Nutritional Supplements to Promote Progesterone Production

July 23, 2004

Perimenopause

Nutritional Supplements to Promote Progesterone Production

For best results during perimenopause, it is not

enough to reduce estrogen levels in your body. You also have to

promote more frequent ovulation. This will move you from estrogen

dominance back to hormonal balance.

• Flaxseed oil or ground flax meal help

  to promote more frequent ovulation and therefore more frequent

  progesterone production. They also prevent pain due to menstrual

  cramps and endometriosis, reduce PMS symptoms, and protect us

  from inflammatory conditions like rheumatoid arthritis.

• You need enough B-3 (25-100 mg), B-6 (50

  mg twice a day), zinc (15-30 mg), vitamin C (700-2,000 mg),

  and magnesium (350-500 mg) to convert flax oil into series

  1 and series 3 prostaglandins in your body.

• Vitex, or Chaste tree extract,

  (225 mg daily) increases the production of the luteinizing hormone

  that triggers ovulation at midcycle, promoting progesterone production.

  It also inhibits release of the follicle-stimulating hormone that

  stimulates estrogen production in the first half of the menstrual

  cycle. So it normalizes the secretion of hormones and helps to

  bring estrogen and progesterone into balance during perimenopause.

Read More on Perimenopause:

Getting Started

Quiz: Is it Menopause or Perimenopause

Undoing Estrogen Dominance

Estrogen and Progesterone Are Normally

Balanced

Checklist for Estrogen Dominance

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Nutritional Therapies

Diet for Combating Estrogen Dominance

Nutritional Supplements for Estrogen

Dominance

Nutritional Supplements to Promote Progesterone

Production

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Complementary Therapies

The Pump