This is what they DON’T want you to know about DHEA…
—-Important Message—-
This is the REAL reason why the “Biggest Loser” got canceled
Remember that TV show, the Biggest Loser, where people would compete to lose weight?
It was incredibly popular…then suddenly one of the most popular shows on TV was…
…canceled????
Why’d they cancel an incredibly popular show?
It’s a fascinating story…about what happened to the contestants AFTER they were on the show…
Think about it — why hasn’t there ever been a “Biggest Loser” reunion?
Well I’ll tell you why — watch this…
———-
Are DHEA supplements really safe for men?
DHEA can protect against all sorts of degenerative diseases, physical trauma, and even intestinal endotoxins produced in the gut.
An important youth-associated substance on its own, it’s a source material for testosterone and DHT – but also for estrogen.
For guys, we want to keep those hormone levels high to stay youthful and vital…
Except for estrogen, that is.
Balancing these hormones is tricky…
But it can be done to great effect.
Circulating DHEA declines with age by a couple of percentage points every year after age 39 – and probably earlier.
In some countries, DHEA is an over-the-counter supplement…
In some places, it is not.
Regardless of whether you want to raise your DHEA naturally or with supplementation, you need to know what you’re doing with DHEA.
Improper dosing of DHEA moves things in the wrong direction.
In this study, scientists from Finnish and French universities looked at human muscle fibers exposed to DHEA.
The experiment showed that exposure to DHEA significantly increased testosterone synthesis.
Pass the DHEA?
Hold on… Not so fast.
The experiment showed that DHEA significantly increased testosterone synthesis at some concentrations.
However, at higher concentrations it increased estrogenic activity as measured by aromatase gene expression.
Aromatase is also called estrogen synthase.
It is the enzyme that converts androstenedione and testosterone to estrogens…
BAD news.
“Testosterone was significantly increased. However aromatase was significantly upregulated after exposure to the higher dose of DHEA”
The right amount of DHEA delivered to these muscle fibers increases testosterone…
But too much and you’ll likely increase the synthesis of estrogen.
Almost everyone in dosing DHEA incorrectly
It’s not just dose that matters either.
The environment is key.
This human study looked at 30 healthy volunteers participating in stress-lowering techniques.
It then compared their saliva DHEA/DHEAS and cortisol levels.
DHEAS is the storage form of DHEA. (That’s an over-simplification, but it will do for the purpose of this article.)
The study used a method called heart rate variability feedback to lower stress, but the theory will hold for other stress-lowering interventions.
What they found is astonishing.
Decreasing stress led to a 100% increase in DHEA/DHEAS and a 23% decrease in cortisol in the participants.
These are huge numbers!
Double your circulating DHEA without supplementation while lowering cortisol, that’s amazing.
Amazing things are possible with lifestyle changes, once you have the right approach.
“Managing perceptions and emotions can substantially alter the cortisol/DHEA balance… These results may have considerable implications for a number of chronic diseases.”
Hormones must be balanced, because a hormone that otherwise might be useful can lead to negative downstream effects if other factors are not taken into account.
And that includes negative downstream effects such as estrogen.
It goes both ways – estrogen also affects DHEA.
In this human study, scientists at Tokushima University in Japan looked at the effect of estrogen on DHEAS.
The researchers gave two groups of women (42 in total) estrogen either orally or topically.
As the levels of estrogen rose, the levels of DHEAs decreased.
They tested hormone levels after three months, so I think we can assume this wasn’t a short-term aberration.
“Clinically, DHEAS insufficiency was shown to be associated with physical disability, depressive symptoms, and low libido.”
“The changes in circulating DHEAS were related to even a slight change in estrogen.”
I’m not surprised… It’s all interrelated.
All these hormones are inputs and outputs in the metabolic routing of the organism.
They all affect each other and must be considered as a larger picture.
If your cell is getting strong signals from estrogen or cortisol, then throwing more DHEA into the mix can cause havoc.
That stress we talked about… It isn’t all in your head.
At the root level, stress is any demand from the environment that the cell cannot fulfill.
When you understand that, these parts all fit together.
—-Important Message From Our Sponsor—-
THIS increased my testosterone levels by 430 ng/dl – to almost 1000 — in just 20 days!
Ever feel like you’re exhausted all the time?
Like you get out of breath quickly and have no energy to workout?
Have you ever woken up to no morning wood…
… two, three or even six times a week?
Well, until just a few weeks ago, that was me.
I felt so exhausted at the gym… and my libido had all but disappeared…
Then I discovered this weird yet safe and simple male health marvel…
And in just 20 short days…THIS male vitality breakthrough unleashed a flood of male sex hormones throughout my body…
And my blood levels of testosterone jumped from 276 ng/dl to 706 ng/dl…
A 162% increase!
———-