Saw Palmetto Side Effects

Saw Palmetto Benefits

I have to be really honest here. I did a lot of research to see what saw palmetto can do for women since a lot of breast enhancer pills contain it. All the sites mentioned the wonderful saw palmetto benefits, and of course it was mentioned that it is all safe.

Also there are many sites that claims saw palmetto will help to enlarge breasts. To tell you the truth, I just can not understand how. And of course no scientific researches were done.

One thing is for sure. Saw palmetto might be good to reduce elevated androgens in a person’s body.

Androgens can be called as the “male hormones”. One of main male hormone is testosterone. Women have testosterone as well. It is produced by the ovaries, adrenal glands and fat cells. Actually male hormones have a really important rule in women’s body. Testosterone help us grow at puberty and stabilizes sex drive.

Androgens assist to estrogen synthesis. My understanding if testosterone elevates, so does estrogen level. And vice versa. If testosterone decreases, estrogen will decrease as well. Sometimes women have too much of testosterone in their body.

Signs of high level of testosterone can be:

acne,
excess hair growth,
absent menstrual period,
infertility,
blood sugar disorder.

All these symptoms can only be related to testosterone if hormone test is performed.

Men who had elevated testosterone level and had prostate problem supposedly succeeded taking saw palmetto to reduce swelling and get rid of pain.

It was reported that some of these men were experiencing breast growth and tenderness. But please! That doesn’t mean if saw palmetto is added to breast enlarger pills, it will increase women breast size! It has to act the opposite!

Saw palmetto is anti androgenic. It means it will reduce testosterone is your body and probably estrogen as well. If you have to much testosterone, you might find is great. If you have acne, you might see some benefits. BUT! Lower testosterone and lower estrogens at the same time will not help you to grow breasts.

If you start to take saw palmetto and you are already have low androgens level, you might see some serious saw palmetto side effects, like:

Low interest and desire in sex,
Fatigue,
"Not feeling well" sensation.

You might think this is nothing, I can take that risk! Well, think twice. Fatigue can be quite severe!

If you take birth control pills, which are known to reduce hormones (estrogens, testosterone, progesterone) you already have low hormone levels. If you add saw palmetto, I think you will reduce them even more. If you are experiencing fatigue, low libido, to talk to your doctor! Your doctor should be able to tell you how low hormone level will effect you.

I know, if you have small breasts you might be desperate to try any herbs and herb combinations to make your breasts bigger. You are ready to buy. But please! Check your hormone level before you start. The seller of these pills will recommend taking large dose and if your hormones are not balanced I believe that saw palmetto for women can be quite unpleasant.

If you think saw palmetto side effects are bad enough and not worth to try the risk, check out the breast pill review page what contains saw palmetto.