A patient of mine recently described her improvement while working with us as, “like chalk and cheese.”
For those of you who are unfamiliar with this colloquialism from Commonwealth countries, the American equivalent might be, “night and day.”
Two of the greatest contributors to her improvement were magnesium and progesterone.
If you look at the symptoms of low progesterone and low magnesium, they’re remarkably similar.
Here is a comparison of symptoms of low magnesium and low progesterone, courtesy of Christiane Northrup, MD.
Anxiety and panic attacks
Asthma
Constipation
Heart disease
Hypertension
Infertility
Nerve problems and muscle spasms
Migraines and other headaches
Obstetrical problems
Some other symptoms and conditions associated with too-low levels of magnesium include bowel disease, cystitis, depression, diabetes, fatigue, hypoglycemia, insomnia, kidney disease, migraines, osteoporosis, and Raynaud’s syndrome.
Headaches or migraines
Mood changes, including anxiety or depression
Irregularity in menstrual cycle
And if progesterone deficiency turns into estrogen deficiency:
Weight gain
Decreased sex drive, mood swings, and depression
PMS, irregular menstrual cycle, heavy bleeding
Breast tenderness, fibrocystic breasts
Fibroids
Gallbladder problems
For optimal health, women need optimal levels of both progesterone and estrogen.
So how do you know which one you need? How do you know how much of each to use?
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