Preventive Medicine
Healthy-aging medicine is scientific, evidence based, and well documented by peer-reviewed journals to treat such common problems as:
- Coronary heart disease
- Cancer
- Dementia
- Insulin resistance (type 11 diabetes)
- Degenerative arthritis
- Degenerating body composition
- Osteoporosis
- Immune system decline
- Loss of libido and sexual function
Integrative medicine is the application of any therapy or modality that delivers the early detection, prevention, treatment or reversal of age-related dysfunction and disease. It enhances the quality and extends the quantity of the human life span.
The GOAL of Preventive Medicine is to increase health span not just life span. Increasing life span is to be strong and vigorous, happy, content, and creative, and spiritually satisfied. No one wants to live longer with debility or chronic illness or cognitive impairment.
The Recurring Themes in Preventive Medicine medicines are:
- Prevent and repair DNA damage
- Control glucose and insulin
- Control free radicals and homocysteine and advanced glycation end products
Customizing your Preventive Medicine Program with:
- EXERCISE – Decreasing the risks of coronary heart disease, cerebrovascular disease and hypertension, non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, colon and breast cancer, and osteoporosis.
- CALORIC RESTRICTION WITH ADEQUATE NUTRITION (CRAN)
- CRAN is adequate nutrition not malnourishment. We need adequate vitamins, minerals, protein etc. The fewer calories, 10-50% reduction, has the benefits of a longer life and less disease.
- ONGOING MONITORING AND MEDICAL SUPERVISION
- BALANCED HORMONE REPLACEMENT