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Hormone
SUPPLEMENTATION
An indisputable fact in medicine is that we do age.
Another fact that is indisputable, at least for the
very foreseeable future, is that you will not live
forever. However, there is a great likelihood that
you can enjoy a quality of life of vitality well
into your senior years because of research into the
medical science of hormone replacement and
supplementation.
 Aging:
Fight it or embrace it?
The average life span of an American continues to
increase. The current life expectancy of 72 (male)
and 79 (female) increases into the mid-eighties
IF you can
make it to age 65 and now, British researchers
think that if you make it to 65 you can get a few
more years and should make it to 90!
It is also estimated by many gerontologists that by
2050, life expectancy will be well over 100 years
old and that there will be millions of Americans at
those ages. So if you are 50 now, in the year 2006,
the odds will be pretty good that with a healthy
lifestyle and regular physical examinations you will
make it to vote in the 2056 Presidential Elections.
Is living longer any good if you are not "living?"
With any discussion about increased life
expectancy comes the question posed by many: "Do I
want to live longer if my mental and physical
abilities are impaired?"
There are many who say
that we should not seek to live longer if living
longer means institutional care, living with chronic
pain from disease, or living with impaired mental
faculties. But is this the only lifestyle option
there is with advanced age? Disability?
There are a growing
number of doctors who say that old age does not
inevitably bring disability. That the key to
enjoying our later years, that is remaining active,
mentally alert and independent may rest with hormone
replacement therapy.
Can we really control the aging process?
Is it possible to roll
back the hands of time and give ourselves a more
youthful vigor even when we reach ages that doctors
tell us we should consider vitality a thing of the
past?
Hormone
supplementation is a choice, one that needs to be
made by a patient who understands the realistic
goals of its benefits and a practitioner who
understands the need of moderation—doing just enough
and not more to enhance the delicate hormonal
balance of our bodies.
What are hormones?
What is hormone supplementation?
How does it enhance vitality even as we age?
Hormones are chemicals
within our bodies responsible for many things
including the regulation of our metabolism, immune
function, blood pressure, sugar levels, body
temperature as well as a host of other
Hormone
Supplementation Parts 1
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