With menopause or hormonal disorders, the doctor can prescribe medications containing female sex hormones. But if a small correction is required, then it can be done by proper nutrition - in fact, female sex hormones, more precisely their analogs, are contained in some food products. But it must be remembered that there are products containing the female hormone estrogen , and there are those that contain progesterone, more precisely their analogues, similar in their action to these hormones.
What foods contain the female hormone progesterone?
If you need to increase the level of progesterone, then an action similar to it, have products such as red and sweet Bulgarian peppers, olives, raspberries, avocados, and various nuts and seeds that contain vitamin E and zinc. In order for progesterone to be synthesized in the body, products of animal origin rich in cholesterol are needed: fatty meat, poultry, fish. Also, products containing vitamin C (rose hips, lemons, oranges, black currants) are needed.
Female hormones estrogen in food
To increase the level of estrogens, phytoestrogens are used, which are found in many plants and act similarly to female sex hormones.
- A lot of phytoestrogens contain soybeans and other leguminous crops (beans, beans, peas).
- Phytoestrogens of wheat, seeds of flax and sunflower, cabbage, nuts possess similar properties.
- Also, plant phytoestrogens can pass into milk, too, because dairy products also contribute to an increase in estrogen levels in women.
- A large number of phytoestrogens contain beer, so even in men who consume a lot of beer, there are external disorders that are associated with an excess of estrogen. But beer - a product containing alcohol and its excessive use may not be as useful as the harmful health of women.