Many studies have directly correlated depression and low DHEA levels. Fortunately studies indicate we can counteract the negative effects of stress hormones and very likely alleviate depression by increasing DHEA in the body. This is not weight loss due the breakdown of lean muscle tissue or fluid loss. Increased DHEA appears to create a stabilizing effect on all body systems. It can help overweight people to lose fat and underweight people to gain weight.
Calories convert to heat rather than get stored as fat.
Simultaneously, DHEA helps the body to build lean muscle tissue. This promotes obesity and arteriosclerosis. She correlated this to increases in DHEA sulfate blood levels found in a group of men over 50 she tracked for 12 years. Dr. Regelson found that HIV-positive men with low DHEA levels had double the risk of getting full blown AIDS compared to those with normal DHEA levels. A study done at the Houston Immuno Institute in Texas found that the majority of AIDS patients on DHEA and adjunct therapy experienced significant increases in both CD4 and CD8 counts.