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#135 - Cynthia Thurlow: Intermittent Fasting Transformation, The Clean Fast, The Monthly Hormonal Cycle, Hormonal Dysregulation, Extended Fasting, PCOS & Thyroid Dysregulation, Getting Enough Oxytocin, And More!

The Melanie Avalon Biohacking Podcast

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The Importance of DHEA

DHEA is another very important hormone, you know, downstream net effect is DHEA will cleave off and create testosterone. It's also supposed to work in conjunction with cortisol. But if you have someone that is really depleted, your body will preferentially fuel production of cortisol over a DHEA. I generally start pretty low because for some people, it's very stimulating. And oftentimes it can be helpful for priming the pumps.

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