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Estrogen went up more than with the dummy pill.
Rao et al., Phytotherapy Research, 2015
Puberty grew it. Pregnancy grows it again. An implant just sits behind it. So what does the herb nurses hand new moms do to the hormone that grew it?
Maybe you’ve stuffed a bra. Maybe you skip fitted tops, or you’ve priced out implants at 1am and closed the tab.
Then you heard about fenugreek, the herb nurses hand to new moms for milk. And you wondered what a milk herb has to do with you.
Here are straight answers in plain words. It starts with what your breasts are made of.
PART 1 OF 3 · YOUR BREASTS
For most women, fat makes up most of the size. The milk glands are the part that changes with your hormones. Doctors call them glandular tissue.
Your milk glands respond to your hormones your whole life. That’s why your breasts:
Feel fuller before your period
Grow in puberty, then again in pregnancy
Change after breastfeeding and around menopause
An implant works another way. It sits behind your tissue and adds size. Your own tissue stays the same. That’s the left side of the drawing at the top.
PART 2 OF 3 · THE MILK-SUPPLY HERB
Fenugreek is a small seed. You may have eaten it in curry. For centuries, new moms have taken it to make more milk, and many nurses and lactation consultants still suggest it.
Does it work for milk? The U.S. National Institutes of Health says the studies are mixed. Some found more milk. Some found no change.
Because of what’s inside the seed. Fenugreek has plant compounds, like diosgenin, that act a little like estrogen in lab tests. Estrogen is one of the hormones your milk glands respond to.
The seed
The same fenugreek that’s in milk-supply teas.
Plant compounds
They act a little like estrogen in lab tests.
Your own estrogen
It went up in three studies of women. Here they are.
PART 3 OF 3 · THE STUDIES
Estrogen is the main hormone that grew your breasts in puberty. In three small studies, women took a fenugreek seed extract or a dummy pill, without knowing which. Here’s what happened to their estrogen.
IN WOMEN · FENUGREEK VS. A DUMMY PILL
Estrogen went up more than with the dummy pill.
Rao et al., Phytotherapy Research, 2015
Estrogen rose about 21% on average, more than with the dummy pill.
Khanna et al., Clinical Phytoscience, 2021
Estrogen went up, even after menopause.
Begum et al., Phytotherapy Research, 2016
IN THE LAB · A COMPOUND FOUND IN FENUGREEK
Diosgenin grew new milk ducts in mice that made almost no estrogen of their own.
Aradhana et al., Indian Journal of Experimental Biology, 1992
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QUESTIONS WOMEN ASK US
No. It’s a seed, in the same plant family as peas and beans. It has plant compounds that act a little like estrogen in lab tests.
3 servings a day with food. On the Buy 3, Get 3 Free plan, it’s 6 servings a day.
The studies checked women at 6 weeks, 8 weeks and 90 days. Take it every day so you give it a fair try.
Most people take fenugreek without problems. The most common side effects are an upset stomach and a maple-syrup smell in sweat. Don’t take it if you’re pregnant or trying. Ask your doctor first if you’ve had breast cancer or another hormone-sensitive condition, take diabetes medicine or a blood thinner, are breastfeeding, or are allergic to peanuts or chickpeas.
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THE SHORT VERSION
The herb nurses hand to new moms for milk.
It raised women’s estrogen in three small studies.
30 days, or your money back.