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  • April 3, 2024

Struggling with Hormonal Weight Gain?

Navigating Menopausal Weight Gain: Hormonal Approaches for Effective Management As women transition through menopause, they often encounter various physical and hormonal changes, including weight...

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  • January 30, 2024

The Crucial Role of Estrogen in Men’s Health

When it comes to the topic of hormones and men’s health, testosterone is often the first to come to mind. However, another hormone plays...

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  • January 30, 2024

The Power of Pen and Plate: How Keeping a Food Journal Promotes Weight Loss

Weight loss is a journey that requires dedication, patience, and strategy. One such strategy, often overlooked, is keeping a food journal. It might sound...

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  • January 30, 2024

Embracing Exercise: A Catalyst to Weight Loss and Mental Health

The role of regular physical exercise in fostering a healthy lifestyle is unquestionable. It serves as a key ingredient not only in weight management...

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  • January 30, 2024

Testosterone and Menopause: Unraveling the Vital Connection for Women’s Health

Menopause is a natural and inevitable phase that marks the end of a woman’s reproductive years. While most people associate menopause with a decline...

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  • January 30, 2024

Unraveling the Complex Link Between Testosterone and Inflammation

Testosterone is a hormone primarily associated with male characteristics, but it is also an important hormone for women. It plays a crucial role in...

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  • January 30, 2024

The Symbiotic Relationship: How Probiotics and Gut Health Support BHRT

Bioidentical hormone replacement therapy (BHRT) is a natural and effective approach to managing hormonal imbalances. Did you know that the key to optimizing the...

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  • January 30, 2024

AOD 9604: What is it?

AOD9604 is a peptide derived from a fragment of human growth hormone (HGH). Peptides are short chains of amino acids that play various roles...

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  • January 30, 2024

Prebiotics: What Are They and What Do They Do?

Prebiotics are a type of dietary fiber that serves as a food source for beneficial bacteria in the gut. They are non-digestible carbohydrates that...

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  • January 30, 2024

Probiotics: Where does it work?

Probiotics primarily affect the gastrointestinal tract, but their influence can extend beyond the gut to other areas of the body. Here are the key...

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  • January 30, 2024

Body Fat Percentage vs BMI: Body Mass Index

Body Mass Index (BMI) and body fat percentage are two different measurements used to assess body composition and overall health. Body Mass Index is...

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  • January 30, 2024

Modifiable Lifestyle Changes: Let’s Get Healthy

Modifiable lifestyle changes refer to the adjustments you can make in your daily habits and behaviors to improve your overall health and well-being. These...

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  • January 30, 2024

Weight Loss and Hormone Balance: Can BHRT help?

Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy (BHRT) is a treatment approach that involves the use of hormones that are structurally identical to the hormones naturally produced...

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  • January 30, 2024

PT-141

PT-141, also known as Bremelanotide, is a peptide drug that has gained attention for its potential effects on sexual arousal and desire. It is...

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  • January 30, 2024

Glutathione

Glutathione is a powerful antioxidant that is naturally produced in the body. It is composed of three amino acids: cysteine, glutamic acid, and glycine....

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  • January 30, 2024

Medical Weight Loss: What is it?

Medical weight loss refers to a structured weight management program that is supervised by medical professionals, typically including physicians and other healthcare providers. It...

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  • January 30, 2024

Testosterone: Important for Women Too

estosterone is commonly known as a male hormone, but it is also present in women’s bodies, although in lower quantities compared to men. In...

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  • January 30, 2024

Testosterone and Weight Loss: The Relationship

It’s Not Just a Snackcident We lose weight, we gain weight, and then we lose weight again. It seems to be an endless cycle,...

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  • January 30, 2024

Testosterone and Depression

Is There a Connection? Testosterone. We literally can’t live without it. Depression. Those who experience it wish they didn’t. We all know about testosterone....

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  • January 30, 2024

Insulin Resistance

A Bowl Full of Jelly Clement C. Moore, author, scholar, and the poet who wrote the timeless “’Twas the Night Before Christmas” describes St....

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  • January 30, 2024

Semaglutide

All The Help We Can Get Anyone who’s ever tried to lose weight will tell you how challenging it is and how defeating it...

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  • January 30, 2024

Vitamin D3 – Not Just a Supplement but a Prohormone

Hormones AND Prohormones? We’re all familiar with hormones. They regulate innumerable bodily functions including blood pressure, blood sugar, kidney function, and sex/gender-related characteristics and...

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  • January 30, 2024

Berberine

Is it Real or Another Placebo? Berberine. Most of us haven’t heard of it, but it’s a highly effective chemical found in a variety...

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  • January 30, 2024

Pregnenolone

Where Does Health Begin? Good health. Its tangibility ranks in importance with intangibles like love in living a fulfilling, meaningful life. There are so...

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  • January 30, 2024

Peptide BPC 157

Appreciating our Youth The fountain of youth – we’re all looking for it. The more we think we need it, the more elusive it...

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  • January 30, 2024

Testosterone in Women: Myths and Misconceptions

Testosterone – Only for Men? Our hormonal system is incredibly complex. Hormones are chemicals. They regulate a large number of bodily functions. Usually, we...

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  • January 30, 2024

Bioidentical Hormones

What is a Hormone? We hear this word repeatedly and we’re told that they are the cause of so much imbalance in our bodies....

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  • January 30, 2024

Anti-aging and GHK-Cu

Anti-Aging Benefited by Peptides Age is just a number. If we’re lucky enough, we get to celebrate big birthdays that mark decades and those...

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  • January 30, 2024

Stress-Related Weight Gain

Have you seen the kids’ movie, Madagascar? Wiil.I.Am from the Black Eyed Peas singing, “I like ‘em big…” How can we not get behind...

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  • January 30, 2024

Addison’s Disease

A Disease You Probably Haven’t Heard Of Addison’s Disease. Most of us haven’t heard of it because it’s considered a rare disease. As a...

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  • January 30, 2024

Adrenal Dysfunction

Life As We Know It Let’s face it – life is stressful. Even without the occurrence of a major life event like a job...

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  • January 30, 2024

Erectile Dysfunction

What is Erectile Dysfunction? Erectile dysfunction, also known as ED or impotence, is, perhaps, a man’s worst fear. ED is the inability to achieve...

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  • January 30, 2024

Testosterone

What is Testosterone? Testosterone is the primary hormone responsible for the development of physical characteristics associated with maleness. This includes the deepening of the...

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  • January 30, 2024

Peptides. What You Need to Know

You may have heard the word, “Peptides” being thrown around a lot lately in the fitness and anti-aging world. And, you’re probably wondering, “what...

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  • January 30, 2024

Andropause: Symptoms and Treatment

Not A Musical Women’s hormonal changes are talked about, joked about, and even have plays or musicals written about them. The beginning and ending...

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  • January 30, 2024

Sermorelin: The Science of Youthful Aging

All That’s Old You’ve heard it before – all that’s old is new again. It’s true with fashion fads, hairstyles, and make-up. Wouldn’t it...

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  • January 30, 2024

CJC1295/Ipamorelin: What is This Peptide and What Can It Do For You?

Looking, Buff If you’re a certain age, the names Hans and Franz will make you laugh out loud and think, “…and we want to...

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  • January 30, 2024

The Working Thyroid

What is the Thyroid gland? The thyroid gland is butterfly-shaped and located in the neck, just below the Adam’s apple. It produces two hormones,...

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  • January 30, 2024

Exploring the Link: Low Testosterone Levels and Insulin Resistance

Testosterone and insulin are two hormones that play crucial roles in the human body. While testosterone is often associated with male health and vitality,...

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  • January 24, 2024

Embracing Menopause: A Journey of Wisdom, Strength, and Beauty

Menopause is often viewed with trepidation, as if it marks the end of a woman’s vitality and youthful energy. However, it’s time to challenge...

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