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One of the things we do at our office at Robinhood Integrative Health is help people manage their hormone levels. We do that by giving people bioidentical hormones to help them correct their deficiencies. A majority of Americans, especially those over the age of 50, experience hormone deficiencies due to various reasons. The primary reason is the influence of age on hormone production. However, environmental factors, stress, diet and other nuances will cause hormone levels to fall. Now here’s the interesting thing. While the majority of the work I do with hormones is helping to increase hormone levels, there are a few times where I have to help prevent hormone levels from becoming too high. And one of the hormones...

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If you’re a patient of ours at Robinhood Integrative Health then you’ve likely noticed all of the MDs here talk about hormones. The reason why is simple.  Americans nationwide suffer from declining hormone levels.   I’ve written about this plenty, but a quick explanation is: environmental factors as well as the natural ravages of age cause our hormone levels to fall.   One of the main hormones you should be concerned with falling low is pregnenolone.  Pregnenolone is considered the body’s “master hormone.”   If you want to read a medical definition of pregnenolone I’ve got you covered.  “Pregnenolone also known as P5, is an endogenous steroid hormone. It is the precursor of the progestogens, mineralocorticoids, glucocorticoids, androgens, and estrogens, as well as...