Have you reduced cholesterol to help lose weight or improve heart health? That advice is flawed as it is not dietary cholesterol that is the problem. Progesterone is known to protect your heart so have you got the right balance now?
After the age of 50, nearly half of all deaths in women are due to some form of cardiovascular disease. Progesterone helps support healthy heart function, and changing your diet can reduce your risk.
We are constantly told that cholesterol is bad and needs controlling. But it has an important role to play in health – along with the associated benefits of progesterone.
Women get protection from their hormones for reducing heart attack risk, and it is progesterone that makes the difference.
If you are feeling guilty about your diet take heart, you need these two to make essential hormones like progesterone, oestrogen and DHEA as well as metabolizing essential vitamins and fatty acids.
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This gene also affects progesterone production and may be the cause of infertility in a substantial number of cases.