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Progesterone, not estrogen, is the coronary protection factor of women.

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In the 1940s, around the time that Hans Selye was reporting that estrogen causes shock, and that progesterone protects against many stress-related problems, the anthropologist Ashley Montague published The Natural Superiority of Women. Later, as I looked at the history of endocrine research, it seemed apparent that progesterone was responsible for many of the biological advantages of females, such as a longer average life-span, while testosterone was responsible for men’s advantage in muscular strength. Although evidence of estrogen’s toxicity had been accumulating for decades, pharmaceutical promotion was finding hundreds of things to treat with estrogen, which they called “the female hormone.” By the 1940s, it was known to produce excessive blood clotting, miscarriage, cancer, age-like changes in connective tissue, premenstrual syndrome, varicose veins, orthostatic hypotension, etc., but, as Mark Twain said, a lie can run around the world before the truth gets its boots on. After the

Progesterone, not estrogen, is the coronary protection factor of women. Home Articles About Ray Peat Products Art Gallery Books/Newsletter Contact --> Links --> Loading --> [an error occurred while processing this directive] RayPeat.com ©2006-2025 Ray Peat and Ray Peat Publishing All Rights Reserved --> A R T I C L E Progesterone, not estrogen, is the coronary protection factor of women. In the 1940s, around the time that Hans Selye was reporting that estrogen causes shock, and that progesterone protects against many stress-related problems, the anthropologist Ashley Montague published Th

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