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well-known study (known as the DHEAge study) was that DHEA supplementation greatly improved the color, tone, thickness, and hydration of the subjects’ skin (
see
University of Maryland Medical Center ). DHEA is known as
the
antiaging hormone.
It is important that perimenopausal women understand DHEA, and not just because of its skin benefits. This hormone peaks between the ages of twenty-three and thirty and then begins to drop off. By the time you are fifty you have only a fraction of the DHEA you had in your late twenties. This drop-off parallels the general decline in your health and vitality as you age. Stress accelerates the natural decline of DHEA levels.
What’s interesting about DHEA is that it can help the levels of other sex hormones, thus providing many women with the boost they need to replace hormones slowly being lost to aging. Recentscientific evidence confirms that restoring DHEA to youthful levels may help safely boost estrogen and testosterone levels by a small amount (
see
University of Maryland Medical Center and its supporting research). Bonus: this one is affordable for everyone and the benefits are far-reaching. It is one of the few “legal” hormones you can purchase with or without a prescription.
DHEA is a relatively unknown hormone to the general population, yet it is remarkable in all aspects of its effectiveness. I asked Bill Faloon, the founder of the Life Extension Foundation, a nonprofit organization over thirty-three years old dedicated to health and well-being, to share with me some of his organization’s research on DHEA. Life Extension is responsible for bringing this hormone to the United States and making it legal, which was no easy feat. The information that follows encapsulates the highlights of what he told me.
There are many studies that substantiate the benefits of DHEA. Research supports DHEA’s critical role in:
• Alleviating depression
• Preventing atherosclerosis
• Increasing bone mass
• Slowing osteoporosis
• Improving insulin resistance
• Hastening wound healing
In perimenopausal women, normal DHEA levels stimulate adequate production of a substance called insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1), which maintains new bone formation. Healthy DHEA levels also suppress production of interleukin-6, an inflammatory cytokine that causes excessive bone breakdown. DHEA’s suppression of interleukin-6 helps prevent bone loss and chronic inflammatory disorders.
Perimenopausal and older women should monitor their levels through annual blood testing (you can test more often if needed). Your objective is to be on the high side of normal, which for women is between 250 and 380 ug/dL of blood.
If DHEA blood levels are below the optimal range, this tells you it’s time to begin supplementation. After three to six weeks of DHEA supplementation, a blood test is suggested to assess DHEA levels and adjust dosage. Individuals with existing hormone-sensitive cancers should talk with their doctors before using DHEA. With proper monitoring DHEA replacement therapy is a very safe and extraordinarily effective antiaging therapy for most people. Individuals with cancer, though, are an area of potential concern. This is why the use of any hormone should be monitored by a qualified doctor.
Oxytocin—the Sex/Love Hormone
Often as we experience hormonal decline we not only suffer from estrogen deficiency but also become deficient in oxytocin. Estrogen has profound effects upon oxytocin in the brain (
see
McCarthy ). When this happens, you experience a feeling of being cut off from others; it’s an isolated, lonely feeling.
Oxytocin is one of the newer discovered hormones, the “cuddle” hormone that we associate with pregnancy. It is given to women during childbirth to induce labor. It also is produced by nursing mothers, which helps during this busy and amazing time to allow a mom to relax and feel loving toward her child rather than stressed. According to Dr.
see
University of Maryland Medical Center ). DHEA is known as
the
antiaging hormone.
It is important that perimenopausal women understand DHEA, and not just because of its skin benefits. This hormone peaks between the ages of twenty-three and thirty and then begins to drop off. By the time you are fifty you have only a fraction of the DHEA you had in your late twenties. This drop-off parallels the general decline in your health and vitality as you age. Stress accelerates the natural decline of DHEA levels.
What’s interesting about DHEA is that it can help the levels of other sex hormones, thus providing many women with the boost they need to replace hormones slowly being lost to aging. Recentscientific evidence confirms that restoring DHEA to youthful levels may help safely boost estrogen and testosterone levels by a small amount (
see
University of Maryland Medical Center and its supporting research). Bonus: this one is affordable for everyone and the benefits are far-reaching. It is one of the few “legal” hormones you can purchase with or without a prescription.
DHEA is a relatively unknown hormone to the general population, yet it is remarkable in all aspects of its effectiveness. I asked Bill Faloon, the founder of the Life Extension Foundation, a nonprofit organization over thirty-three years old dedicated to health and well-being, to share with me some of his organization’s research on DHEA. Life Extension is responsible for bringing this hormone to the United States and making it legal, which was no easy feat. The information that follows encapsulates the highlights of what he told me.
There are many studies that substantiate the benefits of DHEA. Research supports DHEA’s critical role in:
• Alleviating depression
• Preventing atherosclerosis
• Increasing bone mass
• Slowing osteoporosis
• Improving insulin resistance
• Hastening wound healing
In perimenopausal women, normal DHEA levels stimulate adequate production of a substance called insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1), which maintains new bone formation. Healthy DHEA levels also suppress production of interleukin-6, an inflammatory cytokine that causes excessive bone breakdown. DHEA’s suppression of interleukin-6 helps prevent bone loss and chronic inflammatory disorders.
Perimenopausal and older women should monitor their levels through annual blood testing (you can test more often if needed). Your objective is to be on the high side of normal, which for women is between 250 and 380 ug/dL of blood.
If DHEA blood levels are below the optimal range, this tells you it’s time to begin supplementation. After three to six weeks of DHEA supplementation, a blood test is suggested to assess DHEA levels and adjust dosage. Individuals with existing hormone-sensitive cancers should talk with their doctors before using DHEA. With proper monitoring DHEA replacement therapy is a very safe and extraordinarily effective antiaging therapy for most people. Individuals with cancer, though, are an area of potential concern. This is why the use of any hormone should be monitored by a qualified doctor.
Oxytocin—the Sex/Love Hormone
Often as we experience hormonal decline we not only suffer from estrogen deficiency but also become deficient in oxytocin. Estrogen has profound effects upon oxytocin in the brain (
see
McCarthy ). When this happens, you experience a feeling of being cut off from others; it’s an isolated, lonely feeling.
Oxytocin is one of the newer discovered hormones, the “cuddle” hormone that we associate with pregnancy. It is given to women during childbirth to induce labor. It also is produced by nursing mothers, which helps during this busy and amazing time to allow a mom to relax and feel loving toward her child rather than stressed. According to Dr.
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