DHEA to grow taller?

[uberfuckchad]

I was reading through the ray peat forum when I came across this:

Ray peat claims he grew about 1.5 inches taller taking DHEA 10-15mg a day. Has anyone experimented with this? If so, please share your experience. I'm also curious as to what the mechanism of action would be on this. Big if true



@enchanted_elixir @5.5psl @midlatinocel

 

[PSLdog]

Big if true

 

[uberfuckchad]

bump

 

[kilgrave]

I partook in DHEA for some months in combination with HIIT. The results could be described as temporary shin splints, but with no discernible height increase. Had I taken for longer I can't say what the difference would've been.

 

[uberfuckchad]

I partook in DHEA for some months in combination with HIIT. The results could be described as temporary shin splints, but with no discernible height increase. Had I taken for longer I can't say what the difference would've been.

That is interesting, is running/sprinting the HIIT you did?

 

[kilgrave]

Yes.

 

[Deleted member 24712]

"I was about 40 at the time"

 

[dadfa]

DHEA is bad for your hairline if you are genetically prone to balding. So be careful

 

[jware]

DHEA is bad for your hairline if you are genetically prone to balding. So be careful

stfu fucking nigger everything causes hairloss if your geneticlly prone to it fucking monkey"

but yes dhea causes increases in dht and testosterone specially when applied to the testicalles which idk could prob mean more bone growth = hieght

 

[BrickTop]

Peat recommended taking small doses of DHEA, Pregeneolone and/or Progestrone after 30-35 years old for anti-aging purposes, since your natural production begins to decline around that age range. In other interviews he thought that his improved thyroid function later in life, paired with DHEA was helpful in growing to his full adult height.

So this strategy would not be so effective for those still in traditional growth phase (13-21 years old). Other heightmaxxing methods seem more promising. If the DHEA/Thyroid route works, it would be for oldcels who didn't reach full height potential and had high stress/weak thyroid childhood.

Progesterone Pregnenolone & DHEA - Three Youth-Associated Hormones

Ray Peat

raypeat.com

 

[Tobias Fünke]

Peat recommended taking small doses of DHEA, Pregeneolone and/or Progestrone after 30-35 years old for anti-aging purposes, since your natural production begins to decline around that age range. In other interviews he thought that his improved thyroid function later in life, paired with DHEA was helpful in growing to his full adult height.

So this strategy would not be so effective for those still in traditional growth phase (13-21 years old). Other heightmaxxing methods seem more promising. If the DHEA/Thyroid route works, it would be for oldcels who didn't reach full height potential and had high stress/weak thyroid childhood.

Progesterone Pregnenolone & DHEA - Three Youth-Associated Hormones

Ray Peat

raypeat.com

Would fin/dut negate the potential positive effects of DHEA entirely or just suppress the potential negative effects (like balding)?

 

[BrickTop]

Would fin/dut negate the potential positive effects of DHEA entirely or just suppress the potential negative effects (like balding)?

It's hard to say, many factors are involved. DHEA is precursor to many hormones, so adding supplemntal DHEA will affect each person differently based on their history, lifestyle, genetics etc.

More DHEA could increase one's T and/or DHT, but if they have higher levels of Aromatase then their Estrogen will increase as well.

If one is suppressing 5AR via Fin/Dut, then they would likely end up with more Estrogen since their excess Testosterone will convert to Estorgen since conversion to DHT is being prevented.

Now if one is deficient in DHEA due to aging, then supplementing back to youthful levels may not cause excess aromatization of Testostrone to Estorgen since they may also be deficient in Testosterone as well.

It's quite complicated and requires some research, trial and error.

 

[MrGentleman]

If your plates are open you can literally eat nothing and still grow taller