DHEA
DHEA (dehydroepindrosterone) and testosterone are both considered to be androgen’s, or ‘male hormones’, although they are of vital importance to both men and women.
Where testosterone is made in the ovaries in females and the gonads in men, most DHEA is made in the adrenal glands, along with cortisol, with small amounts in the skin and the brain.
All of the sex hormones share a similar structure, which means one hormone can be used for material to create another. DHEA place a part in making the other sex hormones, estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone.
Men and women are different in their needs for DHEA. It is much easier for a woman to overdose on DHEA than a man and measurement is the best way to find out ones levels and needed dosages. Women also have a greater potential to convert DHEA to testosterone.
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