For TISH Re: Does ISOCORT increase DHEA levels?

[Guest guest]

Hi Tish. Thank you so much for your response. YOu made some

excellent points.

He has done a recent saliva test and here are the results:

DHEAS 1.9 (2-11) ng/ml

Cortisol AM 3 (3-10)

Cortisol noon 2.1 (1.5-6.5)

Cortosol evening 1.2 (1-3.5)

Night 0.9 (0.3-2)

He also tried licorice and and cause his blood pressure to go up.

He started to take Isocort, he is now on 2 pellets. Our hope is that

since his dhea is so low, there is room for increase without any

damaging effect on testosterone.

ALex

>

> I'm afraid IsoCort would raise DHEA since IsoCort is made of the

> adrenal cortex of sheep and the adrenal cortex makes DHEA.

>

> But, has this person been tested to see if DHEA is low?

>

> The only other alternaitve I can think of is Licorice root.

Licorice

> root raises cortisol by slowing the breakdown of cortisol in the

> liver. So, it keeps what you make in the system longer. Licorice

> root therapy is usually 1 teaspoon in a tea taken 4 times a day.

> This is roughly equivlent to 15 to 20 mg of cortisone a day. This

> would not give any extra DHEA. Licorice root can raise blood

> pressure and is mildly estrogenic. DHEA itself is only mildly

> estrogenic and so may not be much risk if a small amount is gotten

> through IsoCort.

>

> My suggestion is that this person get a saliva DHEA test and then

> take IsoCort and have another saliva DHEA test in one or two months

> to see if it is changing.

>

> McK Jeffries has written in his book " Safe Uses of

Crotisol "

> that adrenal support has been found to increase cancer fighting

> ability. Reports of regresssion of breast cancer have been made

when

> low dose cortisol was given. When cortisol is too low, the immune

> system cannot work properly and tumor fighing ability depends of

> good Natural Killer cell activity. Natural Killer cells attack

> tumors and they can be low in poor immune function.

>

> Just taking thyroid is quite protective of cancer. It has been

known

> since the turn of the century that hypothyroidism leads to cancer.

> There are thousands of studies documenting the link between the

two.

> Hypothyroidism causes and increase in estrogen levels. It is a

> response in the body to the damage caused by low thyroid levels.

> Hypothyroidism causes the build-up of sugar like substances called

> polysaccharides inside cells. These substances are oxidative and

> damaging to tissues and interfere with the cells normal

functioning.

> Also, hypothyroidism causes damage to connective tissue and

> inflammation inside every cell in the body. Inflammation has been

> linked for quite some time to cancer development.

>

> Taking thyroid will counteract any estorgenic effect of IsoCort in

> my opinion. Taking thyroid is known to lower estrogen levels. So,

it

> seems to me a very low risk to use the minimum IsoCort needed to

> take thyroid and to get the metabolic rate up to normal. It seems

> essential, really. Taking thyroid hormone is cancer protective.

>

> My mother had estrogen stimulated breast cancer twice. Then she was

> put on thyroid and she has not had a relapse in over ten years.

>

> So, in my book, I think this person should do whatever they can to

> replace thyroid if they need it. I also think if he can tolerate

the

> IsoCort that it's risk will be minimal because of the offsetting

> effect of the thyroid. Thyroid causes an increased use of DHEA

> because it is speeding up the metabolism and more hormones are

> needed for a faster metabolic rate. Thyroid will lower his overall

> estrogen levels and improve the body's cancer fighting ability.

> Also, if cortisol is too low you can't fight cancer or repair the

> body from damage and inflammation.

>

> Tish