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y p a r e h T e n o Hor m for Men BOOST HEALTH, ENERGY AND LIBIDO By: Chad Ruiz
Men, how is your energy level? Does it feel like you’re running on empty? Has your libido flown south for the winter…3 winters ago? A decline in energy, sex drive, mental capacity, muscle mass and even hair are all symptoms of low testosterone (and other hormone) levels. And those are just the short term effects! Few people know about the serious conditions caused from longterm low levels. These include brittle bones, high blood pressure, depression, anxiety, respiratory disease, diabetes and cardiovascular disease. In fact, “The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism” recently concluded after an 11-year study that men with insufficient testosterone levels were more likely to die sooner than their counterparts.
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What’s that you say? You’re too young for a drop in testosterone? Believe it or not, testosterone levels begin their descent as early as 30!
“Both men and women, at some point in their life, will begin to experience the normal decrease in hormones,” said OBGYN Dr. Stefanie Schultis, a board certified physician and surgeon who has been in private practice since 1989 in Louisiana. “Many begin asking themselves, ‘What’s happening to me?’ A decrease in hormones for men more commonly occurs in their 40s but I occasionally have treated men
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in their 20s and 30s with low testosterone levels. It really interrupts their quality of life.” While hormone therapy has been around for more than 50 years in the form of pills, creams and gels, it’s been accepted more among women. Thanks to the popularity of the “pellets,” Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy (BHRT) appeals to both women AND men. “After so many years of recommending pills, creams and gels, what became obvious is that the pellet
Dr. Stefanie Schultis, a board certified physician and surgeon who has been in private practice since 1989 in Louisiana.
