Reader’s Digest recently published an article entitled “5 Vitamin Truths and Lies”. Vitamins are essential for each of us to be able to carry out all of the various chemical reactions in our bodies.
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January 18, 2010
Dr. Stanton Responds to Recent NY Times Article: "Vigor Quest"
A recent article in the NY Times follows the “Vigor Quest” of baby boomer, John Bellizzi (51), retracing his journey through the male menopause known as andropause and discussing how integrative and functional medicine helped him get his edge back and regain control of his health.
January 6, 2010
How clean is too clean?
In wake of the recent H1N1 scare, many of us are resorting to antiseptics and antibacterial cleansers to rid our homes of germs. What many of us don’t know is that the chemicals we’re using to safeguard our health are actually making us sick.
December 2, 2009
Belly Fat & Hot Flashes
The impact of diet on hormonal health is a popular topic in this community. Remember, all of your hormones work closely together – insulin, cortisol, thyroid, estrogen, testosterone, and progesterone – if one of them becomes unbalanced, it throws the others out of whack.
November 9, 2009
Dr. Stanton on Let's Talk Live!
BodyLogicMD Chief Medical Officer Dr. Alicia Stanton was recently featured on an episode of Let’s Talk Live, discussing how using bioidentical hormones to balance your hormones can aid in disease prevention. During the segment, Dr. Stanton talks about the damaging effects of environmental toxins such as pesticides, pollution and consumer products and how they can propagate hormonal imbalance, which can lead to further disease and ailment.
October 12, 2009
BodyLogicMD’s Top 5 Hormonal Health Reads
BodyLogicMD's Top 5 Hormonal Health Reads!
September 30, 2009
BodyLogicMD CMO Dr. Alicia Stanton Announces the Release of Her New Book
BodyLogicMD CMO and owner and operator of BodyLogicMD of Hartford, CT., Dr. Alicia Stanton proudly announces the highly anticipated release of her new book, Hormone Harmony.
August 12, 2009
Bioidentical Hormones Vs. Synthetic
Bioidentical hormones are an exact replica of the hormones that are naturally produced by the body; matching the body’s natural hormones molecule by molecule. They are referred to as “All Natural” because they are extracted from soy and yams. Bioidentical hormones are processed by a compounding pharmacist. Once the plant-based hormone is processed, its structure is identical to the estrogen, progesterone, and androgen hormones produced naturally by one’s body. This is why our bodies can metabolize them naturally as it was designed to do, with minimal or no bioidentical hormones risks or side effects.
August 7, 2009
More on Big Pharm's Big Bust
One of the main criticisms of bioidentical hormone therapy is that “there are no studies on bioidentical hormones.” In fact, there are many excellent publications that demonstrate the benefits of bioidentical hormone therapy. Some of the studies show a greater margin of safety with bioidentical progesterone over the non-bioidentical progestin, Provera. Those that support Premarin and Provera point to a number of studies that were done. However, 26 of them were biased and, what’s worse, the bias was covered up. If Wyeth needed to “give credit” to other physicians for their research on their own products, what were they trying to cover up? What did they know that they weren’t saying? Why weren’t there independent groups that could have demonstrated the benefits of Premarin and Provera?
July 10, 2009
Prescribing Bioidentical Hormones
Bioidentical hormone specialists, Dr. Alicia Stanton and Dr. Robert Rubin of BodyLogicMD discuss why traditional doctors do not prescribe bioidentical hormones.
June 17, 2009
Bioidentical Hormones and "The Oprah Effect"
Our Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Alicia Stanton was interviewed this morning on FOX regarding "The Oprah Effect" and the anti-aging industry. She also discussed bioidentical hormone therapy.
June 16, 2009
Your hormone levels naturally decline with age…
Many things can accelerate the decline of hormone levels in both sexes. Stress levels, diet, nutrition and lifestyles all contribute to hormone imbalance. Currently, one of the main culprits is stress. This is true because the stress hormone, cortisol, is built with the same building blocks as our sex hormones, DHEA, testosterone and estrogen. The more stress we have, the more cortisol we demand and the fewer building blocks we have to make our sex hormones.
I applaud Dr. Oz's answer on Oprah show regarding andropause or as we like to call it Man-o-pause! For men Testosterone reaches a peak at around age 25-30 and then goes down at a rate of 1-2% per year which is why as Dr. Oz points out that the onset of symptoms is very slow and not very obvious to men. The changes with menopause tends to happen over a shorter period of time so women are more aware of the changes. Men may notice a lack of energy, declining memory, increased moodiness, a decrease in libido and/or erections and a loss in muscle tone, increase in fat and a loss of stamina. Levels of testosterone are easily checked in a blood test and can be corrected with testosterone therapy. In addtion to improving all of the above symptoms, replacing testosterone also decreases the risk of heart disease and alzheimer's disease and can improve cholesterol and blood sugar levels among many other benefits. Many of the changes that men tend to chalk up to aging can be improved with testosterone therapy.
It is important for men to realize the importance of stress reduction, diet and lifestyle on their hormone levels. Men should find ways to reduce their stress such as meditation, exercise, reading, journaling or enjoying nature.