“Your progesterone is low.”

“But is low progesterone actually the problem... or is it a symptom of something deeper?”

This week we're joined by returning guest Meg Green, Registered Dietitian and Integrative & Functional Nutrition Certified Practitioner, for a deep dive into one of the most talked about hormones in women's health: progesterone.

From anxiety and insomnia to weight gain and PMS, progesterone gets blamed for almost everything online. But what does progesterone actually do, what causes it to decline, and how much of the conversation are we getting wrong?

In this episode, we break down:

• What progesterone actually does beyond fertility and pregnancy

• How progesterone impacts sleep, mood, anxiety, and brain function

• The relationship between progesterone and estrogen balance

• Why many women labeled with "estrogen dominance" may actually be dealing with ovulation issues or declining progesterone

• Common symptoms associated with low progesterone and what may be causing them

• Whether low progesterone truly causes weight gain

• Why some women notice weight changes after starting progesterone therapy

• The connection between stress, cortisol, inflammation, and progesterone production

• How sleep deprivation, under eating, over exercising, and blood sugar swings can affect ovulation

• What low progesterone looks like in younger women, postpartum women, and women in perimenopause

• The role vitamin D and nutrition may play in hormone health

• Why symptoms matter just as much as lab values

Meg also helps us sort through some of the biggest myths surrounding progesterone, including whether stress can completely shut down progesterone production, whether regular cycles guarantee healthy progesterone levels, and whether every woman with anxiety in perimenopause needs progesterone.

This conversation is a reminder that progesterone may be part of the story, but it is rarely the whole story.

Because understanding why hormones change is often more important than focusing on a single number.

Share this with the woman who's been told low progesterone is the answer to everything.

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