Question: Wild Yam

by Diane Y

Hi Wray, I noticed that in your info one of the products you compared was ProGest. When I looked on their site and the ingredients it stated this:

"Our natural progesterone is formulated from a substance found in Mexican wild yams..."

I am confused. Do companies that use wild yams extract the diosgenin and convert it in the lab to USP progesterone and then add it to their creams? Because as stated the body cannot convert this on its own?

Thanks!

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Jul 22, 2010
 Question: Wild Yam
by: Wray

Hi Diane You are correct. Phytosterols are molecularly similar to cholesterol which is found in animals. Cholesterol is the starting point for the steroid hormones made naturally in animals, including humans. Plants such as the soy bean, Dioscorea species of yams, fenugreek, sisal, calabar bean, some lilies, yucca, some solanum species, maize and many more contain phytosterols. Some of which are stigmasterol, diosgenin, sitosterol, campesterol, hecogenin, smilagenin, sarsasapogenin, solasodine. As these sterols have a similar molecular structure to progesterone, they are used as starting points for it's synthesis. Progesterone is then further synthesised into testosterone, oestrogen, cortisone etc. This takes place in a lab requiring specialised equipment. Companies then buy their progesterone from these labs to incorporate into creams, injections, suppositories etc. Take care Wray

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