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Wild Yam Cream for Menopause: Why Diosgenin Doesn't Become Progesterone in Humans
Wild yam (Dioscorea villosa) cream and capsules are sold to perimenopausal and menopausal women as "natural progesterone," premised on the idea that the plant steroid diosgenin will be converted by the body into bioidentical progesterone.…