Falling in Love - The Story of Progesterone

Progesterone is produced as a tablet. This is a steroid tablet and is used as a drug to go "high" - anabolics.




But what is the real implication of this drug in our lives? We need to know more.

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Biological Role of Progesterone:

I do not intend to focus more on this perspective of progesterone which is well-established and is very well known to many of us. In a gist the role of progesterone has the following physiological effect every month in a successful ovulatory cycle:

1. The secretion of egg stimulates the follicle cells by the lutenising hormone to secrete less progesterone and estrogen. This continues till successful ovulation and formation of corpus luteum.

2. The corpus luteum starts to secrete progesterone. This is to aid in the preparation of the utreus to receive this egg in a bed of tissue that will provide, anchor for development of baby with enough blood supply, oxygen and nutrients.

3. The progesterone secretion continues until the peak is reached and the egg is received. If the egg is a fertilised egg the secretion of progesterone will continue. If not the unfertilised egg will stimulate the inhibition of progesterone and estrogen secretion leading to bleeding with discharge of disintegrated tissues in the uterine lining.

These are the 3 primary roles of progesterone in biological cycle.

The following chart displays level of hormones as monthly cycles:

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This is  CLUE as why and what people are doing and will have an implication on the monthly synchronised cycles to the biology of individual's physiology by doping with modus. PLEASE STOP!!!

Copulatory Behavioral Role of Twin Hormones:

Esterogen: Estrogen are known to do the following: female willingness to approach a male; increases the attractiveness of the female and "primes" for progesterone.

Progesterone: Progesterone has a dual role: in small amounts this will incease and supplement estrogen activity to sexual receptivity to men and libido effects during sexual intercourse; while continued use of progesterone will increase the tendency to reject sexual activity and indulge in nurturing the developing baby if pregnant. If not pregnant, this is when the contraindications of prolonged abuse of progesterone tablets will be effective.

Common contraindications of progesterone: Fatigue, dizziness and an increase appetite. There may be more severe and serious symptoms like breakthrough bleeding, menstrual cramps, bloating caused by water weight gain, moodiness, nausea, irritability and tiredness. They mimick PMS but are not PMS. Very rare symptoms will include fainting, depression, severe headaches, vision problems, breast tenderness and trouble sleeping. Stroke, blood clots and heart attack are very rare effects.

Progesterones have the ability to inhibit bleeding while estrogens stimulate bleeding and increases bleeding levels. This is why progesterones are used to treat people with heavy bleeding or abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB).

Needless to say, without an active sex life the use of these hormone tablets, especially the doses of "birth control pills" is not recommended for the contrainidcations will be amplified. This is because the sexual activity by itself will arouse umpteen physiological elicitations in the body that may in turn will have an implication in reducing the side effects of these tablets.

Needless to say, please do not use these tablets without an appropriate health practitioner's consultation and use it only for yourself. This is why these are Schedule H drugs or prescription drugs that requires to be sold only with the prescription and administered by the physician only after consulting the patient in a proper manner.

N.B: Personal Email from Minister of WCD, India for taking action as despite reporting twice of drugsters red-handed for lack of knowledge and perspectives despite "lecture time" - I still, however, await to receive my FIR copy 

Dysmenorrhea Diet Plan - Fit and Healthy!

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Dysmneorrhea is painful periods and is often considered as a misnomer with heavy bleeding. However, the fact is the painful period is often associated with heavy bleeding on more than 95% of the cases. In rare occasions, patients are observed to have scanty bleeding symptoms associated with dysmenorrhea pain.

Dysmenorrhea in the first few years of menarche are called primary dysmenorrhea. People do say this condition usually continues until the first pregnancy, rather than child birth. Any other reasons that can lead to dysmenorrhea besides medical complications including stress are called secondary dysmenorrhea.


What happens during dysmenorrhea? The pain before and during the first two to three days of periods has been attributed to the cramping of the abdominal muscles which is due to the incapacity of the muscles to be flushed liberally with blood and so scanty oxygen leading to dehydration and pain called cramps.

Usually doctors put people on pills. Yes, but of course, before reaching to a doctor, is best advised to make small lifestyle adaptations and find for yourself the difference. Probably in four to five months one may even forget the pain existence. The reason is majority of the women are forgetting the need for a healthy diet for the voluminous work that the womb does – preparation for bearing a child and so the need to flush it with nutrients and pamper your uterine muscles like how a man will pamper his biceps!

After all a biceps needs so much, then why not a woman’s uterine muscles!

Here’s a small diet plan that I devised to beat the pain with healthy diet and fitness regimen:

1. Choose a regular course of exercise regimen – especially stretches and kegels for the abdominal and pelvis muscles for about 20 to 30 minutes a day .

2. Start the morning with a glassful of water or a cup of relaxing green tea with lime.
Jump start your day with loads of antioxidants – fruits mixed with calcium, minerals, vitamins and fibers – oats or wheat meal cooked in milk. Supplement with toast and egg. Toast and egg could be replaced with the regular idli and dosa but lesser in number with or without vada as usual on an Indian morning menu. If you have space once in a week an additional course of mushrooms or tofu is a very healthy and energetic way to start the day.


3. Pack the lunch bag with regular rice or chapathi. Toss with veggies, sambar or lentils and curd. Needless to say, pack your bag with fruits and a glass of lime juice for the break. What matters is the proportion – eat nominal quantities of rice and increase the fiber content in form of veggies. Besides, while choosing the vegetables the choice is important. When the plan is a starchy vegetable then is best to pack chapathi than rice, and if rice is best to toss with high-fiber veggies and lesser quantity of rice. Cheese and pasta overloaded with veggies and /or chicken and fish are not only relishing but highly nutritive.

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4. Soon on returning home, is again time to refresh with a glass of milk only if there is a need to replenish then a glass of lime juice using the other half of the lime. There are numerous healthy Indian snacks like peanuts to nut mixtures which are nutritious despite the trans-fat if purchased.

5. What’s the dinner plate to be filled in? Simply the best way is to alternate with chapathi and rice as opposing to lunch. Sometime people may resort to idli and dosa. Whatever be on the dinner plate, is best to include enough fiber and a good practice to take a banana for desert to finish the day with enough loads of minerals. Moreover, is also good to include whenever possible a good quantity of lean mean like chicken and fish and red meat like mutton.

6. Throughout the day drink plenty of water and sleep sound for minimum 8-9 hours a day.
This is always good to take a breath of fresh air even on the terrace or somewhere out in the cool air, relaxing and reading a book or playing with a pet or by the sea.

7. I include a regular portion of nuts like sesame, flax seeds, dates or raisins and regularly organ meat to increase the blood flow and reduce the inflammatory chemicals at work.

8. Nevertheless relax and set your moods under control (I hardly have a problem with my mood) but for the shift in energy seeking more rest for the body, by using simple aroma techniques like preparing bathing hot water with jasmine or other flowers and applying my own "yellow wonder bathing powder". 

I believe, dysmenorrhea can turn to be a myth if we can learn to feed our women properly and make them healthy and fit! Feeding the uterine muscles to stay healthy strong flushed with enough blood and oxygen will regulate your periods. 

The causes of dysmenorrhea can be very many. Your uterine is not an isolated organ. There are very many other organs, especially urethra. Just like how during pregnancy the growth of your baby can affect your urinary continency so the infection and discomforts of urethra on uterine. Yet another organ parts are the colorectum. All the three regions are governed by the movements of the lower pelvis floor muscles. So any affect on these muscles can effect the working system of all the three or one or two of them. They are not independent but the muscles are intertwined.