The effectiveness of any therapy, including progesterone therapy, will be assisted or compromised by good or bad nutrition. Of all the environmental poisons bad food is the easiest to avoid. The human organism responds to poisons in the the same way as it does to any stress - it shows symptoms of disease. The first rule of good nutrition therefor is to avoid bad food, the second is to consume good food. Western society in particular is largely guilty of ignoring this trite observation. The following is a guide to good nutrition presented to assist those seeking to recover from disease, avoid disease and persue good health.

Hans Selye wrote the first definitive study on stress. He identified three progressive stages in the bodies' reaction to it :

Stage 1 - Alarm reaction

Restlessness, nervousness, jitters and other non-specific and non-directed signs of agitation, all caused by too much adrenaline in the system.

Stage 2 - Resistance

The body uses its minor resources to deal with the stress. If they are sufficient, it recovers.

Stage 3 - Exhaustion

If the stress is greater than the adaptive resources then exhaustion occurs. Additional stress may kill. Organ changes in this stage are enlarged stress fighting glands (the adrenals) and atrophied immune system glands (the lymph and thymus). The diseases / symptoms which occur resemble those of essential fatty acid deficiency and also modern degenerative diseases, they are:

• high blood pressure
• water retention
• arthritis
• heart enlargement
• strokes
• ulcers
• kidney disease
• eclampsia and toxemia of pregnancy
• allergies
• diabetes
• neurological problems
• cancer