Progesterone Prescription: Friends

Attention all post-menopausal women: the progesterone that is lost through menopause - contributing to some pretty pesky annoyances like depression, lethargy, panic attacks, water retention and vaginal dryness - can be increased without hormone replacement. How?

Through close friendships.

A study by the University of Michigan found that bonding with others increases progesterone. When scientists studied the saliva of women who emotionally bonded with other women through a shared cooperative activity designed to elicit closeness, their progesterone levels increased. And when these same women were tested a week later, they felt especially altruistic and said that they'd even risk their lives to help their partners.

Bonding is pretty strong stuff, isn't it?

I think this is interesting, don't you? I wonder if the need for friendship, especially as we age, is fueled by our body seeking out some replacement for those lost hormones. Friendship is a pretty easy, safe and inexpensive way to do this.

And, here's another great thing about friends: sharing laughter. I think we all have those certain friends that we laugh with. But it's worth the aching jaw, in my opinion. Laughter, as they say, is good for the soul - but it's also so good for the immune system as well.

Yes, my friends mean a lot to me - they always have, and I suspect they always will. They add a missing link to my life; the puzzle is not complete without that critical piece.

A Woman's Best Friend

You can’t sleep at night.  You wonder when or if your adult acne will ever go away.  You have a horrible headache every few weeks.  You think these things are just a part of being a woman but you’re wrong.  These are all symptoms of a progesterone deficiency.  

Yet, sadly, when you go to the doctor looking for help, chances are you may come home either empty handed or prescribed the wrong drug.  Many doctors simply don’t know an accurate way to diagnose and treat hormone imbalances.

Hormone imbalances, particularly deficiencies in progesterone, are linked to many conditions unique to women such as osteoporosis, menopausal symptoms, insomnia, early miscarriages, anxiety, depression, lumps in the breasts, and the list goes on. 

While women have learned over the years how to survive with these conditions, survival is not the answer.  The answer is to enjoy life to the fullest by educating yourself about breakthrough research on how natural progesterone can change your life.  Let’s start at the beginning.

The Two Sister Hormones

Like jam and peanut butter, estrogen and progesterone go together.  One without the other just isn’t as good.  A woman’s body thrives when these two hormones are found in correct proportions.  What is more and more common, however, is that these hormones become off balanced, often in favor of estrogen, leaving many of our bodies progesterone deficient.  In fact, Dr. John Lee, a leading researcher of progesterone, estimates that 50 percent of women age 35 and older don’t make enough

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