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305// Low Progesterone Causes: 5 Tests to Find Yours

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She breaks inflammation into psychological, physical, and biochemical stressors tied to low progesterone.

1. The Better Belly Podcast episode on low progesterone centers on how progesterone symptoms connect to the show’s “real root cause” series. 2. Alison Jordan, a functional medicine practitioner and the host of Better Belly Podcast, frames the topic around helping clients with gut, hormone, skin, sleep, and brain concerns. 3. The episode asks what low progesterone is really signaling, instead of treating the hormone number as the final explanation. 4. Alison names insomnia, anxiety, infertility, skipped periods, light periods, and diarrhea as symptoms that can show up when progesterone is low. 5. She says progesterone supports pregnancy, calmness, and slower digestion, which is why sleep and bowel changes can appear together. 6. Alison argues that low progesterone is “not a root cause” and says its summary cause is inflammation. 7. She says birth control, IUDs, HRT, and natural progesterone support may miss the mark if they do not address the cause. 8. The episode introduces a three-part “stress triangle” made of psychological stress, physical stress, and biochemical stress. 9. Psychological stress examples include financial pressure, relational strain, career stress, and stress from poor health. 10. Physical stress examples include poor sleep, surgery, running a marathon, giving birth, a broken leg, and a car accident. 11. Alison says traumatic brain injuries and concussions can correlate with changes in the microbiome, which she uses as an example of physical stress affecting the whole body. 12. Biochemical stress examples include low stomach acid, poor detox, pathogens like mold and H. pylori, toxins like copper and uranium, nutrient deficiencies, and food sensitivities. 13. She says inflammation can come from any of the three stress categories and that unresolved inflammation is a major issue. 14. Alison says there is no one protocol for low progesterone because different people have different combinations of stressors underneath it. 15. She recommends testing to find those combinations rather than assuming progesterone itself is the only problem. 16. The tests she names are GI Map, OAT, the baking soda test, HTMA, and the Zoomer food sensitivity test. 17. Alison describes her style as explanatory and repetitive by design, with examples, recaps, and visual-guide references throughout. 18. The episode also includes promotional segments for the BetterBelly Blueprint, the root visual guide, and a giveaway tied to the podcast’s 300-episode milestone. 19. People dealing with low progesterone symptoms and multiple unresolved test results would likely benefit from this episode. 20. People wanting a short, purely clinical hormone overview without coaching language may skip it.

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