How Do You Convert Cholesterol To Pregnenolone?
The human body naturally converts cholesterol into pregnenolone. Despite its bad reputation, cholesterol is the essential raw material from which many of our hormones are derived. More specifically, LDL (or low-density lipoprotein) cholesterol is converted into pregnenolone, which can then be used to synthesize many other important hormones in the body. Pregnenolone production decreases up to 60 percent by age 75. Increasing pregnenolone levels may counter age-related memory loss, arthritis, fatigue, stress, heart disease and depression. Step 1 Because the body converts cholesterol into pregnenolone, eat foods such as meat, eggs, poultry, butter and/or dairy to allow dietary cholesterol to be absorbed during digestion. The liver is also essential to pregnenolone, because it produces cholesterol on its own. Both endogenous (body made) and dietary cholesterol can be converted into pregnenolone. Step 2 Get adequate sleep. According to best-selling fitness author Jeff Anderson, most of our
