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[mylifesobright7]

I have done several saliva tests and have found that when I supplement with DHEA, it raises only testosterone, which i do not want. I am not supplement with 7-keto right now, but I did for 8 months last year and my dhea-s level went from 2.7 to 4.5 which is a change, but not that big (at this rate it will take years to reach my desired levels). At that time i was taking 50mg three times a day. I have ordered 7-keto cream and plan to use it for a few months. I know this way is better since it bypasses the liver. My concern with 7-keto supplements is that there is no long-term research on it, and it is said that it may lead to breast, ovarian and prostate cancer. Also, I've tried pregnenolone in the past, and even at low doses it made me very irritable, I'm guessing it probably was raising testosterone too.

Does anyone know of anything that is more likely to only raise DHEA than testosterone?

[John250]

I think it would be hard to increase DHEA without increasing testosterone as they go hand in hand. 150mg/day DHEA is quite a bit. Maybe try cutting down to just 25mg DHEA daily as it’s impact on increasing testosterone would be minimal. I don’t absorb oral or sublingual DHEA at all. I use Life-Flo transdermal DHEA. 30mg/day didn’t impact my blood dhea levels much(maybe 10-15% increase) but urine DHEA was high(285 range 41-243)


7-keto info:

https://www.ncbi.nlm...ubmed/11300231/

Edited by John250, 29 May 2018 - 04:23 PM.

[Oakman]

I have taken 7-keto off and on (now on) and have not noticed anything +/- in particular. Also, examine.com summaries its safety:

 

"7-Keto does not appear to be associated with side-effects at up to doses of 200mg daily for 4 weeks in otherwise healthy young males.[5]"

 

It's not DHEA and it does not have it's negative side effects, rather, it is one of DHEA's three metabolites. Cream sounds like a good way to go too.

[NHP]

didnt think 7keto was hormonal?

 

7keto good for fatloss and metabolism, but not full dhea so wont boot test