DHEA and Pregnenolone was: Re: Should I add ALA?

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Hi ,

Thanks for the link and information. This has all been very helpful!

Orelindel

> >

> > I've been taking a product which contains 33 mg of adrenal cortex

> > extract twice a day. As far as I can tell, it has made no positive

> > impact on my adrenal function. I've wondered whether I'm taking

> > enough, but now I'm wondering whether I should be taking it at all.

>

> If you use www.onibasu.com to search the Autism-Mercury archives

> you'll see that Andy (use HallCutler as a search term)

> recommends more adrenal cortex than that. For example:

>

> http://onibasu.com/archives/am/94414.html?highlight=

HallCutler%20thorne%20adrenal%20cortex

>

> Another product to consider is Isocort, which supposedly has 2.5 mg of

> cortisol per tablet. It has a recommended dose of 8 tablets per day.

> It's available over the counter.

>

> As I read Amalgam Illness, Andy thinks taking pregnenolone is

> preferable to DHEA (because preg. can be converted to cortisol if that

> is what your body needs), although I think he says if preg. doesn't

> work you could try DHEA. He says men can take up to 300mg of preg.

>

> W.

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