Diet and lifestyle modification is the foundation of most medical guideline’s first-line intervention and should be a foundation of disease prevention and modification.
Sep 8th, 2021
Diet and lifestyle modification is the foundation of most medical guideline’s first-line intervention and should be a foundation of disease prevention and modification.
The report shows Atherosclerosis, Inflammation, Arterial Age, and Early Event Risk.
Elevated Lp(a) is causally implicated in cardiovascular disease, and testing may help to tailor the appropriate intensity of preventive measures.
Cholesterol can’t be good or bad. Cholesterol is just cholesterol; it just gets carried around in different carrier vehicles which act differently in the body.
But, how can a majority of heart attacks occur in a blood vessel that’s less than 50% blocked? That’s where inflammation comes in to the game.
Long-term testosterone replacement therapy improved blood sugar control and insulin resistance; it even caused remission in type 2 diabetes.
The following risk factors are associated with varying degrees of risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD).
A common and unfortunate statement that I have heard is that, “I was never told what was going to happen to my body.”
Sexual interest, mood, quality of life, erections, cholesterol, blood sugar, strength, lean mass, body fat, inflammation, and bone density.
Some men can develop low testosterone as part of aging. For other men, it can be a downstream effect of other health conditions.
Acute rises in inflammation are necessary for survival; however, low-grade chronic inflammation can be problematic for the blood vessels.
There is a simple ultrasound test that can be performed, which research has demonstrated to predict 98.6% of future adverse cardiovascular events.
HRT has been used for decades to improve women’s quality of life and to relieve symptoms of menopause and peri-menopause.
There are a number of risk factors that can be easily recognized in the mirror, or in others with face-to-face conversation.
Men with low, or low normal, testosterone are at an increased risk of mortality than those with higher levels.
It has long been recognized that nutrition and the prevention or reversal of disease are flip sides of the same coin, and that the two are very closely inter-related.
Testosterone is safe and has been demonstrated to have many benefits. Most men on TRT will endorse that the sheer improvement in quality of life.
I’ve seen many patients over the years who have come to me because they feel stuck. They are stuck with their progress, their weight loss, and their energy levels.