When progesterone is deficient, estrogen's effect is largely unopposed

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If it is true that...

When pregnenolone is inadequate, cortisol is over-produced 1 0 2

Then it must be true that...

When progesterone is deficient, estrogen's effect is largely unopposed 1 0 2

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Argument #af5ec00f 1 0 2

If it is true that...

When progesterone is deficient, estrogen's effect is largely unopposed 1 0 2

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When both thyroid and progesterone are deficient, even fat cells synthesize estrogen 1 0 2

Then it must be true that...

Alzheimer-type dementia is different from other dementias, but it overlaps with them, and with age-related and stress-related changes in other organs 1 0 2

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If it is true that...

When progesterone is deficient, estrogen's effect is largely unopposed 1 0 2

Then it must be true that...

When both thyroid and progesterone are deficient, even fat cells synthesize estrogen 1 0 2

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All maladies caused by estrogen excess develop in the same way that it interferes with pregnancy, by driving the tissue to require more energy and oxygen than can be delivered to it 1 0 2 Progesterone, by increasing oxidative efficiency, opposes this "angiogenic" (neovascularization) effect of estrogen 1 0 2 Estrogen excess prevents the increase of stroke volume as the speed increases, but progesterone increases the stroke volume as the heart accelerates 1 0 2 Estrogen directly lowers the temperature, while progesterone raises the temperature 1 0 2 Progesterone is both an anticatabolic hormone and an antiestrogenic hormone, protecting the functional systems from atrophy 1 0 2 Progesterone is probably the most perfect antiestrogenic hormone, and therefore an anti-stress and anti-aging hormone 1 0 2 The absence of bright light can create a progesterone deficiency and leave estrogen and prolactin unopposed 1 0 2 Thyroid normalizes hormones, increasing progesterone and decreasing estrogen, which are needed for full-term gestation 1 0 1 When both thyroid and progesterone are deficient, even fat cells synthesize estrogen 1 0 2 Pregnenolone and progesterone deficiency causes memory loss, destabilization of nerve cells, failure of myelin formation, and excess cortisol synthesis 1 0 2