Hi carlaa
I put "progesterone dominant" in quotation marks because some say that there is no such thing. But I disagree. First of all my own blood tests show that I am low in estrogen and have too much progesterone. Apparently my progesterone is not converted into estrogen. But then not every possible conversion always takes place. In women with high androgen levels, the androgens are also not converted into estrogen. Hormones connections are far more complex than that.
Second, many women appear to have higher progesterone along with low estrogen levels in the second half of their cycle. Of course there are also many women who suffer from the opposite: estrogen dominance.
I was trying to say that PM might only be beneficial for women who experience the first problem since PM containd some very potent phytoestrogens and might worsen estrogen dominance while the "progesterone dominant" women at least have some progesterone of their own to even this out.
I put "progesterone dominant" in quotation marks because some say that there is no such thing. But I disagree. First of all my own blood tests show that I am low in estrogen and have too much progesterone. Apparently my progesterone is not converted into estrogen. But then not every possible conversion always takes place. In women with high androgen levels, the androgens are also not converted into estrogen. Hormones connections are far more complex than that.
Second, many women appear to have higher progesterone along with low estrogen levels in the second half of their cycle. Of course there are also many women who suffer from the opposite: estrogen dominance.
I was trying to say that PM might only be beneficial for women who experience the first problem since PM containd some very potent phytoestrogens and might worsen estrogen dominance while the "progesterone dominant" women at least have some progesterone of their own to even this out.