The Story of a Middle Aged Man

The typical story is of a middle aged man who gradually loses his sex drive, strength, energy and enthusiasm for life and love. An all-enveloping mental and physical tiredness descends on him for no apparent reason. He changes from being a positive, bullish person who is good to be around, to a negative pessimistic, depressed bear with a sore head and is increasingly difficult to work with. At work, he is just going through the motions and no amount of encouragement will improve his performance. At home, family relations tend to become increasingly strained, and social life and activities dwindle and wilt. His sexual life is usually a disaster, with a loss of libido and intermittent failure to achieve an erection leading to performance anxiety and eventually complete impotence. This creates a downward spiral of failing function both in the bedroom and boardroom.

Traditionally, age-related male hormone changes were not considered a problem because fertility in men persists until an advanced age.

 Clinically your doctor may tell you that you have one or more of the following. You most likely will not be told these are also signs of Andropause.

·         Signs of Andropause

• Increase in total cholesterol or triglycerides
• Decrease in HDL cholesterol
• Elevation of fasting blood glucose
• Elevation in blood pressure
• Unexplained mid-section weight gain
• Increase in fat distribution in chest and hips
• Development of varicose veins or hemorrhoids
• Changes in vision
• Osteoporosis

CRITICAL POINT ANALYSIS AND TREATMENT

Critical Point Analysis is achieved by recognition of specific patterns of dysfunction which occur in the body.  Critical Point Analysis is a technique derived from the fact that in any highly complex system there is a specific, critical point at which the smallest input will result in the greatest change.

We identify the patterns associated with Andropause through the metabolic assessment questionnaire. Information revealed can then be utilized to determine the course of treatment that would yield the greatest change.

Blood tests would be used to determine liver detoxification, gut function and insulin sensitivity. By understanding the patterns in the blood test, we can influence hormone ratios through supplement protocols. These protocols would also reduce cholesterol levels, and the risk of arteriolosclerosis and diabetes.

It takes six to nine months to repair and restore gut chemistry, liver detoxification and hormone metabolism. If this concerns you, ask yourself how long will you be taking medications for high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and the little blue pill.

Results are seen much sooner, often within the first thirty days. If you or someone you know wants to feel better, have more vigor and virility, call us today.

Wellness Alternatives

636-227-4949

Loss of Libido in Men

Men don't like to talk about it, neither do their partners. Losing interest in sex may not be as common an occurrence for men as it is for women. But when men lose interest in sex it scares them more than women - their masculinity is so linked to their sexuality that it is very threatening. Loss of libido also makes men more unhappy about the rest of their lives than it does women.

But loss of libido is not something you have to live with.

 Frequency of sexual activity is not the best measure of sexual interest - so many circumstances can get in the way of an encounter even if the desire is there. Often these circumstances are used as an excuse when it is really the impaired sexual function from Andropause that is the problem. Hormones have a powerful influence in our body's but because men don't have the monthly experience with hormone fluctuation and instead experience a gradual decline of their hormone levels, they find it difficult to understand.

To help identify the early warning signs of Andropause, see whether you answer the following questions true or false:

1. Touching takes place only in the bedroom.
2. Sex does not give you feelings of connection and sharing.
3. One of you is always the initiator and the other feels pressured.
4. You no longer look forward to sex.
5. Sex is mechanical and routine.
6. You almost never have sexual thoughts or fantasies about your spouse.
7. You have sex once or twice a month at most.

If you answered true to many or most of the questions, you may be on your way to Andropause.

Action man becomes Inaction man

Are You Young and Having:

• Impaired libido
• Erectile dysfunction
• Early baldness
• Inability to lose weight 

Are You Middle Aged And Having:

• impaired libido
• erectile dysfunction
• baldness and/or extremity hair thinning
• fat accumulation around the waist
• urinary dribbling, urgency, trouble starting or stopping
• change in sleep habits
• lack of enthusiasm for life
• increase in bad cholesterol, decrease in good cholesterol

Optimal Health is dependent on the balance of hormones, not just a single hormone.

Quick Screen For Andropause

Do You Have any of the following:

1. Urination difficulty or dribbling
2. Frequent urination
3. Pain inside of legs or heels
4. Feeling of incomplete bowel evacuation
5. Leg nervousness at night

These are signs of prostate hypertrophy. Prostate hypertrophy is the result of hormonal imbalances that occur in men due to an enzyme converting testosterone into dihydrotestosterone (DHT). DHT is much more potent than testosterone and promotes prostate cell growth and displasia.

Do You Have any of the following:

1. Decrease in libido or desire for sex
2. Decrease in spontaneous morning erections (most common early sign)
3. Decrease in fullness of erections
4. Difficulty in maintaining or starting full erection
5. Baldness and/or extremity hair thinning
6. Fat accumulation around the waist
7. Urinary symptoms; dribbling, pain and/or frequency; urgency; interrupted stream
8. Changes in sleep habits
9. Spells of mental fatigue and inability to concentrate
10. Depression; Lack of enthusiasm for life
11. Decreased initiative
12. Muscle soreness
13. Decrease in physical stamina

These symptoms take place when there are low androgen ratio levels involving testosterone, DHT or androstenedione. The low ratio indicates there is a state of estrogen dominance. There are many factors and systems involved in andropause. These factors include liver detoxification, estrogen metabolism, gut function, thyroid, insulin sensitivity, adrenal function, testosterone synthesis and the feedback loops involving the pituitary and the hypothalamus.

Repairing the underlying factors that contribute to andropause is crucial to restoring hormone balance. It didn't happen overnight and it not going to repair overnight. But it is possible. Wellness Alternatives has the program to do it.

Call today to start your program

to better health.

636-227-4949

What We Test & What It Will Tell You

Using your saliva sample, the MHP panel measures six hormones: DHEA, Androstenedione, Testosterone, Dihydrotestosterone, Estrone & Progesterone. The hormone levels in the saliva reflect the active tissue concentrations, while blood contains mostly protein bound hormones, whose active levels can only be estimates at best. Urine contains both the active hormones and numerous metabolites and can only be used to measure what is being cleared from your body, not the tissue concentrations.

How Do You Benefit?

There are five distinct areas that you will benefit from doing a saliva test:

1. They are affordable and less expensive than blood or urine tests. You save $250 - $300 on six hormones.
2. Collection procedures spares you the biohazards and pain of venipuncture.
3. Results are more clinically reflective of your hormone status and needs.
4. Results can lead to an individualized and customized treatment plan using natural supplements.
5. You will minimize overdosing and underdosing. You will avoid taking the wrong supplements for your condition. This will ensure that you are using only the proper supplements in the appropriate amounts. With lab testing, guesswork is minimized.

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