Is Natural Progesterone made from yams?
Yes, the Natural Progesterone that we use in our product is USP pharamaceutical grade Natural Progesterone. The raw material that is used to make Natural Progesterone is from yams. The Natural Progesterone is bioidentical to what your body makes. It is the exact same molecule. All Natural Progesterone is now either made from yams or soy as the starting material. A large pharmaceutical factory converts the diosgenin in the yams to Natural Progesterone. Thirty years ago, they used to extract progesterone from placentas and the price used to be thousands of dollars per gram. Zava, PhD, the guru of phytoestrogens, has stated that the human body does not have the enzymes to convert yam extract to estradiol or progesterone. Patients that take yam extract report an increase in energy, but there is NO conversion in the human body of yam extract to estradiol or progesterone.
