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DHEA

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DHEA dehydroepiandrosterone.
DHEA
abbr.
dehydroepiandrosterone

DHEA,
n dehydroepiandrosterone, a hormone precursor, exists naturally in yams. Claimed to enhance immunity, memory, and neural functioning; hamper osteoporosis; combat atherosclerosis, hyperglycemia, and cancer. Currently being researched as a treatment for depression, arthritis, asthma, lupus erythematosus, and fraility in the elderly. Not for pregnant or nursing women, children, or patients with breast, uterine, prostate, or ovarian cancers or prostate enlargement; can cause irregular heartbeats, insomnia, anxiety, acne.

DHEA
Dehydroepiandrosterone, see there

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Q. Is DHEA supplement beneficial, if so to what extent? I am an athlete and a high school student. I gain extra fat during exam time and it becomes difficult to shed them easily. Is DHEA supplement beneficial, if so to what extent?

A. I just watched an episode of Dr. G medical examiner in which a woman died from cardiac arrythmias associated with DHEA use. I would be extremely careful. Also most people produce their own DHEA until their 30's when level start to decrease, it wouldn't make sense for you to take a supplement when you're so young your body is still making its own.

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Thereafter, all participants received 50 mg per day of DHEA for an additional year.
DHEA LEVELS PREDICT DEATH FROM CVD IN OLDER MEN A Dr.
The Orlando Sentinel reported that Lewis was taking nutritional supplements and that one contained the banned steroid DHEA, or Dehydroepiandrosterone, a chemical produced naturally in the body but also common in supplements that boosts the testosterone level.
 
 
 
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