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Pregnenolone - known as the memory hormone, is much more than that. It controls the production of other important hormones such as DHEA and estrogen, and thus plays a key role in the   hormones available to counter the aging process.

Hormones are chemical messengers that tell our organs and cells what to do. Our neurological function is precisely controlled by hormones that synchronize organ and cell function. Hormone imbalances play a direct role in the decline of cognitive functioning with aging.

Aging erodes the ability of the "conductor"- an essential hormone called pregnenolone - to direct the synchronization of the trillions of brain cell reactions required to maintain youthful mental function. By restoring lost pregnenolone, learning and short-term memory can be improved dramatically!

As stores of pregnenolone (and DHEA) are depleted with advancing age, we see a marked and often dramatic decline in the neuronal synchronization required for optimal mental function. Aging causes a severe deficiency pregnenolone and DHEA production.

Pregnenolone is the true "mother hormone," made directly from cholesterol within the mitochondria. In addition to memory enhancement, a partial list of pregnenolone's diverse benefits include:

Research
New studies show pregnenolone to be a specific memory-enhancing hormone!

	Pregnenolone maintains the "program" brain cells need to store and retrieve short-term memories.
	Pregnenolone initiates the memory storage process by stimulating the enzyme adenylate cyciase, which is needed to regulate and activate other critical enzymes required for cellular energy.
	Pregnenolone then regulates the timed-sequential flow of calcium ions through the cell. Calcium ion exchange has great formational content and may determine how memory is encoded by neurons.
	Pregnenolone then modulates chemical reactions, calcium-protein bindings, gene activation, protein turnover, and the intra-cellular distribution of compounds and enzyme reactions involved in the storage and retrieval of memory.
	In so doing, it increases the feeling of well-being and improves mood; reducing depression and the damaging effects of stress.
	It is the precursor hormone from which other hormones- DHEA, estrogen, testosterone and progesterone are made.
	Pregnenolone has bee used successfully in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and other auto-immune diseases.

PRECAUTIONS:
Since pregnenolone can naturally convert into DHEA in some people, the precautions we advise for DHEA may apply to pregnenolone. For some people, pregnenolone may elevate DHEA serum levels, thus possibly reducing the need for DHEA supplementation.