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Originally Posted by Fraggle  Jasthace,
Can you elaborate on your thoughts re: estrogen/progesterone ratios and women's libido?
Generally, I see a significant decrease in libido, particularly fantasy and arousal when a synthetic progestin is introduced...
Fraggle |
Fuck Fraggle, I did'nt realise you were a woman{Lady},I thought that was a picture of your wife
I realise that Testossterone can and does certainly increase the female libido.
As does estrogen increase the male libido, but I would'nt use it to achieve that goal without addressing my male hormone issues
The issue that should be investigated in the first instance regarding the female libido is the progesterone/estrogen balance.
Womens Sexual Health and Libido
Jasthace/cut&paste
Just to be clear, estrogen and progesterone balance AND oppose each other! EACH of these hormones has a role to play in everyday life. But to have one WITHOUT the other to "balance" it - or to "oppose" it - is to invite trouble. It is this hormone imbalance that causes premenopause and menopause symptoms and so many problems including declining womens sexual health.
Be sure you understand the health consequences of estrogen dominance and hormone imbalance. In other words, womens sexual health is related to the moment of ovulation - AND progesterone production. As a woman ages and ovulation FAILS TO OCCUR with increasing frequency, progesterone is produced on a less frequent basis and the woman begins to experience progesterone deficiency.
Progesterone affects womens sexual health and libido, besides being the hormone in the female body that is responsible for fertility. It’s perfectly natural for a woman to be sexually active throughout her life. And there’s a great deal of evidence that sexual activity is good for your health.
Steroid Hormones function in the following way:
CHOLESTEROL in the body gets converted into
---> PREGNENOLONE, and the pregnenolone gets converted into -> PROGESTERONE. The body then uses progesterone to generate the other hormones such as estrogens (estridiol, estrone and estriol), testosterone and corticosteroids.
When progesterone levels are low in the body, the ovaries produce estrogen and
testosterone by using very inefficient methods.
This is why between the ages of 30 to 50, women start experiencing all kinds of premenopause and menopause symptoms because of anovulatory cycles (this means you have menstruation but no ovulation). And when you don't ovulate, your body produces very little progesterone.
Hormonal imbalance and progesterone deficiency can be a major causes of women's poor sexual health. Progesterone is not a sex hormone, but it is very important to the brain and spinal cord. Also, progesterone is the precursor of
testosterone and corticosteroids.
Progesterone is concentrated in brain cells to levels 20 times higher than that of blood serum levels. This alone suggests that progesterone in brain cells must have great importance and purpose to womens sexual health.
Progesterone is the real missing ingredient for increasing vitality, enhancing libido (sexual desire) as well as helping you with sleep disturbances. For supporting womens sexual health, consider using natural progesterone supplementation.
Womens Sexual Health and Libido