The Human Effect Matrix looks at human studies to tell you what supplements affect DHEA.
Full details on all DHEA supplements are available to Examine members.
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Robust research conducted with repeated double-blind clinical trials |
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Multiple studies where at least two are double-blind and placebo controlled |
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Single double-blind study or multiple cohort studies |
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Uncontrolled or observational studies only |
Level of Evidence
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The amount of high quality evidence. The more
evidence, the more we can trust the results.
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Supplement |
Magnitude of effect
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The direction and size of the supplement's impact on
each outcome. Some supplements can have an increasing effect, others have a decreasing effect, and others have no effect.
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Consistency of research results
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Scientific research does not always agree. HIGH or
VERY HIGH means that most of the scientific research agrees.
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Very High See all 13 studies |
Supplemental DHEA results in a reliable and significant increase in DHEA concentrations in the blood (both sulfated DHEAS and unsulfated DHEA)
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Chromium supplementation does not appear to alter serum concentrations of DHEA or sulfated DHEA.
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No significant changes in the sulfate form of DHEA (DHEA-S) is noted after twelve continual weeks of supplementation
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