Since DHEA is illegal in my country I have been looking for natural ways to increase it through diet/supplements.
I found this study where the participants megadosed with 4 grams of Vitamin C daily for ten days. They splitted the dose to 1 gram every 6 hour :
Annals NY Acad of Sciences, Jul 1987, 498:487–490, "Bimodal Effects of Megadose Vitamin C on Adrenal Steroid Production in Man
It increases DHEA by 77%::
"DHEA increase (after 1 week) was rather profound from 426 ng/dl to 755 ng/dl, a 77% increase. "
It also lowers cortisol (maybe through the increase in DHEA?)
"Cortisol was lowered from 19.6 to 14.8 ug/dl on average, a drop of approximately 25%. "
I found this study where the participants megadosed with 4 grams of Vitamin C daily for ten days. They splitted the dose to 1 gram every 6 hour :
Annals NY Acad of Sciences, Jul 1987, 498:487–490, "Bimodal Effects of Megadose Vitamin C on Adrenal Steroid Production in Man
It increases DHEA by 77%::
"DHEA increase (after 1 week) was rather profound from 426 ng/dl to 755 ng/dl, a 77% increase. "
It also lowers cortisol (maybe through the increase in DHEA?)
"Cortisol was lowered from 19.6 to 14.8 ug/dl on average, a drop of approximately 25%. "