What exactly is natural progesterone and how does it differ from a synthetic progesterone?
Natural progesterone, a cholesterol derivative, comes from the wild Mexican yam or soybean. It matches exactly the chemical formulation of the body’s own progesterone. Manufactures alter the chemical makeup of progesterone in order to create progestins. Progestins in their altered molecular structure may cause many side effects, such as birth defects or abortion, fluid retention, epilepsy, migraine, asthma, cardiac or kidney dysfunction, and depression.