Jan: My guess would be a good test would be checking for adequate levels of DHEA and Progesterone. Both are descendants of Pregnenolone, but the Pregnenolone assay seems to unreliable in males.
I would guess that if Progesterone and DHEA are adequate, it is safe to assume that their "mother" (Preg) is adequate. If that's the case, Pregnenolone's creation from Cholesterol must also be adequate. I don't think HCG alone is enough to do this in most males though. Hence, Dr John's reason for putting all his guys on Pregnenolone. Everyone is different though. Phil doesn't take Pregnenolone, but takes about 700iu per week of HCG.
Sonny
Since Feb 07 I was taking 250iu hcg E2D
since june 19/07 I am taking 500iu hcg E3D
Since Feb 07 I take 1gram/day compounded Pregnenolone cream, desity of 100mg/1gram
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There is possiblility that some fishy stuff is going on with DHEAs.
For years I was using large amount of DHEA pills from LEF, ~350mg/day.
Meager results, using LabCorp test
Oct 2006
DHEA Sulfate=369 ng/dL (42-290)LE’s Optimal Range: 500-640 ug/dL
Switched to preg cream in Feb2007
QuestDiagnostic
DHEA sulfate=306(25-95)mcg/dL
it is 3x over the range
is this a problem with testing, laboratories or their ranges possibly the
pregnenolone cream act as dynamo?
After I seen the results I keep using preg cream but stopped all DHEA.
can't wait for my blood test in September.