Episode 131: [The LODown] How to Support Androgens: Navigating Both Low and High Testosterone and DHEA-S in Women

How to Support Androgens: Navigating Both Low and High Testosterone and DHEA-S in Women

In this episode, we explore how to support androgens in women by understanding both low and high testosterone and DHEA-S, and what these patterns reveal about thyroid function, insulin signaling, adrenal health, inflammation, and stress. Androgens are essential for female energy, mood, muscle tone, libido, and fertility, and when they are either too low or too high, they signal deeper metabolic and immune imbalances rather than isolated hormone problems.

A few things we chat about in this episode 👇👇👇

• Why women need androgens like testosterone, DHEA, and DHT for energy, mood, and fertility
• The difference between ovarian and adrenal sources of androgens
• Why both low and high testosterone can cause symptoms
• How LH, insulin, thyroid function, and stress shape androgen levels
• Why PCOS is not an ovary-first condition
• Common signs of high & low androgens
• How insulin resistance, inflammation, and immune stress drive androgen imbalance
• Which labs actually matter for understanding androgen patterns

 

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