Foods Containing Progesterone

Progesterone is an animal hormone responsible for the female menstrual cycle and it plays a huge role in fertility and conception. There are only a few sources of progesterone in foods, but increasing progesterone levels have been noted to have a positive effect on the ability to conceive and carry a fetus.

Wild Yams

• Wild yams are full of natural progesterone. They can be eaten like potatoes and also found in topical creams.

Milk Products

• Milk products are rich in progesterone due to the fact that dairy cows have progesterone surges from carrying their calves.

Beef

• Beef can have smaller levels of progesterone, but may increase human progesterone levels when it is eaten on a regular basis.

Chicken

• Chicken contains levels of progesterone, especially in the white meat.

Eggs

• Eggs have higher levels of progesterone in the yolk of the egg.