Hello Everybody!!!!

There is a little "bruhaha" going on between the pharmaceutical industry and those of us that are selling natural progesterone creams. I want to set the record straight so that there will be no confusion in your minds.

Many of you have been following me since the early days on TBN. Back in 1990, I began telling as many women as I could to go off of Synthetic Hormones for Menopause because I saw the "handwriting on the wall" that synthetic hormones were causing cancer, stroke, heart attacks etc.

This grass roots movement of switching off of synthetic hormones and starting "natural progesterone" caused the pharmaceutical industry to lose billions of dollars.

All has been well until recently. Well, I am getting ahead of myself. Let us start with the facts so that you will know the truth.

Facts About Natural Progesterone Cream:

• 25 BC Mexican Wild Yam is mentioned in the chinese PEN TSAO CHING as a highly valued herb.
  
• 14th Century England women used mistletoe berries (diosgenin) and made a tea of some sort and called it "All Heal" and used it for various female disorders.
  
• 18th and 19th centuries was used for menstrual cramps and other female related disorders.
  
• In 1936 Japanese scientists extracted Diosgenin out of the Wild Mexican Yam Plant, began studying it, and eventually it was turned into "Birth Control Pills"

What is in this Wild Mexican Yam Plant that makes it so attractive?

DIOSGENIN… a plant chemical found in several plant species.

This Diosgenin is part of a group of chemicals called SAPONINS.

What is so special about DIOSGENIN

Diosgenin is bio-identical to the progesterone that is secreted by a healthy female ovary. It is a plant version of the human female version of progesterone.

Extract of Wild Mexican Yam is available in many forms including capsules, creams and gels. They pass easily and quickly through the skin and therefore topical application in cream form is most often recommended. Drops and sub-lingual tablets (that dissolve under the tongue) are also common . Tablets that have to be swallowed are to be avoided because the active ingredients are broken down in the passage through digestive system.

So, back when this grass roots movement started, this DIOSGENIN was commonly called or nick named "natural progesterone". This went on for years, and using the real word of Diosgenin was lost in our common language.

When the Pharmaceutical Industry decided to fight back they came up with a really good plan. "Let's use the law in California called Proposition 65 to shut down these upstarts trying to sell "Natural Progesterone."

They are using a law that is forcing anyone using the name Progesterone to state that it is cancer causing as per the PDR. ( Physician's Desk Reference).

Well the truth is we are not selling progesterone per say. We are selling Diosgenin.

We should never have used the nick name of "Natural Progesterone" from the beginning. We should have told women the truth. That what we were giving them was DIOSGENIN. And that is the truth!

So, in the future you will see Diosgenin on all my labels for my Bio-Identical Phyto-Progesterone Cremes. Just remember that it's nick name or common name is Natural Progesterone, but, we will not be allowed to call it that any longer.

So Remember - Natural Progesterone is also known as Diosgenin

 

Cordially,

Helen Pensanti M.D.