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DHEA – The Fountain of Youth Hormone

November 4, 2016 by kbarnes

It’s been called the fountain of youth hormone, and despite all the hype about DHEA (dehydroepiandrosterone), research shows healthy DHEA levels, and maybe DHEA supplements could actually be a part of the equation to help you create a long, healthy life.

We do know that the human body’s natural production of DHEA deteriorates as we age. “In fact, DHEA levels may fall by as much as 90 percent between the ages of 20 and 90,” says Allen Josephs, M.D., author of Natural Cures.

Think of it like a wind-up toy running down. It’s an apt comparison, since as DHEA levels fall, energy levels decrease and we begin to experience the fatigue, aches and [pains and general lack of energy many of us associate with “just getting older.”

What we know

DHEA is manufactured by the adrenal glands, those walnut sized glands that sit on top of the kidneys and do so many things, including regulating our responses to stress. It’s also produced by the skin and brain and, in men, the prostate gland, in smaller amounts.

The primary sex glands, the ovaries or the testes do not produce DHEA, but when DHEA is secreted into the bloodstream in its sulfate form (DHEAS), it helps your body produce estrogen and/or testosterone as needed.

Of course, none of us will live forever, but there is compelling evidence that people with the highest DHEA levels in their blood have lower death rates and that it can reduce the risks of heart disease, cancer and obesity, all risk factors in an early death.