06-10-2012, 19:30
The best progesterone creams, of which Doll's is one, are bio-identical progesterone derived from plant sources, but are actual progesterone as found in humans. They also contain a number of "carrier" herbs and other chemicals to help absorption into the bloodstream from the skin.
Maca is something Doll would be more familiar with than me, but I believe it's considered an adaptogen, which is none of the above.
Maca works somewhere or other to help balance your hormone production... It isn't directly estrogenic, androgenic, or progestogenic, nor does it directly effect prolactin. It's adaptive effects CAN lead to more or less of any of the above.
Maca is something Doll would be more familiar with than me, but I believe it's considered an adaptogen, which is none of the above.
Maca works somewhere or other to help balance your hormone production... It isn't directly estrogenic, androgenic, or progestogenic, nor does it directly effect prolactin. It's adaptive effects CAN lead to more or less of any of the above.