Hi, went to gnc and got progesterone creame, then I was at another health food store and noticed another cream - the one at gnc doesn't let you know how much progesterone there is in it but the other one does - poor packaging - must read labels in order to get what you want., was very surprised. Yep. My wife had the same experience. The first cream she tried had absolutely no effect on her system. Later, she discovered that a Dr. John Lee had an independent lab test a bunch of different brands. He found that some manufacturers just process the raw wild yams themselves. They don't even take the yams through the Marker Degradation process. So, you end up with a cream that appears to be from the Mexican Wild Yam but actually has no progesterone in it at all. In fact, the results from this independent lab's tests...were that, some creams didn't even have a trace of natural progesterone in them...others had only a tiny bit, and around 15 or 20 brands had the dosage he was looking for. Remember that, all you're trying to do is simulate what normal, healthy ovaries would do during ovulation: release about 15 to 20 milligrams of progesterone a day. Because of all the estrogenic substances we're bombarded with every day in our industrialized society...these steps are becoming more and more necessary to combat this. So...you're absolutely right. You're really got to be a savy shopper...and read the labels. You really want the label to say USP Progesterone (USP stands for United States Pharmacopeial; check 'em out at
http://www.usp.org.) Furthermore, you'd like it to have anywhere from 400 milligrams/oz to 500 milligrams/oz. If, for example, a woman is in menopause...and she uses one ounce of this cream every 25 days...then she's using from 400 to 500 milligrams every 25 days; that equals 15 to 20 milligrams a day. Personally speaking, my wife's had good success even trying some creams that aren't in Dr. John Lee's books, What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Menopause or his later book, What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Pre-Menopause .....by really watching for those 2 things: 1) USP Progesterone, and 2) From 400 to 500 milligrams per ounce. By the way, since some creams don't have very good instructions...be sure to follow Dr. John Lee's advice: 1) If you're pre-menopausal, and still having periods...you only want to apply the cream in the luteal phase of your cycle (i.e., beginning around day 12 or 14 of your cycle, through the end of your cycle.) This timing is important...because this is when you would normally be ovulating. (What I mean is, many pre-menopausal women have anovulatory cycles - they have a period, but they don't ovulate. Since no egg is released, no progesterone is generated.) Research has shown that many women have already started Osteoporosis, long before they enter menopause. 2) If you're into menopause (i.e., you're up around the age where you expect to stop having your monthly cycle...and it's been several months since you've had a period) you want to apply the cream for 25 days, and then lay off for 5. By laying off for 5 days, you allow your receptor sites to stay sensitive to the progesterone molecule. If you just applied it every single day, according to Dr. John Lee, your receptor sites would eventually get tired of it and it would begin to have less and less effect...until after about 6 months, it would have no effect at all. Sorry to go on so...but my wife almost got breast cancer from taking HRT (Hormone Replacement Therapy)...and her stumbling onto this Dr. John Lee's research (and the simple idea of using this progesterone cream, which you can buy at the health food store) made her problems go away. The progesterone molecule is really quite remarkable. Note: The above is not intended be medical advice. All of the above information is drawn from Dr. John Lee's books and tapes. He has helped thousands of women free themselves from the HRT/estrogen prison they were in...and in the process...he assisted them in learning how to employ totally natural techniques on the road to better health. Women who previously had Osteoporosis, not only reversed it, but began to grow new bone...thus turning around their Bone Mineral Density (BMD) scores. (Know someone who has Osteoporsis? Get them one of this books. Direct them to his site: johnleemd.com. Amazing stuff.) Also, women who had fibrocystic breasts, or calcifications...who began using natural progesterone cream...witnessed their mammograms clear up for the first time in their life. Many women who had uterine fibroids who began using the cream, discovered months later that their fibroids had drastically reduced in size...or even disappeared. Women who were told by their M.D. that they needed a total hysterectomy...who stumbled onto this idea of buying something totally natural, and simply applying 1/4 teaspoon of this cream - twice a day - to their hands, or neck, or chest, or breasts, etc., discovered to their total delight and amazement that all their women's hormone problems just went away...once they got their hormones back into balance. My sister-in-law was told by her ob-gyn that she should have a total hysterectomy. My wife introduced her to Dr. John Lee's books, she bought some of the cream, began using it...and months later called and practically screamed into the phone, I feel so much better...I just can't believe it!!! She didn't need to get a hysterectomy after all. She slept better. She had more energy. And, I could go on... James
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