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+ | ====== Male hormone supplementation | ||
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+ | Due to the nature of chronic disease, it is common for male patients suffering from chronic diseases to have low levels of the male hormones. | ||
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+ | ===== General advice about hormone supplementation ===== | ||
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+ | ===== Types of male hormones ===== | ||
+ | ====Testosterone==== | ||
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+ | A steroid hormone from the androgen group, testosterone is the principal male sex hormone and an anabolic steroid. In mammals, testosterone is primarily secreted in the testes of males and the ovaries of females, although small amounts are also secreted by the adrenal glands. | ||
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+ | Testosterone is one of the nuclear hormones, which make up the delicate balance of Type 1 nuclear receptor activators which govern gene transcription for most of the body's antimicrobial peptides, and many of the key proteins. Testosterone activates the Androgen Nuclear Receptor, which is responsible for transcribing the DNA of many of the genes which give rise to antimicrobial peptides, the body's defense against pathogens. | ||
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+ | Supplementation with testosterone is generally contraindicated. | ||
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+ | //**Trevor Marshall, PhD**//</ | ||
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+ | ====DHEA ==== | ||
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+ | Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) is a hormonal steroid, the production of which is controlled by the Vitamin D Receptor.(({{pubmed> | ||
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+ | //**Trevor Marshall, PhD**//</ | ||
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+ | For this reason, Marshall Protocol patients are advised to wean from the use of DHEA in the same way they might [[home: | ||
+ | === Patients experiences === | ||
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+ | ===== Notes and comments ===== | ||
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+ | ===== References ===== |