As men and women age, hormone levels in the body go down. These include estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone. Symptoms that are very common to men or women, who are near or past the age of menopause, can lower their quality of life. It doesn’t have to be that way…
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Hot flashes
Night sweats
Sleep problems
Physical exhaustion
Lack of energy
Chronic fatigue
Vaginal dryness
Depression
Anxiety
Irritability
Decreased libido
Decreased sexual satisfaction
Decrease in mental acuity
Incontinence, frequent UTI’s
Joint and muscular symptoms, poor recovery from exercise
Hair loss or thinning, cold intolerance, weight gain despite exercise and diet
Depression, anxiety, irritability
Physical exhaustion, lack of energy, chronic fatigue
Erectile dysfunction, low libido
Decrease in mental acuity
Hair loss or thinning, cold intolerance, weight gain despite exercise and diet
Joint and muscular symptoms, poor recovery from exercise
Stabilization of mood
Reduced depression and anxiety
Mental clarity
Reduced brain fog; helps with memory and cognition
Improved sleep health
Increased energy, endurance and quicker recovery from exercise
Weight loss
Reduced body fat and increases in muscle mass
Prevention of age-related illnesses
Cardiovascular events, osteoporotic bone fractures, dementia/Alzheimer’s
Heart protection
Lowered LDL, increased HDL
Increased bone mass
Stimulation of bone forming cells
Decreased amyloid deposition in the brain (which starts as early as age 30)
Restoration of sexual relationship
Decreased pain, increased libido
Decreased dependence on medications with side-effects
Anti-depressants, anti-hypertensive meds, diabetic meds
Testosterone
Thyroid hormone
If you are a woman, depending on whether you are pre-menopausal or post-menopausal, have a uterus or not, you may need estrogen and progesterone.
Protection of the brain, heart, bone, prostate and breast.
Testosterone deficiency increases the risk of:
Alzheimer’s disease
Cardiovascular disease
Osteroporotic bone fracture
Diabetes mellitus
Sarcopenia (muscle mass loss)
Breast cancer
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