No surprise here. DHEA is a natural hormone and may benefit some people when used appropriately, but there are many challenges to its effective use.

I played around with salivary testing and using DHEA and the other hormones in my practice, but I was never impressed with their usefulness.

It was rare when I saw remarkable improvement in someone taking it. In retrospect, the reason for this is quite obvious.

In my experience, most of the time adrenal hormones like DHEA are disturbed it is due to impairment of the adrenal glands.

Adrenal hormones like DHEA, pregnenolone, testosterone or even adrenal glandular products can be used to improve them, but while these products may work they really are very similar to drugs in that they are only treating the symptoms. They are not treating the cause of the problem, which is typically impaired adrenals.

So what causes the adrenals to go south?

Occasionally it will be due to elements of diet, such as high intake of sugar or processed foods, or, less commonly, it could be due to an infection or heavy metal exposure. Typically though it is due to stress.

So most commonly the effective strategy in addressing impaired adrenals involves helping the body resolve emotional stresses. There are many ways that you can improve such stress, but in my experience EFT appears to be one of the most effective treatments for stress.

You can do this technique yourself with my free, 25-page manual, but more than likely you will benefit from an experienced EFT practitioner. Dr. Patricia Carrington has some guidelines on selecting an EFT therapist, followed by a list of EFT practitioners throughout the United States and world. Many of these therapists even offer a free 15-minute phone session in which you can ask them questions to see if you connect.

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