As people get older hormone levels decline. Hormones drive how we feel, our energy levels, moods, and productivity as well as immune response, vascular health, sexual function, cognitive function, mental clarity, and sleep.
The only hormone that increases as we get older is cortisol.
High cortisol levels have harmful effects on cognitive performance, blood pressure, thyroid function, and blood glucose levels. A high cortisol level increases abdominal fat and lowers immune function. High stress levels increase cortisol levels. So basically, the goal is to reduce cortisol levels.
DHEA ( dehydroepiandrosterone), is a prohormone -- a building block for the hormones we produce. Research shows that declining levels of DHEA are associated with most conditions of ageing and that supplementing DHEA to enhance declining levels can provide a multitude of benefits such as reducing risks for cancer, improving vascular health, reducing belly fat, improving energy, mood, sex drive, and muscle tone.
There is no better measure for ageing than the ratio of DHEA level to cortisol level. But the most important benefit of supplementing DHEA is that it is the most effective way to lower cortisol levels.
What is the best way to supplement DHEA? Use Twist 25 DHEA cream.
Why? Because if DHEA is taken as a pill, it does not get absorbed into the bloodstream because it is eliminated by the liver. What does get into the bloodstream is a small amount of DHEA sulfate (DHEA-S). DHEA sulfate, while beneficial, does not lower cortisol levels nor is DHEA-S metabolized into sex hormones.
Twist 25 is a transdermal DHEA cream. The pharmaceutical grade DHEA in Twist 25 cream is absorbed into the bloodstream through the skin. Most DHEA metabolism actually happens in the skin. Twist 25 provides what the body uses and needs where it is used.
John R. Woodward, M.D.
Board Certified Ob-Gyn
Practicing at Medical City Dallas
Graduate of Yale Medical School
