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May 27[edit]

Should a glass of red wine daily cause the human body to produce more endosteroids (natural steroid hormones from the adrenal gland)?[edit]

Thanks. 2A10:8012:17:CDC6:E023:B45A:943A:B761 (talk) 02:03, 27 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

This would refer to the corticosteroids (cortisol, corticosterone, aldosterone and testosterone), steroids produced in the adrenal cortex. I did not find a relation with the consumption of red wine in the literature. There is an advice to avoid drinking alcohol while taking prednisone, a synthetic corticosteroid, because it can worsen some side effects.^[1] Resveratrol can inhibit steroid metabolism.^[2] Neither has a bearing on the natural production of corticosteroids. --Lambiam 07:59, 27 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

For information: the Healthline site (ref 1) is not available in the UK or EU unless you enable trackers and cookies. If it falls foul of GDPR, readers outside of these areas may wish to exercise due prudence in trusting it. Martin of Sheffield (talk) 08:39, 27 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hello User:Lambiam. After reading your answer I wonder what are the "human-natural" endosteroids which science so far discovered.

In the article Steroid hormone, I didn't find a category such as Category:Human Produced Steroid Hormones. If there was such a category, than it should have included two sub categories, Category:Human Produced Corticosteroids and Category:Human Produced Sex Steroids, right? 2A10:8012:17:CDC6:78FE:7B18:6EF6:D13A (talk) 15:08, 27 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

We have categories Category:Corticosteroids and Category:Sex hormones. No one has chosen to organize our articles in categories Category:Natural steroid hormones and Category:Artificial steroid hormones. If we had such articles, the more specific ones would be category intersections. --Lambiam 09:01, 28 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Are all types of whales endangered or close to being endangered?[edit]

Are all types of whales endangered or close to being endangered? 2001:569:5026:8A00:C97:246D:109A:295E (talk) 05:45, 27 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The Common minke whale, a close relative of the Blue whale, is assigned the "Least Concern (LC)" status on the IUCN Red List.^[3] Our List of cetaceans, which also includes dolphins and porpoises generally not referred to as whales, reports a "threatened" status (CE, EN, VU) for 23 species, versus 10 NT and 50 LC. --Lambiam 07:12, 27 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]