Menstrual health matters
Why the “cortisol (pregnenolone) steal” hypothesis is incorrect
By: Fiona Catchpowle Published on: 26/08/2025The popular story says: under stress the adrenals “steal” pregnenolone to make cortisol, leaving too little substrate for DHEA and the downstream sex hormones. It’s tidy—and wrong.
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