[chrishoney]

The prolactin that is required for lactation, which is produced by the pituitary gland, can cause it to become enlarged which exerts pressure on the optic nerves which is how the vision impairment is caused. Because genetic males don't have a reliable way to gauge how much prolactin is being produced, or induced into production by their herbal/other program, there is the highly increased risk.

I'm sorry for dumbing things down in my original post. I'll make sure to reference full medical publication excerpts in my posts in the future.

Fenugreek stimulates the production of prolactin, just in case you didn't already know, as well as having progesterone and phytoestrogens. Which readily explains why some males that take a measured dose of the seeds on a daily basis begin lactation. Granted their production isn't enormous, a few drops or a teaspoon, without further stimulation.

Fun fact about prolactin: it is one of the hormones responsible for the development of breasts.

Sorry, but the prolactin does NOT cause enlargement of the pituitary gland with subsequent pressure on the optic nerves. The prolactinoma grows abnormally and can sometimes press on the optic nerves. The prolactinoma causes excessive secretion of prolactin, NOT the other way around. Thus lactation DOES NOT cause blindness as you asserted in your original post.

Also, no plant source has progesterone in it. You can also look that up on www.scholar.google.com. The human body lacks the enzymes necessary to create progesterone from the precursors in fenugreek, soy, wild yam or any other raw material that is used to create bioidentical progesterone in a lab. It is a multistep process that DOES NOT happen in the human body. It won't matter how much WY, FG, soy or anything else you ingest, you won't increase progesterone in the males.

I don't care if you reference medical texts or not, but I do care when people repeat mistruths that they have heard, or more likely misheard, on the internet. Just do a little fact checking before making such statements that lactating carries the risk of going blind. That is just flat out wrong.