What causes excess level of estrogen in men?
• What are the symptoms of “estrogen dominance”? • When should men start using natural progesterone? • What is the dose of progesterone for men? • Who should not use progesterone? • How can men benefit from progesterone? • If natural progesterone has so many benefits, why don’t physicians routinely commend it to their patients? • Any other benefits of progesterone supplementation? 1. What is progesterone? Progesterone is a steroid hormone made by both men and women. In women, it is made the corpus luteum of the ovary and in smaller amounts by the adrenal glands. In men, is produced in adrenal and testicular tissue. Progesterone is produced in the body from cholesterol and is a precursor to most of the other steroid hormones, including cortisol and testosterone. 2. What is progesterone made from? The Progesterone USP used in natural hormone replacement therapy (NHRT) is made from a substance called diosgenin, which is most often extracted from wild yam (Dioscorea villosa). In a laborato
