Friday, July 19, 2013

Progesterone Cream Pros and Cons


Progesterone creams, synthesized from a number of phytoestrogen producing substances like wild Mexican yam, soy, legumes and certain herbs, balance out the progesterone and estrogen levels in the body reducing menopausal symptoms and reducing the chances of breast cancer in women and prostrate cancer in men. It is easy to apply and does not cause any pain. As progesterone is extremely fat soluble, it gets easily absorbed by the body. Using progesterone cream has a number of advantages other than just the prevention and reduction of menopausal symptoms. It works as an anti-depressant. Use of progesterone cream also helps in normalizing the levels of zinc and copper in the body, normalizing blood sugar levels and normalizing blood clotting.

The cream also obliquely aids the prevention of other diseases to which women become extremely susceptible to at the menopausal stage. As progesterone cream helps in the building of bones it also prevents osteoporosis.

Progesterone creams have for long been seen as viable alternatives to other modes of treatment such as Hormone Replacement Therapy. Though the former is a better form of treatment than the latter yet, it is not completely void of disadvantages. It has been scientifically proved that all bioidentical hormones which are artificially synthesized are toxic to some degree. Due to this reason, prolonged use of this cream can result in a number of adverse side effects like growth of facial hair, fatigue, weight increase, depression and hair loss.

Thus, as the product cannot be used for long, it is not particularly helpful in preventing the effects of aging in the long run. The other danger that using this cream may have is the fact that as the progesterone hormone is extremely fat soluble, a large percentage of it tends to dissolve itself with the body fat instead of entering the blood stream. This may hinder the growth of other essential hormones.

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