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jhandley · 09-11-2006, 05:40 AM

I have read Dr Lee's book which made a lot of sense to me. Be careful about confusing progesterone and progestin which is chemically altered progesterone.
According to Dr Lee (natural) progesterone is OK and he provides evidence to show it slows down cell proliferation whereas synthetic progestin (used in contraceptives) is not OK.
After reading his book I got my salivary hormones tested and I was low in progesterone. Women who are low in progesterone have a higher rate of BC.
Symptoms of low progesterone include fibroids, fibrocystic breasts, endometriosis amongst others ..I had all these.
I use natural progesterone cream to mimic normal physiological levels as per his instructions..it apparently also normalises the p 53 tumour suppressor gene if it is faulty. My onc. doesnt have aproblem with this ( my tumour was er/pr -.)

Regards
Jackie

09-11-2006, 05:40 AM	#7
jhandley Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Melbourne Victoria Australia Posts: 330	Progesterone and progestin are not the same I have read Dr Lee's book which made a lot of sense to me. Be careful about confusing progesterone and progestin which is chemically altered progesterone. According to Dr Lee (natural) progesterone is OK and he provides evidence to show it slows down cell proliferation whereas synthetic progestin (used in contraceptives) is not OK. After reading his book I got my salivary hormones tested and I was low in progesterone. Women who are low in progesterone have a higher rate of BC. Symptoms of low progesterone include fibroids, fibrocystic breasts, endometriosis amongst others ..I had all these. I use natural progesterone cream to mimic normal physiological levels as per his instructions..it apparently also normalises the p 53 tumour suppressor gene if it is faulty. My onc. doesnt have aproblem with this ( my tumour was er/pr -.) Regards Jackie