What plant does the progesterone used in Stay In Balance come from and what does USP mean?
Stay In Balance Natural Progesterone cream uses USP micronized progesterone derived from the wild yam plant.. All USP progesterone creams are derived either from the soy plant or wild yam. Progesterone from soy and from wild yam produce the exact same quality of progesterone. USP means United States Pharmaceutical grade which means that it is guaranteed to be extracted under the strictest of standards and the highest quality source of progesterone, plant-derived that is converted to human progesterone to identically match women’s natural hormonal needs. Many companies on the internet claim their progesterone cream contains ‘real progesterone.’ Checking the ingredient list reveals that they are using Wild Mexican Yam, or Mexican Wild Yam Root Extract, or ‘pharmaceutical quality’ progesterone. These are all code words for the same product, Diosgenin. The human body does not produce the enzymes necessary to convert Diosgenin, the active component of Wild Mexican Yam, into progesterone. Cl
