Progesterone is a natural relaxer, it is vital to a woman’s well-being and helps balance the estrogen. If progesterone levels are too low in relation to estrogen a woman will experience sleep disturbances, irritability, anxiety, weight gain, breast swelling and tenderness, bloating, sweating, and loss of libido. If you have a uterus, progesterone is also essential to protect against unopposed estrogen exposure which could put you at risk for uterine cancer. If estrogen is taken without progesterone to balance it, a woman will experience bleeding. It is essential to use progesterone any time you use estrogen if you have a uterus. Even with a prior hysterectomy, progesterone will provide balance, and is recommended.
Benefits of progesterone:
- Acts as a natural diuretic to avoid water retention and bloating
- Relaxes, calms and protects your nervous system
- Decreases anxiety, depression, and mood swings
- Helps insomnia
- Improves breakdown of fat into energy
- Cuts the craving for sweets and carbohydrates
- Reduces breast tenderness
- Increases HDL, the body’s “good cholesterol”
- Assists in lowering LDL, or “bad cholesterol”
- Helps maintain normal blood sugar levels