I did not say DHEA raised dopamine etc...TULSI does that. There were a number of studies showing success of high dose DHEA for depression at the time I started taking it. However *I* startwd taking it for high blood pressure (I have genetic stage 3 hypertension and DHEA is how I've been successfully controlling my blood pressure for 7 years). I started that because my blood pressure was only high during PMS - obviously a hormonal connnection, but bioidentical hormonevreplacement did not fix it...DHEA did. There are studies now that show this, but I was a pioneer. PMS for me caused anxiety and menopause was PMS and anxiety forever. 50 mg DHEA and I felt like I went thriugh a funhouse mirrir and came out normal -- no anxiety. I did not need to research something so effective. Howver ther WERE studies regarding high dosr DHEA and depression. I myself do take high dose DHEA... 75 mg. I do not advoxate others do that but each to what works for them.
I'm glad it works for you. But before you started recommending it to everyone,
take a look at someone else's experiences. These things vary so greatly, and hormones should not be the first choice of action in dealing with health problems, though down the line, if other things don't work, it can be a good option.
I have since learned DHEA is used up for some reason fighting off flu and pethaps others infections (perhaps even allergies, which I suffer greatly from) so perhaps I need more than the next person for such a reason...fact remains, whatever the cause...my symptom of constant anxiety is totally fixed by DHEA. I would be house bound w/o it ( although actually I had adaptef somewhat by looking at my feet instead of at the anxiety and dizzy causing world when I had to get around. I found the fix very fast luckily.
Wat? It fights off the flu? Is this just your experience? If so, that would make sense, as reduced anxiety would allow you to handle these things better. There's no evidence, however, that DHEA itself effects the duration of the flu
directly.
I am not going to look up studies for you. They are there. .Caffeine raises cortisol...this is well known. If you want to split hairs about whether it's a Starbucks cup of coffee or a McDonalds cup of coffee that raises cortisol 15%, you are free to refine this as much as it matters to you to do. fyi cortisol is a major killer of brain cells. Coffee is also ROASTED and as such consumption is linked to pancreatic cancer. Science already knows roasted meat is a carcinogen but coffee is roasted too. Turns out a study showed did not matter if caf or decaf because both are roasted. I still drink coffee, but if I had known all this I would not have drunk it like a fish in my younger years.
I don't think you get how research and science work. If you make a claim, you have the burden of proof. It's that simple. You're also going to have to cite something that shows cortisol kills brain cells.
I don't know that much about xandida but I know a lot about hypochlorhydria vecause I have that. Yes it does serioysky upset your digestion. In fact it causes very light colored stool, floating stool, diarrhea, and frequent nutritional deficiencies. It also allows me to eat 7 HCL pills with a meal and not even feel it. So? Your point? I said if you cannot efficietly absorb magnesium through the stomach you can get it through the skin and I stand by that. fyi I do not always have absorption issues...mine seem to occur in conjunction with other allergies and there are supplements I use to improve/banish this problem (until next allergy), but that's another topic. I am not a basket case because over the years I've figured out what to do for many things...drugfree. What worked for me (and I do read a LOT of studies) might be worth someone else checking studies and trying for themselves if they like. No one ever helped me and I would have given alot for just this sort of help. A lot of you here are young people from the siunds of it relying heavily on drugs, all of which have side effects...not the least of which is that if yoyr symptom is caused by a nutritional deficiency and you do not fix it you eventually wreck your health. In other words there is no drug your body is made to need in the sense that we need vitamins and minerals. Ignore it at your peril.
The distinction between 'drugs' and 'supplements' is a purely cultural one. The first drug to be subjected to prohibition in the west was coffee in the 1600s.
Your body isn't made to need or not need anything. You're talking vitalism here, in this case of vitalism, that the body has inherent knowledge to cure all of our diseases. This is simply not true. We are humans through are genetics, and genetics are the basis of our existence. For us as a species, we can also be greatly influenced by our environment, not leaving us solely subjected to genetics like a rat might be. Nonetheless, if you're genes are broken, no amount of nutrition or supplements will heal it. People with cystic fibrosis lack a certain protein due to their genes. People with ADHD seem to have mutations at dopamine receptors, specifically D4. Look up 'Elephantitis'. It's a horrific disease where a mutations destroys the body's ability to find and remove precancerous cells. These people are covered in tumors and often die at a young age. There is no nutrition that can fix this, just as you can't make your brown eyes blue.
Many studies show magnesium gelos sleep. But YOU CANNOT TELL IF YOU ARE NOT DEFICIENT IN MAGNESIUM FROM A BLOOD TEST. Having sufficient magnesium in the blood in no way indicates sufficient nagnesium in the atria of the heart! So therefore it is WISE to take symptoms of insufficiebt magbesium into account. Magnesuum is typically deficient in the American diet. Greens are a major source if magnesium and most Americans eat very little of it. The govetnment now recommends 7-9 fruits and veggies/ day for health and the average American eats only 2. Magnesium is needed for energy also (ATP) and the heart and vrain are the two biggest users of enetgy. Ignore this if you want, but it is not wise.
Low levels of magnesium would be dangerous or deadly. What you are talking about would be less than optimal levels, which I then completely agree with.
Here's what can happen if you have an actual deficiency.
And btw, around here, your word and your experience doesn't qualify as science, and neither does mine. People back up their claims here with sources and studies, and I suggest you do the same.
