The adrenal glands produce hormones that underlie the body's mechanisms in coping with physical and mental stress. Overtraining in athletics, chronic anxiety, worry, nervous tension and other factors related to excessive release of cortisol are associated with…
Pregnenolone is not a steroid but a steroid hormone precursor manufactured in the body from cholesterol. Pregnenolone is converted in the liver to DHEA (dehydroepiandrosterone) and progesterone (and ultimately other hormones such as estrogen and e). It is important…