Improve Sleep with DHEA the Right Way

Health experts suggest that adults should sleep at least 7 hours per night. Unfortunately, more than half of adults in America say they don’t sleep soundly at night. Many cannot fall asleep; some wake up in the middle of the night and toss and turn, unable to go back to sleep. As a result, they don’t get enough REM (rapid eye movement) sleep.

REM sleep is the deepest of the five levels of sleep. It’s the level in which we dream, and in which many of the regenerating functions of sleep occur. Quality sleep doesn’t only play an essential role in how rested we feel; it also impacts our mood, mental sharpness, productivity, and overall health and well being. People who don’t sleep well are at a greater risk of developing high blood pressure, cardiovascular disease, obesity and type 2 diabetes.

How to Get better Sleep

There are many sleep aids on the market: sleeping pills, special beds and pillows, machines that make background noise conducive to sleep, continuous positive air propulsion (CPAP) systems, Breathe Right strips and mouth pieces, to name a few. Although these sleep aid products may help, they can be cumbersome. Medical studies show DHEA is a natural way to improve sleep.

How DHEA Improves Sleep

In a peer reviewed medical research study performed by doctors E. Friess, L. Trachsel, J. Guldner, T. Schier, A. Steiger, and F. Holsboer published in the American Journal of Physiology, “DHEA administration induced a significant (P<0.05) increase in rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, whereas all other sleep variables remained unchanged compared with placebo conditions.” Their research shows that DHEA can improve REM sleep, which can improve your overall health and well being and reduce the risks of developing major medical and psychological health conditions.

When to use DHEA

Men and women over age 35 should apply Twist 25 DHEA cream morning and evening every day. Maintaining healthy hormone levels past age 35 just makes sense. The science shows it, and there are no dangerous side effects because DHEA is the most abundant building block for hormones in the body.

DHEA is a base for more than 50 hormones that are smaller or more specific carbon chain molecules in human biochemistry. As a
precursor or pro-hormone to most of the smaller carbon chain peptides, humans make DHEA naturally from birth.

DHEA is the most abundant foundation or base from which the body metabolizes hormones.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As shown in the illustration above, DHEA levels increase from birth through adolescence, then increase rapidly between ages 10 to 20; and are highest between ages 20-30, when we are in our reproductive prime of life: optimal physical and mental health. Then, past age 30-35, DHEA levels gradually decrease at a rate of about 2% per year thereafter. So, by age 35, the body produces about 20% less DHEA than when we were “in our prime” at age 20-25; and by age 50, we produce 50% less DHEA than we did when we were in our twenties. This gradual decline continues.

Men and women produce more and more DHEA every year to about age 25, when levels are at their peak. After age 25, DHEA levels begin to decline at a rate of about two percent per year thereafter.

What does DHEA do?
One of the primary roles for DHEA is a base hormone precursor. DHEA also supports the immune system
allowing for a greater number of and activity of natural killer (NK) cells. Low DHEA levels are associated
with many diseases of aging, such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, osteoporosis, depression and
dementia.
DHEA promotes tissue formation after exercise, and counterbalances the inflammatory effects of
cortisol. So it helps reduce soreness after workouts, and helps us to rebuild muscle, cartilage and bone.
DHEA also serves as a base for sebum (skin oil), protecting skin cells from both UV and chemical
carcinogens. In addition, DHEA stimulates formation of connective tissue and cartilage and improves
bone strength.

DHEA supports:
-Energy, focus and mental acuity
-Immune system
-Lean muscle tone
-Bone strength
-Cardiovascular health
-Libido and sexual performance
-Deep REM sleep
-Softer, more hydrated skin

DHEA reduces:
-Abdominal Fat
-Risk of Cancer
-Risk of Cardiovascular Disease
-Fatigue
-Depression
-Poor quality sleep
-Joint pain
-Muscle soreness

It is not possible to eat any particular foods to increase DHEA. DHEA supplementation is generally
recommended people 35 and up to maintain health. That is why Twist 25 DHEA cream was developed to be the highest quality DHEA supplement cream available.

Is DHEA safe?

Yes. DHEA is safe; and not addictive or habit forming. DHEA is available in the U.S.A. without a prescription.

How To Use DHEA Cream

To feel the full effects of DHEA, it should be used as an absorbable DHEA skin cream that is absorbed in thin hairless skin. Using DHEA hormone cream is more effective than taking oral DHEA supplements because DHEA is naturally metabolized in the adrenal glands, sex organs and the skin.

Oral DHEA supplements are largely eliminated by the liver, and what little DHEA does enter the bloodstream is DHEA sulfate (DHEA-S) rather than free DHEA. DHEA-S is not bad; it’s just not as beneficial as free DHEA. Since DHEA is processed in the skin naturally, DHEA applied on the skin—in a specially made cream called Twist 25—is what the body uses, applied where the body uses it.

Oral DHEA supplements are largely eliminated by the liver, and what little DHEA does enter the bloodstream is DHEA sulfate (DHEA-S) rather than free DHEA. DHEA-S is not bad; it’s just not as beneficial as free DHEA.

Twist 25 DHEA cream is beneficial in many ways for men and women 35 and older. Twist 25 cream is laboratory tested and has no dangerous side effects.

Twist 25 DHEA cream is generally recommended for people 35 and up. Sleep deeper at night and also enjoy the many other health benefits Twist 25 DHEA cream provides.

References:

• Labrie F. et al Semin Reprod Med. 2004 Nov;22(4):299-309. Adrenal Androgens and Intracrinology. Source: Oncology and Molecular Endocrinology Research Center, Laval University Hospital Research Center, Quebec City, Canada. [email protected]
• “DHEA administration increases rapid eye movement sleep and EEG power in sigma frequency range.” Friess E, Trachsel L, Guldner J, Schier T, Steiger A, Holsboer F. American Journal of Physiology Jan 1995 268(1 Pt 1):E107-13. Pubmed study
• Hammer, Fabian, Subtil S, Lux P, Maser-Gluth C, Stewart P, et al “No Evidence for Hepatic Conversion of Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) Sulfate to DHEA: In Vivo and In Vitro Studies” Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism. March 8 2005 pp 3600-3605) http://jcem.endojournals.org/content/90/6/3600.full.pdf

• Labrie, Fernand, Labrie C, “DHEA and intracrinology at menopause, a positive choice for evolution of the human species” Source: Climacteric – The Journal of the International Menopause Society. 2013 Apr;16(2):205-13. doi: 10.3109/13697137.2012.733983. Epub Nov 5, 2012. Pubmed https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23126249/