DHEA?

antihero

antihero

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heres the info ive gathered on it so far:


DHEA (dehydroepiandrosterone) is a natural, intermediate steroid hormone produced in our body by the adrenal glands. DHEA is called "mother of hormones", or prohormone because DHEA is further converted to generate 50 other essential hormones. For example, DHEA is converted to androgens (male hormones) or estrogens (female hormones) in the cells. DHEA is the most abundant hormone in our blood, and adequate blood DHEA level is critical for many vital hormonal and metabolic functions of our body.
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but what i dont get is this:

if it changes to androgens and estrogens, then isnt it kinda pointless?
if it is a precursor to hormones, why wasnt it also banned back in Jan?
at what age would DHEA be purposefull for someone to use?
would it have a negative effect on someone under 21? (not that i am considering using)
 
Androstenedione is a hormone that is produced in the adrenal glands, ovaries, and testes, Androstenedione is converted from DHEA and It becomes testosterone and estrogen. People use androstenedione to build muscle and increase strength because it is believed to increase testosterone levels, but, being a hormone, they can throw your whole hormonal balance off, which can cause unpredictable side effects, its also been known to increase estrogen levels. A lot of the DHEA is used for osteoporosis prevention, failure of the adrenal glands, and for the disease lupus. Its said to improve sexual function in men and women and help with depression. Now we use it cause we believe that like phosphatidylserine, DHEA will suppress cortisol, since cortisol increases with heavy exercise and causes muscle tissue breakdown. Your body makes its own DHEA, it is at its highest point when you are in your 20s and then begins to drop after that. By the age of 60, we are producing as little as 5% of the DHEA we produced when we were 20. The DHEA supplements you buy in the store are not natural, they are manufactured synthetically from soybeans. Its also known that DHEA may decrease the levels of HDL, and cause acne and male pattern hair growth in women, but so far the jury is still out on this compound...
 
the part that i still dont get is if DHEA is a precursor to andro, and andro was banned, shouldnt DHEA be banned too?
 
They are looking into banning it actually.

I use it for my adrenal issues as I have low dhea. Mine is mixed with test. I see absolutely no reason for anyone under 21 to use it though. Testosterone also changes to estradiol, which is an estrogen.

Pathway for DHEA is:

DHEA-ANDROSTENEDIOL-ANDROSTENEDIONE- TESTOSTERONE-ESTRONE-ESTRADIOL

For test:

DHEA, androstenediol and androstenedione are testosterone precursors.

Pregnenolone and progesterone (and their "17- hydroxy" metabolites) are precursors to testosterone.
 
I am assuming that since DHEA is used by our intelligent bodies, that the body would make whatever it thinks it needs... However I do not know that to be true. If it was the case that might be a good reason to supplement DHEA and not androstenediol. Any ideas?

It sounds like this is something that should be supplemented in us old guys.

SuperChicken1
 
SuperChicken1 said:
I am assuming that since DHEA is used by our intelligent bodies, that the body would make whatever it thinks it needs... However I do not know that to be true. If it was the case that might be a good reason to supplement DHEA and not androstenediol. Any ideas?

It sounds like this is something that should be supplemented in us old guys.

SuperChicken1
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My understanding is that pregnenolone is the only intermediate in the synthesis of all steroid hormones. And yes "old guys" would benefit from DHEA as it starts to taper off at about 25.
 
Thank you Bellina - for the response and for the beautiful avatar!

SuperChicken1
 
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