Progesterone is probably the most perfect antiestrogenic hormone, and therefore an anti-stress and anti-aging hormone
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If it is true that...
Estrogen affects our energetics and structure, and how those processes relate to aging, atrophy, cancerization, etc 1 0 2and
Progesterone is probably the most perfect antiestrogenic hormone, and therefore an anti-stress and anti-aging hormone 1 0 2Then it must be true that...
Adjusting many things in our diet and environment can more perfectly oppose the estrogenic and age-accelerating influences 1 0 2Mentions
Ray Peat/Aging, estrogen, and progesterone
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