More of the ugly of progesterone

[Guest guest]

In her last webcast, Dr. Vliet said new research is

coming out about the bad effects of progesterone. She said she is trying to minimize her

patients' exposure and gives virtually no progesterone to her patients who have

had a hyst. Dr G calls progesterone

the make-you-fat, increase-insulin-resistance hormone. I think too many alternative practitioners

are still hung up in the Lee dogma.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20418525-23290,00.html

HRT eases menopause, but hard on hearing

THE PULSE

Compiled by White

September 16, 2006

HORMONE replacement therapy could do more

than simply ease the symptoms of menopause. New research in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

has found that women taking the most common form of HRT – the hormones

estrogen and progesterone – have accelerated hearing loss compared to

women on estrogen alone or those not taking any hormones. On average, women who

took progesterone had the hearing of women five to 10 years older.

Scientists assessed the hearing of 124 healthy women aged 60 to 86,

half of whom had been on HRT for between five and 35 years. They were divided

into three groups – 30 women taking estrogen alone, 32 women taking both

estrogen and progesterone and 62 women who had never been on HRT. Women whose

HRT included progesterone had hearing that was 10 to 30 per cent worse than the

other groups. They not only had problems in the inner ear, but also in the

parts of the brain used for hearing.

Proc Natl Acad Sci USA

2006;103:14246-14249 (Guimaraes P, et al)

Val

From:

rhythmicliving [mailto:rhythmicliving ] On Behalf Of bigbird3099

wow what a great article, I just stopped dairy about 2 weeks ago and I

think I'll just go with

it after reading this.

Karin (bigbird)

[Guest guest]

I wonder if this could be due to the vasoconstrictive effect of P,

reducing the blood flow.

>

> In her last webcast, Dr. Vliet said new research is coming out about

the bad

> effects of progesterone. She said she is trying to minimize her

patients'

> exposure and gives virtually no progesterone to her patients who

have had a

> hyst. Dr G calls progesterone the make-you-fat,

increase-insulin-resistance

> hormone. I think too many alternative practitioners are still hung

up in

> the Lee dogma.

>

>

<http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20418525-23290,00.html>

>

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20418525-23290,00.html

>

> HRT eases menopause, but hard on hearing

> THE PULSE

> Compiled by White

> September 16, 2006

> HORMONE replacement therapy could do more than simply ease the

symptoms of

> menopause. New research in the Proceedings of the National Academy of

> Sciences has found that women taking the most common form of HRT - the

> hormones estrogen and progesterone - have accelerated hearing loss

compared

> to women on estrogen alone or those not taking any hormones. On average,

> women who took progesterone had the hearing of women five to 10

years older.

>

> Scientists assessed the hearing of 124 healthy women aged 60 to 86,

half of

> whom had been on HRT for between five and 35 years. They were

divided into

> three groups - 30 women taking estrogen alone, 32 women taking both

estrogen

> and progesterone and 62 women who had never been on HRT. Women whose HRT

> included progesterone had hearing that was 10 to 30 per cent worse

than the

> other groups. They not only had problems in the inner ear, but also

in the

> parts of the brain used for hearing.

>

> Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 2006;103:14246-14249 (Guimaraes P, et al)

>

> Val

>

>