Are natural products safer and more effective than the actual synthesized product?
Natural products are far safer than using synthetic analogs. Whenever the body can be encouraged to help itself, it is far better off. It is desirable to achieve balance in the body, not stress. Synthetic hormone analogs actually create stress in the body because they are not exactly the same substances as what the body produces. They may produce similar results, but with side effects. Also, introducing synthetic hormone analogs into the body throws off the balance of all the other hormones.