Foods containing progesterone

I have been on the internet for 4 hours looking for actual foods containing progesterone... not creams... or pills... the actual food. All I found was yams and soybeans. Are there not any other foods?

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May 05, 2008

Foods containing progesterone
by: Wray

There are no foods that contain progesterone.

It's an animal hormone and never found in plants. Not even soy beans or yams! Plants such as the soy bean, Dioscorea species of yams, fenugreek and many more, contain phytosterols, two such are stigmasterol and diosgenin.

As these sterols have a similar molecular structure to progesterone, they are used as starting points for the bio-synthesis of progesterone. This is then further broken down to oestrogen, testosterone, cortisol etc for use in HRT, testosterone replacement, cortisone etc.

Stigmasterol was first isolated from calabar beans. The commercial source of the sterol is the unsaponified fraction of soya-bean oil, which contains 12-25% stigmasterols. In 1976, stigmasterol was the starting material for 25% of the world production of steroids, and it has now overtaken diosgenin as the principal starting material for the industrial semi-synthesis of steroids. Do hope this helps, Take care Wray

Jul 24, 2008

Steriods
by: Anonymous

Thank you for the information about natural steriods. I used it in the ABC comments section so maybe they'll stop blaming people for eating and having allergies.

Nov 10, 2008

Progesterone
by: Anonymous

I thought eggs, beans, chicken, wheat and rice had progesterone?

Nov 11, 2008

No progesterone in food
by: Wray

Unfortunately no 'food' contains progesterone, as you can see from my reply below, it's an animal hormone. The only way you could get any from eating 'food' is by eating the placenta that comes away after birth! Some animals do this, instinctively knowing they need a boost of progesterone after giving birth.

There are accounts of some tribes women who do the same for the same reason. In fact pigs placentas were used initially to extract the progesterone for commercial production, but it was hugely expensive and now the preferred commercial source are plant sterols. Hope this helps Take care Wray

Sep 11, 2009

No progesterone in foods
by: Diana

I too have been looking for ways that my progesterone levels could have been greatly increased through food. On other sites I have seen suggested that avocados, nuts and seeds, olives and oils are progesterone-boosting foods. I also read on Wikipedia that a diet rich in dairy can elevate progesterone levels, as the cows are milked during pregnancy when their own levels are elevated.

Recent saliva tests indicate my progesterone levels to be very high - over 1200. And, my diet is rich with all of the foods listed above. I'm post menopausal and in my early 50's. I did use a progesterone oil on my gums 4-5 years ago to reduce perimenopausal symptoms, but have not touched any progesterone creams/oils in years. I know an excess can be stored in fat cells for some time, but I believe something else has contributed to this problem. My health-care practitioner believes I am getting dosed from something in the environment - like facial creams. Amy thoughts about this or how to reduce the progesterone in my body?

Thank you!

Sep 13, 2009

High progesterone levels
by: Diana

Thank you Wray,

So if foods aren't stimulating my body to produce high levels of progesterone (over 1200 in saliva test), where might it be coimng from? I haven't used proseterone oil in 4-5 years. Any thought about cosmetics/facial creams? Are there other reasons the body would produce that much?

Sep 15, 2009

High progesterone levels
by: Wray

Hi Diana. I must confess to being puzzled! In your last contribution you commented on milk containing high levels, as the cows are milked while pregnant. This is true, but 80-90% of oral progesterone is destroyed by the gut and liver, so I don't think it would have much influence.

Cosmetics contain oestrogen mimics, not progesterone, particularly if they have the parabens and liquid paraffin as ingredients. Another two to watch for are BHA and BHT, oestrogenic antioxidants. Unless progesterone is deliberately added to a cosmetic, there won't be any in. If I come across any info I'll certainly post it! Take care, Wray

Sep 18, 2009

Agnus castus
by: Dawn

I read that these drops "Agnus castus" 10 in a glass of water daily along with the vitamin milk thistle 300 to 400 ml helps produce progesterone and this avoids the growth of fibroids. Hope this will help.

Jan 20, 2010

Have a look at this
by: bazza

Here?s a useful site for you to look at:
http://www.ehow.com/facts_5008973_foods-that-naturally-increase-progesterone.html

Plus have you thought of other things like red clover properties http://www.vortexhealth.net/redclover.html

Oh and using the word ?properties? with plants, herbs or foods you get a better understanding of what your looking at happy hunting.

Jan 25, 2010

Agnus castus
by: Wray

Hi Dawn. Agnus castus contains a phytoestrogen. The body cannot make progesterone from it. The same applies to milk thistle. The body can only make progesterone from cholesterol, the starting point in any human. Take care, Wray

Feb 15, 2010

Foods containing progesterone
by: Anonymous

I was trying to research for foods that contain progesterone as well, not creams or pills. I found that Avocados, raw nuts and seeds, olives, and salmon and tuna all contain natural progesterone. Hope that helps.

Mar 02, 2010

Hope this will help
by: safiya

Egg yolks and dairy products both contain respectable amounts of true progesterone, but it is not known how directly they interact with the human body's own progesterone stores.

Mar 02, 2010

Foods containing progesterone
by: Wray

I don't know where you obtained your information, but progesterone has never been found in plants until very recently. A study conducted and then published in the Journal of Natural Products in Jan 2010 found it's existence in the English walnut tree, Juglans regia. Please see this.

It is found in all animals, all mammals, birds, reptiles and fishes and in both sexes. But the amount is so low no benefit would be had, unless you ate a placenta. Another aspect to take into consideration is progesterone, if taken orally, is mostly destroyed as it passes through the gut and liver. Take care, Wray