subject: Taking Dhea [print this page] Some people are now using dhea as an inexpensive alternative to growth hormone. It costs as little as $30.00 for a one-month supply of 100 milligram capsules. It has not been shown to have as dramatic an age reversal effect as Growth Hormone and it has yet to be proven in long term human studies. It is a food additive, but the FDA has approved it by prescription only, but now you can get it over the counter, and it is freely available at most health food stores and drugstores.
Since it can metabolize to estrogen and testosterone in the blood, the same precautions apply as of those hormones. It should not be taken by anyone with a history of prostate or ovarian cancer, Dosages commonly range between 25 and 150 milligrams, but it is best to start at the low dose end of about 25 to 50 milligrams per day and raise the dosage later if needed. In human studies, 50 milligrams was enough to bring dhea up to youthful levels, for best results, take in divided doses three of four times a day.
Have your Dhea levels measured every tow to three months. Since taking too much dhea can turn off your own internal production you can try taking it every other day and alternating with a dhea precursor, such as dioscorea, of wild yam capsules.
This is another of the wunderkind hormones that has captured the public imagination. Even people who are not into anti aging are popping it for sleeping and jet lag. It is one of the most potent antioxidants yet discovered, an immune booster, cancer fighter, heart helper, potential Aids therapy, and mood elevator.A ph. D, of the naval Medical research Institute in bethesda, Maryland, speculates that growth hormone may hold the key to why melatonin supplements have such a widespread anti aging effect.
This remains theory, he says, but the fall in melatonin in the brain triggers puberty. As you go through puberty, your growth hormone levels start to fall. So it stand to reason that these things are connected. It may be that the reason that melatonin is good is that by putting it back you can stimulate growth hormone release. In fact, so close is the relationship between the two hormone that a prominent researcher in the field, advises taking melatonin as a cheap and easy way to increase growth hormone.
