune system (which causes increased susceptibility to allergic reactions, infections and cancer), atrophic changes in the brain. - Protects the body from many poisons.
- Protects the brain from toxins that cause damage to nerve cells during stress.
- Natural progesterone protects nerve cells and functions and structure of the brain.
- It is anti-depressant, relieves anxiety.
- Equalises emotions
- It is helpful in insomnia.
- Based on Dr. Raymond Peat’s research, natural progesterone prevents epileptic seizures and may even cure epilepsy.
- Works against Alzheimer’s.
- Heals multiple sclerosis.
- Heals migraines.
- Reverses skin aging.
- Prevents excessive growth of facial hair.
- It is helpful in the treatment of glaucoma
- It is a substrate for the production of corticosteroids and fetal mineralocorticoids
- It inhibits the formation of prostaglandin
- Natural progesterone treats postpartum depression. A drop in the level of progesterone after birth causes mood swings, called postpartum depression.
- Natural progesterone stimulates own synthesis. This means that taking it does not only impede its production in the body, but often restores its previously limited ability to produce it. Sometimes one, several or more doses are enough to restore the body’s ability to produce its own progesterone. In contrast, for other hormones, such as cortisol, its intake inhibits the body’s ability to synthesize it.
There is one more important feature of natural progesterone: it has no side effects. This statement is based on over sixty years of experience with the clinical use of natural progesterone and numerous studies. Besides, it does not cause negative interactions with any other drug. It can be used with any other formulation (except for synthetic hormones).