{"id":163,"date":"2009-02-03T21:09:56","date_gmt":"2009-02-04T04:09:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glossary.ultimatefatburner.com\/dhea.php"},"modified":"2015-02-14T17:30:32","modified_gmt":"2015-02-14T22:30:32","slug":"dhea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/glossary\/dhea\/","title":{"rendered":"DHEA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DHEA is the abbreviation for dehydroepiandosterone, an androgen (&#8220;male&#8221; hormone) produced by the adrenal glands. DHEA is a prohormone, that can be converted to testosterone in the body, but is not a significant source of testosterone in men; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/sites\/entrez?Db=pubmed&amp;Cmd=ShowDetailView&amp;TermToSearch=17723877\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">nor does it significantly boost testosterone levels in men<\/a> when taken in supplemental form.<\/p>\n<p>DHEA is sold over-the-counter as an anti-aging supplement, as levels decline with age, although the benefits are still being debated.<\/p>\n<p>There are\u00a0a variety of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chemindustry.com\/chemicals\/625903.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">chemical synonyms that can be used for DHEA<\/a>, which makes it easy to &#8220;hide&#8221; in bodybuilding supplements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DHEA is the abbreviation for dehydroepiandosterone, an androgen (&#8220;male&#8221; hormone) produced by the adrenal glands. DHEA is a prohormone, that can be converted to testosterone in the body, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[77,109,114,340,346,801,921],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}