Posts Tagged ‘Thyroid’
Meet Mary
Mary is a forty-five-year-old patient of mine who was testosterone deficient. Despite working out and “eating healthy,” she was not losing weight; in fact she was gaining weight around her mid-section. She had her testosterone optimized but still could not lose weight. We knew she had hypothyroidism, but this being managed by another physician who…
Read MoreUnderstanding Hormones; Estrogen, Progesterone, Testosterone, Thyroid
For women, the three most important hormones that need to be considered in optimizing an individual’s hormones providing longevity with outstanding quality of life and disease prevention are estrogen, testosterone and thyroid. For men, there are two, testosterone and thyroid. Estrogen: Estrogen is an amazing hormone. It has over four hundred functions in a woman’s…
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