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+<meta name="title-en" content="Progesterone Pregnenolone &amp; DHEA - Three Youth-Associated Hormones">
+<meta name="title-de" content="">
+<meta name="author" content="Ray Peat, übersetzt von Daniel Ledda">
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+<h1 lang="en">Progesterone Pregnenolone &amp; DHEA - Three Youth-Associated Hormones</h1>
+<h1 lang="de">Progesteron Pregnenolon &amp; DHEA - Drei Jugend-assoziierte hormone</h1>
+
+<p>
+    <strong lang="en">PROGESTERONE INFORMATION</strong>
+    <strong lang="de">INFORMATION ZU PROGESTERON</strong>
+</p>
+
+<p>
+    <span lang="en">
+        Raymond Peat, MA, PhD (Univ. of Oregon)
+    </span>
+    <span lang="de">
+        Raymond Peat, MA, PhD (Univ. of Oregon)
+    </span>
+</p>
+
+<p>
+    <span lang="en">
+        Endocrine Physiologist, specializing in hormonal changes in stress and aging
+    </span>
+    <span lang="de">
+        Endokriner Physiologe, mit Schwerpunkt Stress- und Alterungs-bedingte hormonelle Veränderungen 
+    </span>
+</p>
+
+<p>
+    <span lang="en">
+        Sixty years ago, progesterone was found to be the main hormone produced by the ovaries. Since it was
+        necessary for fertility and for maintaining a healthy pregnancy, it was called the "pro-gestational
+        hormone," and its name sometimes leads people to think that it isn't needed when you don't want to get
+        pregnant. In fact, it is the most protective hormone the body produces, and the large amounts that are
+        produced during pregnancy result from the developing baby's need for protection from the stressful
+        environment. Normally, the brain contains a very high concentration of progesterone, reflecting its
+        protective function for that most important organ. The thymus gland, the key organ of our immune system, is
+        also profoundly dependent on progesterone.
+    </span>
+    <span lang="de">
+        Vor sechzig Jahren wurde entdeckt, dass Progesteron das wichtigste Hormon, das von den Eierstöcken hergestellt 
+        wird. Da es erkannt wurde, dass es für die Fruchtbarkeit nötig ist, sowie für die Aufrechterhaltung einer
+        gesunden Schwangerschaft, wurde es das "Pro-Gestations-Hormon" genannt, und sein Name lässt manchmal glauben,
+        dass es nicht vonnöten ist, wenn man keine Schwangerschaft möchte. Tatsächlich ist es eines der schützendsten
+        Hormone, die vom Körper hergestellt werden, und die großen Mengen, die während einer Schwangerschaft
+        ausgeschüttet werden, sind auf das hohe Bedürfnis des Säuglings zurückzuführen, Schutz gegen seine stressvolle
+        Umgebung zu haben. Normalerweise enthält das Gehirn eine sehr hohe Konzentration an Progesteron, was dessen
+        schützende Wirkung auf das wichstige Organ widerspiegelt.  
+    </span>
+</p>
+
+<p>
+    <span lang="en">
+        In experiments, progesterone was found to be the basic hormone of adaptation and of resistance to stress.
+        The adrenal glands use it to produce their anti-stress hormones, and when there is enough progesterone, they
+        don't have to produce the potentially harmful cortisone. In a progesterone deficiency, we produce too much
+        cortisone, and excessive cortisone causes osteoporosis, aging of the skin, damage to brain cells, and the
+        accumulation of fat, especially on the back and abdomen.
+    </span>
+    <span lang="de">
+        In Experimenten wurde gezeigt, dass Progesteron ein grundlegendes Adaptations- und Resistenzhormon gegen Stress 
+        ist. Die Nebennieren nutzen es, um deren Antistress-Hormone herzustellen, und wenn genügend Progesteron
+        vorhanden ist, müssen sie das potentiell schädliche Cortison produzieren. Bei einem Progesteronmangel
+        produzieren wir zu viel Cortison, und ein Cortisonüberschuss verursacht Osteoporose, Alterung der Haut,
+        Schädigung der Gehirnzellen, und die Ansammlung von Fett, vor allem am Rücken und am Bauch.
+    </span>
+</p>
+<p>
+    <span lang="en">
+        Experiments have shown that progesterone relieves anxiety, improves memory, protects brain cells, and even
+        prevents epileptic seizures. It promotes respiration, and has been used to correct emphysema. In the
+        circulatory system, it prevents bulging veins by increasing the tone of blood vessels, and improves the
+        efficiency of the heart. It reverses many of the signs of aging in the skin, and promotes healthy bone
+        growth. It can relieve many types of arthritis, and helps a variety of immunological problems.
+    </span>
+    <span lang="de">
+        Experimente zeigten, dass Progesteron Angstzustände lindert, das Gedächtnis fördert, die Gehirnzellen schützt,
+        und sogar epileptische Anfälle verhindert. Es fördert die Atmung, und wurde als wirksames Mittel gegen Emphysem
+        eingesetzt. Im Kreislaufsystem verhindert es hervortretende Adern, indem es den Tonus der Blutgefäße erhöht, und es
+        verbessert die Leistungsfähigkeit des Herzens. Es kehrt viele der Anzeichen des Alterns in der Haut um und
+        fördert gesundes Knochenwachstum. Es kann viele Arten von Arthrose entlasten und hilft bei einer Vielzahl von
+        immunologischen Problemen.
+    </span>
+</p>
+<p>
+    <span lang="en">
+        If progesterone is taken dissolved in vitamin E, it is absorbed very efficiently, and distributed quickly to
+        all of the tissues. If a woman has ovaries, progesterone helps them to produce both progesterone and
+        estrogen as needed, and also helps to restore normal functioning of the thyroid and other glands. If her
+        ovaries have been removed, progesterone should be taken consistently to replace the lost supply. A
+        progesterone deficiency has often been associated with increased susceptibility to cancer, and progesterone
+        has been used to treat some types of cancer.
+    </span>
+    <span lang="de">
+        Wenn Progesteron in einer Lösung mit Vitamin E zugeführt wird, wird es sehr effizient aufgenommen, und wird
+        schnell an alle Körpergewebe abgegeben. Sollte eine Frau Eierstöcke haben, hilft ihnen Progesteron dabei,
+        sowohol Progesteron selber als auch Östrogen bei Bedarf zu produzieren, und hilft auch, eine normale
+        Funktionsweise der Schilddrüse sowie der anderen Drüsen wiederherzustellen. Sollten ihre Eierstöcke entfernt
+        worden sein, sollte Progesteron konsequent eingenommen werden um die fehlende Versorgung zu ersetzen. Ein
+        Progesteronmangel wurde oft mit einer erhöhtem Krebsrisiko assoziiert und Progesteron wurde oft bei einer
+        Krebsbehandlung eingesetzt.
+    </span>
+</p>
+<p>
+    <span lang="en">
+        It is important to emphasize that progesterone is not just the hormone of pregnancy. To use it only "to
+        protect the uterus" would be like telling a man he doesn't need testosterone if he doesn't plan to father
+        children, except that progesterone is of far greater and more basic significance than testosterone. While
+        men do naturally produce progesterone, and can sometimes benefit from using it, it is not a male hormone.
+        Some people get that impression, because some physicians recommend combining estrogen with either
+        testosterone or progesterone, to protect against some of estrogen's side effects, but progesterone is the
+        body's natural complement to estrogen. Used alone, progesterone often makes it unnecessary to use estrogen
+        for hot flashes or insomnia, or other symptoms of menopause.
+    </span>
+    <span lang="de">
+        Es ist wichtig zu betonen, dass Progesteron nicht einfach nur ein Schwangerschaftshormon ist. Es "nur zu
+        verwenden, um die Gebärmutter zu schützen", wäre, als würde man einem Mann erzählen, er würde Testosteron nicht
+        brauchen, wenn er keine Kinderpläne haben sollte, außer dass Progesteron eine viel größere, grundlegende
+        Bedeutung als Testosteron hat. Obwohl Männer auch natürlicherweise Progesteron produzieren,
+        und manchmal von dessen Gebrauch profitieren, ist es kein männliches Hormon. Einige Leute bekommen diesen
+        Eindruck, weil einige Ärzte empfehlen, Östrogen mit entweder Testosteron oder Progesteron zu kombinieren, um vor
+        einigen der Nebeneffekte von Östrogen zu schützen, aber Progesteron ist das natürliche Gegenstück des Körpers zu
+        Östrogen. Der isolierte Einsatz von Progesteron sorgt oft dafür, dass der Gebrauch von Östrogen als Mittel gegen
+        Hitzewallungen oder Schlaflosigkeit, oder andere Wechseljahrsbeschwerden, unnötig wird.
+    </span>
+</p>
+<p>
+    <span lang="en">
+        When dissolved in vitamin E, progesterone begins entering the blood stream almost as soon as it contacts any
+        membrane, such as the lips, tongue, gums, or palate, but when it is swallowed, it continues to be absorbed
+        as part of the digestive process. When taken with food, its absorption occurs at the same rate as the
+        digestion and absorption of the food.
+    </span>
+    <span lang="de">
+        In einer Lösung mit Vitamin E beginnt Progesteron, in die Blutbahn zu gelangen, kurz nachdem es ein Membran
+        berührt, zum Beispiel die Lippen, die Zunge, das Zahnfleisch, oder den Gaumen, aber wenn es verschluckt wird,
+        wird es kontinuierlich im Laufe des Verdauungsprozesses aufgenommen. Bei gleichzeitiger Einnahme mit Essen
+        findet die Aufnahme mit der gleichen Geschwindigkeit der Verdauung und Aufnahme des Essens statt.
+    </span>
+</p>
+<p>
+    <strong lang="en">PREGNENOLONE</strong>
+    <strong lang="de">PREGNENOLON</strong>
+</p>
+<p>
+    <span lang="en">
+        Pregnenolone, which is the raw material for producing many of the hormones of stress and adaptation, was
+        known as early as 1934, but for several years it was considered to be an "inert" substance. A reason for
+        this belief is that it was first tested on healthy young animals. Since these animals were already producing
+        large amounts of pregnenolone (in the brain, adrenal glands, and gonads), additional pregnenolone had no
+        effect.
+    </span>
+    <span lang="de">
+        Pregnenolon, das Rohmaterial zur Herstellung vieler der Hormone von Stress und Adaptation, ist seit frühestens
+        1934 bekannt, aber es wurde einige Jahre als inaktive Substanz wahrgenommen. Ein Grund für diesen Glauben ist,
+        dass die ersten Versuche mit Pregnenolon mit gesunden Jungtieren waren. Da diese Tiere bereits hohe Mengen von
+        Pregnenolon produzierten (und zwar im Gehirn, in den Nebennieren und in den Gonaden), war die zusätzliche Gabe
+        von Pregnenolon wirkungslos.
+    </span>
+</p>
+
+<p>
+    <span lang="en">
+        In the 1940s, pregnenolone was tested in people who were sick or under stress, and it was found to have a
+        wide range of beneficial actions, but the drug industry never had much interest in it. Its very generality
+        made it seem unlike a drug, and its natural occurrence made it impossible to patent. Thus, many synthetic
+        variants, each with a more specialized action and some serious side effects, came to be patented and
+        promoted for use in treating specific conditions. The drug companies created an atmosphere in which many
+        people felt that each disease should have a drug, and each drug, a disease. The side effects of some of
+        those synthetic hormones were so awful that many people came to fear them. For example, synthetic varieties
+        of "cortisone" can destroy immunity, and can cause osteoporosis, diabetes, and rapid aging, with loss of
+        pigment in the skin and hair, and extreme thinning of the skin.
+    </span>
+    <span lang="de">
+        In den 1940er Jahren wurde Pregnenolon an Personen getestet, die entweder krank oder gestresst waren, und es
+        wurde herausgefunden, dass es über eine breite Palette von positiven Wirkungen verfügt, aber die Pharmaindustrie
+        hatte nie irgendein besonderes Interesse daran. Gerade seine Allgemeingültigkeit sorgte dafür, dass es kaum wie 
+        eine Droge wirkte, und es war aufgrund seines natürlichen Vorkommens unmöglich, es zu patentieren.
+        Dementsprechend wurden viele synthetische Varianten, jede mit seiner spezialisierten Wirkung und einigen
+        schwerwiegenden Nebeneffekten, patentiert und als Gegenmittel spezifischer Krankheiten vermarktet. Die
+        Pharmaunternehmen schufen eine Atmosphäre, in der viele Leute das Gefühl hatten, dass jede Krankheit eine Droge
+        haben müsste, und jede Droge eine Krankheit. Die Nebeneffekte einiger dieser synthetischen Hormone waren so
+        schrecklich, dass viele mit der Zeit Angst vor ihnen bekamen. Zum Beispiel können synthetische Varianten von
+        "Cortison" die Immunität zerstören und Osteoporose, Diabetes, und schnelles Altern verursachen, mit dem Verlust
+        von Haut- und Haarpigmentierung, und extremer Verdünnung der Haut.
+    </span>
+</p>
+<p>
+    <span lang="en">
+        Natural pregnenolone is present in young people of both sexes at a very high concentration, and one reason
+        for the large amount produced in youth is that it is one of our basic defenses against the harmful side
+        effects that an imbalance of even our natural hormones can produce. In excess, natural cortisone or estrogen
+        can be dangerous, but when there is an abundance of pregnenolone, their side effects are prevented or
+        minimized.
+    </span>
+    <span lang="de">
+        Natürliches Pregnenolon ist in jungen Menschen beider Geschlechter in hohen Konzentrationen vorhanden, und eine
+        Grund für die hohe Menge, die während der Jugend produziert wird, ist, dass es uns einen grundlegenden Schutz
+        gegen die schädlichen Nebeneffekten biete, die von einem Ungleichgewicht selbst unserer eigenen natürlichen Hormone
+        hervorgerufen werden können. Ein Überschuss natürlichen Cortisons oder Östrogens kann schädlich sein, aber wenn
+        ein Überfluss von Pregnenolon besteht, werden diese Nebeneffekte verhindert oder minimiert.
+    </span>
+</p>
+<p>
+    <span lang="en">
+        In a healthy young person or animal, taking even a large dose of pregnenolone has no hormone-like or
+        drug-like action at all. It is unique in this way. But if the animal or person is under stress, and
+        producing more cortisone than usual, taking pregnenolone causes the cortisone to come down to the normal
+        level. After the age of 40 or 45, it seems that everyone lives in a state of continuous "stress," just as a
+        normal part of aging. This coincides with the body's decreased ability to produce an abundance of
+        pregnenolone.
+    </span>
+    <span lang="de">
+        In a healthy young person or animal, taking even a large dose of pregnenolone has no hormone-like or
+        drug-like action at all. It is unique in this way. But if the animal or person is under stress, and
+        producing more cortisone than usual, taking pregnenolone causes the cortisone to come down to the normal
+        level. After the age of 40 or 45, it seems that everyone lives in a state of continuous "stress," just as a
+        normal part of aging. This coincides with the body's decreased ability to produce an abundance of
+        pregnenolone.
+    </span>
+</p>
+<p>
+    <span lang="en">
+        When aging rats are given a supplement of pregnenolone, it immediately improves their memory and general
+        performance. Human studies, as early as the 1940s, have also demonstrated improved performance of ordinary
+        tasks. It is now known that pregnenolone is one of the major hormones in the brain. It is produced by
+        certain brain cells, as well as being absorbed into the brain from the blood. It protects brain cells from
+        injury caused by fatigue, and an adequate amount has a calming effect on the emotions, which is part of the
+        reason that it protects us from the stress response that leads to an excessive production of cortisone.
+        People feel a mood of resilience and an ability to confront challenges.
+    </span>
+    <span lang="de">
+        When aging rats are given a supplement of pregnenolone, it immediately improves their memory and general
+        performance. Human studies, as early as the 1940s, have also demonstrated improved performance of ordinary
+        tasks. It is now known that pregnenolone is one of the major hormones in the brain. It is produced by
+        certain brain cells, as well as being absorbed into the brain from the blood. It protects brain cells from
+        injury caused by fatigue, and an adequate amount has a calming effect on the emotions, which is part of the
+        reason that it protects us from the stress response that leads to an excessive production of cortisone.
+        People feel a mood of resilience and an ability to confront challenges.
+    </span>
+</p>
+<p>
+    <span lang="en">
+        Many people have noticed that pregnenolone has a "face-lifting" action. This effect seems to be produced by
+        improved circulation to the skin, and by an actual contraction of some muscle-like cells in the skin. A
+        similar effect can improve joint mobility in arthritis, tissue elasticity in the lungs, and even eyesight.
+        Many studies have shown it to be protective of "fibrous tissues" in general, and in this connection it was
+        proven to prevent the tumors that can be caused by estrogen.
+    </span>
+    <span lang="de">
+        Many people have noticed that pregnenolone has a "face-lifting" action. This effect seems to be produced by
+        improved circulation to the skin, and by an actual contraction of some muscle-like cells in the skin. A
+        similar effect can improve joint mobility in arthritis, tissue elasticity in the lungs, and even eyesight.
+        Many studies have shown it to be protective of "fibrous tissues" in general, and in this connection it was
+        proven to prevent the tumors that can be caused by estrogen.
+    </span>
+</p>
+<p>
+    <span lang="en">
+        Pregnenolone is largely converted into two other "youth-associated" protective hormones, progesterone and
+        DHEA. At the age of 30, both men and women produce roughly 30 to 50 mg. of pregnenolone daily. When taken
+        orally, even in the powdered form, it is absorbed fairly well. One dose of approximately 300 mg (the size of
+        an aspirin tablet) keeps acting for about a week, as absorption continues along the intestine, and as it is
+        "recycled" in the body. Part of this long lasting effect is because it improves the body's ability to
+        produce its own pregnenolone. It tends to improve function of the thyroid and other glands, and this
+        "normalizing" effect on the other glands helps to account for its wide range of beneficial effects.
+    </span>
+    <span lang="de">
+        Pregnenolone is largely converted into two other "youth-associated" protective hormones, progesterone and
+        DHEA. At the age of 30, both men and women produce roughly 30 to 50 mg. of pregnenolone daily. When taken
+        orally, even in the powdered form, it is absorbed fairly well. One dose of approximately 300 mg (the size of
+        an aspirin tablet) keeps acting for about a week, as absorption continues along the intestine, and as it is
+        "recycled" in the body. Part of this long lasting effect is because it improves the body's ability to
+        produce its own pregnenolone. It tends to improve function of the thyroid and other glands, and this
+        "normalizing" effect on the other glands helps to account for its wide range of beneficial effects.
+    </span>
+</p>
+<p><strong>DHEA: ANOTHER YOUTH-ASSOCIATED HORMONE</strong></p>
+<p>
+    <span lang="en">
+    Raymond Peat, MA, PhD (Univ. of Oregon)
+    </span>
+    <span lang="en">
+    Raymond Peat, MA, PhD (Univ. of Oregon)
+    </span>
+</p>
+<p>
+    <span lang="en">
+    Endocrine Physiologist
+    </span>
+    <span lang="en">
+    Endocrine Physiologist
+    </span>
+</p>
+<p>
+    <span lang="en">
+        DHEA (dehydroepiandrosterone) has a technical-sounding name because it has never been identified with a
+        single dominant function, in spite of its abundance in the body. Many researchers still think of it as a
+        substance produced by the adrenal glands, but experiments show that animals without adrenals are able to
+        produce it in normal amounts. Much of it is formed in the brain (from pregnenolone), but it is probably
+        produced in other organs, including the skin. The brain contains a much higher concentration of DHEA than
+        the blood does.
+    </span>
+    <span lang="de">
+        DHEA (dehydroepiandrosterone) has a technical-sounding name because it has never been identified with a
+        single dominant function, in spite of its abundance in the body. Many researchers still think of it as a
+        substance produced by the adrenal glands, but experiments show that animals without adrenals are able to
+        produce it in normal amounts. Much of it is formed in the brain (from pregnenolone), but it is probably
+        produced in other organs, including the skin. The brain contains a much higher concentration of DHEA than
+        the blood does.
+    </span>
+</p>
+<p>
+    <span lang="en">
+        In old age, we produce only about 5% as much as we do in youth. This is about the same decrease that occurs
+        with progesterone and pregnenolone. The other hormones (for example, cortisone) do not decrease so much; as
+        a result, our balance shifts continually during aging toward dominance by hormones such as cortisone, which
+        use up more and more body substance, without rebuilding it. Protection against the toxic actions of these
+        specialized hormones is a major function of DHEA and the other youth-associated hormones.
+    </span>
+    <span lang="de">
+        In old age, we produce only about 5% as much as we do in youth. This is about the same decrease that occurs
+        with progesterone and pregnenolone. The other hormones (for example, cortisone) do not decrease so much; as
+        a result, our balance shifts continually during aging toward dominance by hormones such as cortisone, which
+        use up more and more body substance, without rebuilding it. Protection against the toxic actions of these
+        specialized hormones is a major function of DHEA and the other youth-associated hormones.
+    </span>
+</p>
+
+<p>
+    <span lang="en">
+        For example, starvation, aging, and stress cause the skin to become thin and fragile. An excess of
+        cortisone--whether it is from medical treatment, or from stress, aging, or malnutrition--does the same
+        thing. Material from the skin is dissolved to provide nutrition for the more essential organs. Other organs,
+        such as the muscles and bones, dissolve more slowly, but just as destructively, under the continued
+        influence of cortisone. DHEA blocks these destructive effects of cortisone, and actively restores the normal
+        growth and repair processes to those organs, strengthening the skin and bones and other organs. Stimulation
+        of bone-growth by DHEA has been demonstrated in vitro (in laboratory tests), and it has been used to relieve
+        many symptoms caused by osteoporosis and arthritis, even when applied topically in an oily solution.
+    </span>
+    <span lang="de">
+        For example, starvation, aging, and stress cause the skin to become thin and fragile. An excess of
+        cortisone--whether it is from medical treatment, or from stress, aging, or malnutrition--does the same
+        thing. Material from the skin is dissolved to provide nutrition for the more essential organs. Other organs,
+        such as the muscles and bones, dissolve more slowly, but just as destructively, under the continued
+        influence of cortisone. DHEA blocks these destructive effects of cortisone, and actively restores the normal
+        growth and repair processes to those organs, strengthening the skin and bones and other organs. Stimulation
+        of bone-growth by DHEA has been demonstrated in vitro (in laboratory tests), and it has been used to relieve
+        many symptoms caused by osteoporosis and arthritis, even when applied topically in an oily solution.
+    </span>
+</p>
+<p>
+    <span lang="en">
+        Estrogen is known to produce a great variety of immunological defects, and DHEA, apparently by its balancing
+        and restorative actions, is able to correct some of those immunological defects, including some "autoimmune"
+        diseases.
+    </span>
+    <span lang="de">
+        Estrogen is known to produce a great variety of immunological defects, and DHEA, apparently by its balancing
+        and restorative actions, is able to correct some of those immunological defects, including some "autoimmune"
+        diseases.
+    </span>
+</p>
+<p>
+    <span lang="en">
+        It is established that DHEA protects against cancer, but it isn't yet understood how it does this. It
+        appears to protect against the toxic cancer-producing effects of excess estrogen, but its anti-cancer
+        properties probably involve many other functions.
+    </span>
+    <span lang="de">
+        It is established that DHEA protects against cancer, but it isn't yet understood how it does this. It
+        appears to protect against the toxic cancer-producing effects of excess estrogen, but its anti-cancer
+        properties probably involve many other functions.
+    </span>
+</p>
+<p>
+    <span lang="en">
+        Diabetes can be produced experimentally by certain poisons which kill the insulin-producing cells in the
+        pancreas. Rabbits were experimentally made diabetic, and when treated with DHEA their diabetes was cured. It
+        was found that the insulin-producing cells had regenerated. Many people with diabetes have used brewer's
+        yeast and DHEA to improve their sugar metabolism. In diabetes, very little sugar enters the cells, so
+        fatigue is a problem. DHEA stimulates cells to absorb sugar and to burn it, so it increases our general
+        energy level and helps to prevent obesity.
+    </span>
+    <span lang="de">
+        Diabetes can be produced experimentally by certain poisons which kill the insulin-producing cells in the
+        pancreas. Rabbits were experimentally made diabetic, and when treated with DHEA their diabetes was cured. It
+        was found that the insulin-producing cells had regenerated. Many people with diabetes have used brewer's
+        yeast and DHEA to improve their sugar metabolism. In diabetes, very little sugar enters the cells, so
+        fatigue is a problem. DHEA stimulates cells to absorb sugar and to burn it, so it increases our general
+        energy level and helps to prevent obesity.
+    </span>
+</p>
+<p>
+    <span lang="en">
+        Young people produce about 12 to 15 milligrams of DHEA per day, and that amount decreases by about 2 mg. per
+        day for every decade after the age of 30. This is one of the reasons that young people eat more without
+        getting fat, and tolerate cold weather better: DHEA, like the thyroid hormone, increases our heat production
+        and ability to burn calories. At the age of 50, about 4 mg. of DHEA per day will usually restore the level
+        of DHEA in the blood to a youthful level. It is important to avoid taking more than needed, since some
+        people (especially if they are deficient in progesterone, pregnenolone, or thyroid) can turn the excess into
+        estrogen or testosterone, and large amounts of those sex hormones can disturb the function of the thymus
+        gland and the liver.
+    </span>
+    <span lang="de">
+        Young people produce about 12 to 15 milligrams of DHEA per day, and that amount decreases by about 2 mg. per
+        day for every decade after the age of 30. This is one of the reasons that young people eat more without
+        getting fat, and tolerate cold weather better: DHEA, like the thyroid hormone, increases our heat production
+        and ability to burn calories. At the age of 50, about 4 mg. of DHEA per day will usually restore the level
+        of DHEA in the blood to a youthful level. It is important to avoid taking more than needed, since some
+        people (especially if they are deficient in progesterone, pregnenolone, or thyroid) can turn the excess into
+        estrogen or testosterone, and large amounts of those sex hormones can disturb the function of the thymus
+        gland and the liver.
+    </span>
+</p>
+
+<p>
+    <span lang="en">
+        People who have taken an excess of DHEA have been found to have abnormally high estrogen levels, and this
+        can cause the liver to enlarge, and the thymus to shrink.
+    </span>
+    <span lang="de">
+        People who have taken an excess of DHEA have been found to have abnormally high estrogen levels, and this
+        can cause the liver to enlarge, and the thymus to shrink.
+    </span>
+</p>
+<p>
+    <span lang="en">
+        One study has found that the only hormone abnormality in a groupt of Alzheimers patients' brains was an
+        excess of DHEA. In cell culture, DHEA can cause changes in glial cells resembling those seen in the aging
+        brain. These observations suggest that DHEA should be used with caution. Supplements of pregnenolone and
+        thyroid seem to be the safest way to optimize DHEA production.
+    </span>
+    <span lang="de">
+        One study has found that the only hormone abnormality in a groupt of Alzheimers patients' brains was an
+        excess of DHEA. In cell culture, DHEA can cause changes in glial cells resembling those seen in the aging
+        brain. These observations suggest that DHEA should be used with caution. Supplements of pregnenolone and
+        thyroid seem to be the safest way to optimize DHEA production.
+    </span>
+</p>
+<p>
+    <span lang="en">
+        © Ray Peat 2006. All Rights Reserved. www.RayPeat.com
+    </span>
+    <span lang="de">
+        © Ray Peat 2006. All Rights Reserved. www.RayPeat.com
+    </span>
+</p>