Progesterone
Progesterone has been detected in some types of foods and grains in varying proportions and in different structures, and it helps to raise the level of progesterone in the body and raise the level of performance of work, and called this type of progesterone, the name of progesterone.
Sources of Progesterone
- Soya and soy milk: Soy and its products contain a high proportion of the phytoestrogen, which helps regulate the level of other hormones.
- Whole grains: The most important are the grains containing vitamin C and vitamin B to contain a small proportion of the hormone Bergsteron plant.
- Flaxseeds: Flaxseed contains a type of plant progesterone, which is characterized by other species that it does not raise the level of progesterone in the blood, but acts as an alternative hormone to animal progesterone.
- Citrus fruits: especially in which the proportion of vitamin C is high, such as: orange, carrots, peppers, colored.
- Foods rich in carotene: such as cabbage, spinach, basil, and turnips.
- Wild yam (Sweet Potatoes): A type of potato with high levels of progesterone, which contributes significantly to raise the level of progesterone in females, especially in menopause.
Research has shown that drinking coffee twice a day helps to raise the level of progesterone in the blood, and eating foods rich in zinc, or supplements containing zinc increases the effectiveness of the work of progesterone and function.
Animal progesterone
Progesterone is one of the most important hormones produced by the reproductive system of female mammals, which helps to penetrate fertilized egg to the lining of the uterus and pregnancy, and helps the hormone to reduce the level of white blood cells in the mother in the first weeks of pregnancy to prevent the attack of the fetus, which is a strange object in the tissues of the body As in the case of viruses and microbes, and the body continues to secrete progesterone throughout pregnancy and stop secretion days before the date of birth, because the high levels of progesterone in the blood of the mother prevents the secretion of milk necessary for breast feeding the child.
Sources of animal progesterone
- White meat such as chicken, red meat, mainly calf meat, fish, mainly oysters.
- Milk and milk products.
- eggs.
Progesterone in males
Progesterone is produced by the male in the testicles, then turns and changes its composition to become so-called hormone testosterone, and any defect in the level of this hormone is treated through the use of injections of progesterone.