21-04-2011, 20:59
Of course there's no estradiol in PM! There're other estrogens in it, some of them are just as potent as estradiol. You are not saying that PM (or any other highly estrogenic herb) actually lowers estrogen, are you? If not then.. maybe it increases estrogen? No?
If estrogen level is too high for the time of ovulation it will postpone or even prevent ovulation. What will happen then? The cycle is messed up, no ovulation - no progesterone from corpus luteum in the luteal phase to balance estrogen. What do we have in the end? Hormonal disbalance. Tricky and not always possible to treat.
It doesn't have to become like that from the start. At first menstruation will get postponed further and further with each cycle. A woman will start experiencing PMS, and all other nice symptoms of hormonal disbalance. It is dangerous to take highly estrogenic herbs (look, I don't say just PM) blindlessly. There're ways to grow boobs without disturbing your reproductive function.
As for the doses - yes, we're not mice. But please show me any study on humans.
It's better to be safe than sorry. There're young girls reading this forum. Maybe lower doses are OK to take throughout the cycle but who is here taking less than 200mg a day? I'm taking PM but I only take it before ovulation and not a crazy dose, 400mg a day. I think it is working, I like what I see.
And PS - I ddidn't mean that to have increased level of estradiol you actually have to ingest estradiol. There're other ways to get your estradiol out of control.
If estrogen level is too high for the time of ovulation it will postpone or even prevent ovulation. What will happen then? The cycle is messed up, no ovulation - no progesterone from corpus luteum in the luteal phase to balance estrogen. What do we have in the end? Hormonal disbalance. Tricky and not always possible to treat.
It doesn't have to become like that from the start. At first menstruation will get postponed further and further with each cycle. A woman will start experiencing PMS, and all other nice symptoms of hormonal disbalance. It is dangerous to take highly estrogenic herbs (look, I don't say just PM) blindlessly. There're ways to grow boobs without disturbing your reproductive function.
As for the doses - yes, we're not mice. But please show me any study on humans.
It's better to be safe than sorry. There're young girls reading this forum. Maybe lower doses are OK to take throughout the cycle but who is here taking less than 200mg a day? I'm taking PM but I only take it before ovulation and not a crazy dose, 400mg a day. I think it is working, I like what I see.
And PS - I ddidn't mean that to have increased level of estradiol you actually have to ingest estradiol. There're other ways to get your estradiol out of control.