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Regarding cortisol-to-DHA ratios on the DUTCH test, approximately what ratio is considered normal and what is considered indicating catabolic or a high cortisol compared to the DHEA?

Dr. Amy Nett:  It’s a great question, because Chris talked about that this week on one of the presentations and he mentions he just does it qualitatively. And that’s what I do. I sort of just eyeball it, I actually don’t do a calculation for that. So you really just use midpoints. If cortisol is significantly above and DHEA significantly below, then you consider that catabolic. So neither he nor I actually do a calculation for that. Just eyeball it, look at the midpoint, one significantly above, one significantly below and just go based on that.

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