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Research has also shown that Western diet is responsible for much of the discomfort women have during this time in their lives. In countries where an Asian or vegetarian diets are the norm, women have significantly fewer symptoms, and the ones they do have will receive natural menopause relief. Natural progesterone is found is in about 5,000 plants, but is particularly abundant in the Mexican wild yam. The natural progesterone is identical to that in the human body. It is not the same as synthetic progestins. The alteration of progestins can account for side effects including breast cancer, facial hair growth, depression, cardiovascular disease, liver disorders and other problems associated with progestin use. The compound, diosgenin, was originally isolated by Professor Marker in the 1940's. The Mexican wild yam was the source for the original birth-control pill. Diosgenin is essentially a

progesterone molecule with a smaller molecule addition. Mexican wild yam also contains dihydroepiandrosterone or DHEA, an adrenal hormone that decreases with age and in certain degenerative conditions including postmenopausal osteoporosis. Although a balance of estrogen and progesterone is most beneficial, progesterone enhances receptor sensitivity to estrogen, so supplemental estrogen may not even be needed. Also, many plants also contain estrogenic compounds (estriol). Japanese women, whose diet is high in plant-derived estrogens, particularly from soybeans, have very little menopausal discomfort. They also have the lowest rates of two major killers of American women . . . coronary artery disease and cancer The most commonly prescribed form of estrogen is derived from the urine of pregnant mares. Estrogens from plants are more similar to human estrogen than estrogen from horses. Plant-based estriol appears to have no cancer risk and may possibly have a better

overall effect. Herbal products such as dong quai, licorice and alfalfa all contain nontoxic estrogenic factors. These "phytoestrogens" exert low estrogenic effects, approximately 1/400th the potency of human endogenous estrogens. Supplementation with evening primrose oil and flaxseed oil can help the adrenal glands produce more estrogen. Suzi What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered. health/ http://suziesgoats.wholefoodfarmacy.com/ http://360./suziesgoats

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