What is  Dehydroepiandrosterone  and is it safe for a woman to take??
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All these quick-fixes for fat reminded us of DHEA, a wonder compound of the 1990s. DHEA (dehydroepiandrosterone) was supposed to be the Vise Grips of drugs. snake oil?Like the all-powerful super-pliers, it was expected to solve problems yet undiscovered. It was (to overstate it slightly) the cure for which there was no unsusceptible disease.\n\nIn studies over the past 10 years, this naturally occurring hormone prevented cancer and helped fight viruses, mostly in rodents. It restored vitality and libido to the aged and happiness to the depressed, and even slowed the tentacles of Alzheimer's disease. It made vaccines more effective in the elderly, and lowered bad (LDL) cholesterol, thus presumably protecting the heart and arteries.\n\nJust when we began hoping that DHEA would fight flab and change the oil in the old Chevy... along came evidence that DHEA could increase insulin sensitivity, a primary cause of adult-onset diabetes. This blood-sugar disorder affects about 14 million Americans, according to the American Diabetes Association.\n\nAnd it does seem that large doses of DHEA can help fight the bulge -- at least if you're a dog. In a study to be published in Obesity Research, University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists Ilene Kurzman and Gregory MacEwen fed a group of dogs a low-fat, high-fiber diet. Half of the dogs -- chosen at random -- also got a high dose of DHEA, but their identity was not known to the researchers during the study.\n\nDHEA worked: while the control dogs lost 5.5 percent of excess body weight per month, the group treated with DHEA lost 10 percent, says Kurzman.\n\nMeet the cure-all\nBut long before these results were due for publication, DHEA had gained a reputation as a cure-all. After Food and Drug Administration regulations were changed in 1994, it began appearing on drug store shelves as a "dietary supplement."\n\nYet despite years of study and a great deal of new enthusiasm, DHEA is not something that can be recommended for controlling obesity, or much else either. "I would not recommend it for weight loss," says MacEwen, a professor of veterinary medicine who's studied DHEA for almost a decade. "When you look at the rodent studies, you see that they were feeding it at about 0.1 percent of total diet."\n\nfat cell That's a lot -- about 100 times the dose per kilogram of body weight in the pills at your drugstore. (Dietary supplement pills are formulated to restore the DHEA level to what's in the blood of a 30-year-old.)\n\nFurthermore, as MacEwen points out, most of the obesity research has been done in mice and rats. "But a rodent is not a small human, and DHEA may have a totally different effect in people." Specifically, rodents normally have much less DHEA than humans do, so they're not necessarily a good species to test the effects of supplements.\n\nWhat do we know about DHEA?\nIt's a natural hormone produced by the adrenal gland (that's the little critter hitchhiking on the kidney). The concentration peaks in humans about age 25 -- (need we add at the time of peak health and vitality? OK, we added it).\n\nFrom that peak, blood levels decline at about 2 percent per year, raising the prospect that the hormone's disappearance could be linked to all sorts of problems of aging.\n\nLike "not getting it" about cyber-electro-funk music? No. Like decreased immune function, heart attacks, and gaining weight.\n\nIt's not known whether DHEA is actually a hormone, or just a precursor ("raw material") for the hormones testosterone and estrogen. If it's a precursor, then taking supplements could be dangerous -- since estrogen and testosterone can both speed the development of cancers. Indeed, MacEwen says, the only side effect seen in his dog study was an increase in aggressiveness, as the dogs "tended to take on male characteristics toward other dogs." And that's a sign that DHEA is being
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Apparantly so. www.activemanukahoneyusa.com says that it is safe to be eaten/used by pregnant women. \n\nI'd really check with your GP though, just to be on the safe side. x
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Don't take it.  It's probably an oral contraceptive.  I think those can really f*ck men up.
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vitamine b-12 helps me alot.  i still mensturate, but the mood swings, night sweats are helped when i take my b-12.  you can go to your doctor and ask for a blood work up to see if you are menopausal or peri- menopausal.
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There certainly seems to be promise in the benefits of Human Growth Hormone boosters, such as DHEA, for slowing the aging process. The concern for many providers is that there hasn't been a lot of long-term studies, so the long-term health risks aren't really known. \n\nThe biggest fear is that younger people are taking DHEA to give them an edge in atheletics. There is some fear that DHEA, especially taken in high doses or to achieve abormally high blood levels, may increase the risk for a number of cancers.\n\nDHEA should only be taken by older people (40+). While it is probably OK to take low dosease of DHEA (less than 100 mg/day) without a doctor's involvement, ideally the goal should be to achieve optimal DHEA levels as measured by blood or saliva testing...optimal being defined as a healthy normal level typically seen in 35 year olds (regardless of the patient's age). Trying to achieve levels above that is potentially dangerous and should be discouraged, or only done under the supervision of a physician.
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I am slightly younger than you but have had a lot of success with Black Cohosh (a natural herb found in Health Food Stores).  Several ladies I work with tried it after me and they also had good success with it.  It is an OTC and does not appear to have any side effects.\nI started out taking 2 a day and increased to 6 a day before mine stopped.  I do not take hormones and if I stop taking Black Cohosh, my hot flashes return.
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Estrogen doesn't have much to do with it, testosterone is the "sex drive hormone" in both men and women.  Menopause reduces this hormone as well, but primarily the physical reason is the vagina no longer lubricates as it once did which in turn makes sexual intercourse uncomfortable.  Using a nice lube will get things sliding again the way they should, and in extreme cases there are "testosterone sprays" or "creams" that can be applied to the area (also known as "Female Viagra").  Any woman remotely interested in continuing her happy sex life after menopause is more than able to with just a bit more effort.
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OH MY! I'm sorry, but this news story has everything BACKWARDS!!!\n\nEstrogen is the hormone that stimulates cell growth, NOT progesterone. Progesterone causes cells to mature and die off.\nI think that the writer may have confused progesterone, the bioidentical hormone, with progestin - the synthetic hormone that DOES cause cancers.\n\n- HRT (estrogen supplement) is the cause of many breast cancers.\n- Progesterone is known to PROTECT women from female cancers.\n\nThis article is NUTS!!
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I don't know about a healthy pill, but green tea will increase your BMR (Basal Metabolism Rate).  There are over the counter drugs that you can take but it is unproven if they are are healthy called thermogenics.  Lipo-6 is suppose to be a good one. They speed up your resting HR and decrease appetite
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It all depends how long you were on contraceptives.  The longer you were, even if you came off it, the longer it will take for your body to find its hormonal and natural balance again.  The estrogene pill is the one that will give you that type of irregularity.  I take you were on those, specially if you are under 40.  The progesterone anticontraceptive wont give you that as it is a much milder drug, usually prescribed for females over 40s, when the risk of pregnancy is considerably lower.
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No it is not safe. There are a few that actually work, but if you read the "terms and conditions", which are printed as tiny as possible so that people wouldnt read them, you would discover that some of the contents of these pills cause blood thinning and often times cancer. Most of them also admit that their claims haven't been tested by the FDA.  "its natural, but are all natural things safe?". I hope this answers your question because i know how you feel.  Learn to love your size. Dont risk your life (and breasts) for anybody's opinion. Love yourself or no one else would. Wishing you all the best.
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I use to be like you. So much so that my boyfriend was afraid of me and he is the one that finally showed me on a calendar(he had been secretly charting my moods according to my cycle)that I was a crazy/dangerous woman particular times of the month.\n\nChanging my diet to healthier (you know the drill) and taking vitamins Brewers yeast shake, A-D combo, E400 IU, C 1000mg at least 1x per day (I usually did 2x am and pm)changed my whole life for the better.\n\nEven today, (20 yrs. later) if I go without vitamin supplements for a time, the crazy symptoms with my cycle start to return and now I am going into menapause.\n\nSo I am trying to tell you also that this won't just stop on its own. I've found I had to "fight for my womb"; it's health and it's "right" to exist.\n\nProcream Plus Natural Progesterone Cream by Eternally Fit has been my life saver now even without vitamin supplements (used it for 6 years). For I learned that those symptoms are due to Estrogen Dominance and will follow a woman thru the years of the different phases of her cycle and manifest as different "diseases", really bad cramps, heavy bleeding, fibroid tumors, endometriosis, mood swings, bad menopause experience etc..\n\nI have recommended ProCream Plus to friends of mine who are not into the vitamin thing and they too feel like they found a "lifeline".  I never leave home without it.\n\nIn addition, the product comes with an educational tape by a well known M.D. (who gets no $$ from the product).\n\nIn lay language he describes why we women go thru this, the root causes and how it is now indigenous to us as American women.  It is ear-opening but you find that you can't deny the truth of it.\n\nNote: DO NOT CONFUSE THIS WITH THE SYNTHETIC PROGESTERONE HORMONE TREATMENTS M.D.'s give (which usually augment women's health problems.)\n\nGod bless!
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http://www.lef.org/protocols/prtcl-002a.shtml#dhea\n\nI believe in unrefined seas salt. I also found this article verifies what you are saying:\nhttp://www.wholisticresearch.com/info/artshow.php3?artid=78
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yes it is safe  for the followig reasons\na)  you dont have to rely on taking a pill or anything , its automatic\nb)You get the most insane mood swings that the sight of your partner wants to make you scream at him hence no sex\nc) you have no libido so eve if you are having a good day (hahaha) you dont want to have sex\nd) when you are not angry and fighting you are depressed and want to cry\n\nbut remember once you take it there is no going back - you are stuck with it for 3 months... \n\n other side effects were - really really bad skin ( stil not back to normal and ist been 4 months)\n didnt get my period, only came back a week ago YAY\nhair got all dry and gross\njust the mood swings - MY GOD! it was horrible\n\n but i had a flat mate who loved it she had been on it for 2 years!!!!!  - it affects everybody differntly
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It's dangerous to take testosterone or growth hormone to the point that your body exceeds normal levels.  Steroids are dangerous to take period.  Prohormones and various "legal" types of steroids are all fraudulant.\n\nAs men (and women!) get older, they tend to become DEFICIENT in growth hormone.  Sometimes, men become deficient in testosterone (rare).  Some of the warning signs of hormone insufficiency are loss of libido and failure to benefit or recover from exercise.  If your husband has big bulging muscles, that ain't him, btw.  Anyway, if you suspect this, go see an endocrinologist that specializes in growth hormone supplementation (they advertise on the web).  He will pull a hormone panel on your husband and treat accordingly.\n\nMore likely, failure to recover from exercise is a result of not enough CoQ10 or carnitine in your muscles.  Various additives (example, MSG) and certain medicines (example, statin drugs) leech these vital nutrients out of muscle tissue (including your heart....eeek).  Supplementation with the fixes the problem.
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Natural Progesterone Cream for Men is where you should start.Wild oats and Nettles are great in that area.
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Orthotrycyclen-Lo is a good one a good bit of the female soldiers we see take it and outside of snapping on someone now and again there is very little outward side-effects. As far as libido, some of them are freaks, so maybe this is what you are looking for. I've also seen fewer sides in Levitra so there you go and take this info with a grain of salt.