Scoliosis World w/ Dr Morningstar

19 Scoliosis World w/ Dr Morningstar: Pregnenolone

In this episode of Scoliosis World, Dr Morningstar covers the effects of the cholesterol pathway and pregnenolone in patients with scoliosis.

Part of the cholesterol pathway
Every hormone in our body is made from cholesterol
Lowering cholesterol can be taken too far, to the point that a person cannot make hormones, leading to premature aging and neurodegenerative diseases
Your brain runs on cholesterol
Pregnenolone is one of the first byproducts of cholesterol metabolism
Cholesterol rises in the winter months
Pregnenolone converts into progesterone and DHEA; both important
Progesterone is implicated in scoliosis
Females with scoliosis have about half of the available progesterone that those without scoliosis have