Re: 'wild yam' cream
From: Monica (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 12 Sep 2000 13:36:30 -0500 (CDT)
Hi Kristy,
I was inspired by some of your posts earlier this summer regarding your
diet change and feeling better/losing weight. How is it going for you?
Hope it's going well. You helped ME get on the stick! :)Monica
At Mon, 11 Sep 2000, Kristy wrote:
>
>Hi all you beautiful ladies! I haven't popped in for weeks...months??? I
>started to homeschool my son [WHAT a joy beyond description!!!! :o) ]
>So, I've been way busy. But I had a question that I felt you could
>answer...so here goes.
>I want to try a progesterone cream - my girlfriend with PCOS says it
>works good. I've done a *little* research and this is what I've found:
>They said that a cream called "progest" is a chemically altered cream
>which contains an "extra atom" so it doesn't work too great in the body.
>They said that "wild yam" cream really isn't a progesterone at all, so
>it didn't do much either. They said, however, that it could be
>*converted* into a progesterone and then it worked great.
>
>Then I heard there's another "natural" cream that has already been
>converted and matches almost perfectly the progesterone in our own
>bodies. I am SO confused. I'm so daffy when it comes to stuff like
>this. But I really want to try some. I know my progesterone levels are
>way low. I heard that using this kind of cream helps regulate your
>pacreas function and helps you to not excrete so much insulin. Right
>now I'm an insulin factory going out of control!!! Anyway, ANY help
>would be much appreciated!
>Love to all of you, Kristy B.
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