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Bio-Identicals – The Source
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Many people ask, “Where do the bio-identical hormones come from?”
Even thought the final product is a bio-identical hormone that exactly equals the human hormone, it is interesting how these hormones are made. The original source comes from a plant – yams.
In years past, yams and soy were the primary sources for hormone manufacturers. Since soy has been somewhat discredited in wellness circles in the last couple of years, the yam plant has become the exclusive source.
Yams and soy both contain abundant hormone-like structures that do not have any activity in humans. Many people think that plant hormones, called phytoestrogens, have estrogen effects in humans – but they don’t.
What starts out as wild yam gets converted through four enzymatic steps in the laboratory before it ends up as a bio-identical hormone exactly equal to what humans actually have. This is true for both progesterone and the estrogens.
To summarize, bio-identical hormones like Estro325 and Progest50, come from yam. Then they are converted in the lab to bio-identical hormone that humans can use.
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