Trading Fertility for Fantasy Part 2: The Prosperous Power of Progesterone & the Double-Edged Sword of Estrogen
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In this second part of our look back at the history of women’s health, we explore the history of estrogen and hormonal birth control as well as the crucial role progesterone plays in our physical and emotional health. How progesterone plays a very important role in channeling energy and focusHow estrogen and progesterone work in harmonyHow hard it is to create progesterone vs. estrogenThe danger of having estrogen without progesteroneThe isolation and marketing of synthetic estrogenThe history hormonal birth controlHow hormonal birth control really works and the impact it has on the female bodyHow to protect our progesteroneIn this episode I mentioned: The Business of Birth Control Brain to Uterus ConnectionUterus and Memory History of diethylstilbestrol (DES) in cattle History of Estrogen History of DES in womenEffects of DES in womenEstradiol valerate used to induce PCOS in ratsProductions & Actions of Estrogens Estrogen & Lack of Progesterone Makes Us Fat:PubMedDaily MailChamberlain-Kahn Act/The American Plan: History.com Chamberlain-Kahn Act Women in Psychiatry Have Sunday tea with me! Sign-up for my Sunday newsletter where I share what’s on my brain from the nutritional to spiritual: https://www.jessicaashwellness.com/email-subscribe. Ready to go deeper? Learn how to nourish yourself in a way that respects your unique female physiology in my signature Fully Nourished course: https://www.jessicaashwellness.com/fully-nourished Join the Fully Nourished community! Follow me @jessicaashwellness on Instagram
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