DHEA warning

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Hi All,

 

Have not been able to keep up with reading all the posts but the discussion

on

DHEA caught my eye. About 10 years ago I met a scientist by the name of

Raymond

Peat, who had done extensive research on hormones and anti-aging and is

actually the 'forefather'

who discovered Natural Progesterone. I learned of Dhea from Ray and at times

use a solution of it dissovled in Vit. E combined with equal parts olive

oil,on some clients. I call it my 'magic potion' as it seems to miraculously

take away pain in many instances, arthritis, bursitis,tendonitis, etc.and

at times, heal, but I also learned the following from Ray.

This is an excerpt from something he wrote on DHEA.

 

Young people produce about 12 - 15 milligrams of Dhea per day, and that

amount

decreases by about 2 mg. per day for every decade after the age of 30. This

is one of the reasons that young people eat more without getting fat, and

tolerate cold weather better: DHEA, like the thyroid hormone, increases our

heat production and ability to burn calories. At the age of 50, about 4 mg.

of DHEA per day will usually restore the level of DHEA in the blood, to a

youthful level. It is important to avoid taking more than is needed, since

most people (especially if deficient in progesterone, pregnenolone, or

thyroid) can turn the excess into estrogen or testosterone, and large

amounts of those sex hormones can disturb the function of the thymus gland

and the liver.

PEOPLE WHO HAVE TAKEN AN EXCESS OF DHEA HAVE BEEN FOUND TO HAVE ABNORMALLY

HIGH ESTROGEN LEVELS, AND THIS CAN CAUSE THE LIVER TO ENLARGE AND THE THYMUS

TO SHRINK.

One study has found that the only hormone abnormality in a group of

Alzheimers patients' brains was an excess of DHEA. In cell culture, DHEA can

cause changes in glial cells resembling those seen in the aging brain. These

observations suggest that DHEA should be used with caution. Supplements of

pregnenolone and thyroid seem to be the safest way to optimize DHEA

production.

 

Love,

~jess