If it is true that...

Changes of aging are also the result of complex interactions between organisms and their environment rather than some genetic program

and

Removal of an animal's pituitary or its equivalent optic gland in the case of an octopus, radically extends the animal's lifespan

and

The catabolic, death-inducing hormone is produced by the ovary, under the influence of the optic gland's gonadotropins

Then it must be true that...

Progesterone is both an anticatabolic hormone and an antiestrogenic hormone, protecting the functional systems from atrophy