Re: Anti-aging supplements don't work

[Guest guest]

I guess the studies done previously show them to be out dated? Does

anyone know the significance of it working over 6 month period? I

found 5-6 posts previous to this that date back stating DHEA benefits.

The article doesn't go into much detail.

Bob

>

> ...not that I think many of you take DHEA or testosterone. But a

> clinical trial posted in the New England Journal of Medicine reports

> these supplements did not provide physiologically relevant beneficial

> effects on body composition, physical performance, insulin

> sensitivity, or quality of life in elderly patients.

>

> http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/355/16/1647?query=TOC

>

> -Diane

>

[Guest guest]

Sorry they studied it for 2 years. I guess this is the final word,

eh?

>

> ...not that I think many of you take DHEA or testosterone. But a

> clinical trial posted in the New England Journal of Medicine reports

> these supplements did not provide physiologically relevant beneficial

> effects on body composition, physical performance, insulin

> sensitivity, or quality of life in elderly patients.

>

> http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/355/16/1647?query=TOC

>

> -Diane

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Bob:

In general: It is very often the case that different studies of the

same phenomenon will come to different conclusions. The differences

may arise for a variety of different reasons.

Specifically with regard to DHEAS: DHEAS declines with age. People

with higher DHEAS seem to live longer. But that does not necessarily

indicate that higher DHEAS is the CAUSE of the longer lifespan. It

is just as likely to be just one of many symptoms of what causes the

longer lifespan.

So, no more than giving aspirin to someone with a headache symptom

caused by stroke (fixing the symptom) will cure the stroke, giving

DHEAS to someone to fix a low DHEAS symptom, may not lengthen

lifespan, or otherwise improve health. The cause, whatever that is,

not the symptom, needs to be addressed.

But if you know of studies showing that mammals of any kind given

DHEAS supplements live longer than those that are not given them,

PLEASE post them. TIA.

Rodney.

> >

> > ...not that I think many of you take DHEA or testosterone. But a

> > clinical trial posted in the New England Journal of Medicine

reports

> > these supplements did not provide physiologically relevant

beneficial

> > effects on body composition, physical performance, insulin

> > sensitivity, or quality of life in elderly patients.

> >

> > http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/355/16/1647?query=TOC

> >

> > -Diane

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Excerpt:

Men who received testosterone had a slight increase in fat-free

mass, and men in both treatment groups had an increase in BMD

at the femoral neck. Women who received DHEA had an increase in

BMD at the ultradistal radius.

To me, the increase in BMD was significant. This information may be relevant

to testing these hormones for those with low BMD.

Diane Walter wrote:

...not that I think many of you take DHEA or testosterone. But a

clinical trial posted in the New England Journal of Medicine reports

these supplements did not provide physiologically relevant beneficial

effects on body composition, physical performance, insulin

sensitivity, or quality of life in elderly patients.

http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/355/16/1647?query=TOC