Nutritional needs and hormone production can change at any age. These changes can impact our physical, mental, and emotional states and make impossible demands on our hormonal system. These hormonal imbalances can affect men as well as women.
The professionals at Midwest Anti-Aging and Med Spa offer hormone therapy to achieve balance. Balance can decrease the effects of aging and slow the disease processes associated with aging. Increased energy, quality sleep and an overall better feeling of wellness can be achieved by addressing the issues of hormone imbalances with hormone therapy.
When approaching hormonal balance and wellness, Midwest Anti-Aging and Med Spa uses a full body medical approach. The use of pharmaceutical grade supplements and physician prescriptions allow the body to balance itself out. The goal of treatment is to provide the support that individuals need to achieve and sustain optimal health.
Under the direction of Board Certified Anti-Aging specialists Dr. Ayesha Akbar and Dr. Khaja Asadullah, Midwest Anti-Aging and Med Spa offers weight management, hormonal treatment for both men and women, cosmetic procedures, laser surgery and aesthetic services. The professionals are dedicated to their clients and committed to giving the best, state-of-the-art care available.
Bioidentical hormones (BIH) have been around for years, most practitioners are unfamiliar with them. They function exactly like those the body produces. BIH are manufactured in the lab to have the same molecular structure as the hormones made by your own body. By contrast, synthetic hormones are intentionally different. Drug companies can’t patent a bioidentical structure, so they invent synthetic hormones that are patentable (Premarin, Prempro, and Provera being the most widely used examples).
In our practice, we have had the greatest success with an individualized approach. We begin with laboratory tests of hormone levels (a so-called “hormone panel”). When warranted, we then prescribe a precise dosage of bioidentical estrogens, progesterone, testosterone, and/or DHEA that is prepared at a registered compounding pharmacy. Each patient is then monitored carefully through regular follow-up hormone panels to ensure she gets symptom relief at the lowest possible dosage. In the initial stages, we will do a hormone panel every three months. Once balance is restored, we’ll do one panel per year at the annual exam. Physicians also make sure that patients undergo yearly pap smears and mammograms, since elevated estrogen levels can lead to breast cancer.
We have found that about 85% can find relief through a natural approach that combines medical-grade nutritional supplements, gentle endocrine support, and dietary and lifestyle changes. In our experience, the great majority of women can rebalance their hormones without the use of drugs, and even without HRT in any form.
Bio-Identical Hormone Replacement Therapy (BHRT) – a better solution.
Aging takes place at a more rapid pace when your hormones start to decline. Once your hormones start to decrease, your body starts to change as well. You tend to gain weight easier, you’re not as athletic, you tend to be more up-tight about things, depressed more frequently – these are all signs that your hormone levels are beginning to drop. Natural hormones are protective and aging is related to the loss of these hormones. Replacing the hormones to youthful levels delays the aging process. Deficiency of Human Growth Hormone has also been associated with fatigue, poor muscle development, lack of drive and initiative, decreased endurance and strength, sagging breasts, sagging abdomen and poor self esteem. Without a doubt, Human Growth Hormone can counter these adverse effects.
All major studies have documented these improvements in body composition and function. If you are serious about starting an anti-aging program, remember that all good programs consist of discipline and commitment in five major areas: HGH replacement, proper diet, nutrition, exercise and sleep.
There is a gradual decline in the level of testosterone in all men as they age. This natural decline starts around age 30 and continues through life.
Many men however, experience a lack of testosterone production sufficient to result in significant symptoms. This will have applied to approximately 50% of men by the time they reach age 55.
Testosterone is the hormone produced by the testicles. It is responsible for the proper development of male sexual characteristics. It also modulates the dilation of the arteries, promoting the circulation of blood and is responsible for the maintenance of muscle bulk. Without an adequate testosterone level there can be important psychological effects such as loss of libido (low sex drive) reduced brain and intellectual activity and mood changes. Low levels of testosterone may result in an increase in central and upper body fat, a decline in the amount of muscle in the body and a decline in strength. Osteroporosis which may lead to hip and spinal fractures may also occur. The bone marrow is less active and produces less hemoglobin and red blood cells which transport oxygen around the body.
