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Hello -- the health dog undocumented.
Hormone replacement therapy is something a lot of women.
And men are turning to as they -- in fact.
This possible therapy is -- in both sexes is gaining popularity.
Here to tell us why is hormone expert and author doctor Jennifer -- -- -- thank you for coming.
As I said.
Hormone replacement you know used to be fought for women.
-- -- And -- applause for women but now is affecting both of them because hormone as a very important.
Product to have again.
-- loans are essential right we wouldn't be sitting here talking to each other but for hormones because hormones regulate so many different things in our bodies and our hormones reach a peak at about age 25.
In both sexes and then start to decline from -- after.
And really once our -- start to decline a lot of functions go away and a lot of people can tell you they feel differently when their hormones start to decline.
So even though as part of the aging process one could argue that as we fix other things in our bodies and why not fix a hormone so that we can have a more.
-- again.
Aging is that is that.
Is better quality -- like you Lullabot quality went -- when you look at it will help spam is really what we talk about in my field because as.
-- as traditional medicine has made huge advances we've been able to increase the lifespan but have we really increased the helps them.
The healthy span of our lives where people have a good quality of life.
-- I mentioned in the introduction that testosterone it has.
Is being used it has a lot of benefits let's talk about the benefits for women yeah most people don't equate testosterone with win.
They don't but they'd and they don't realize yes women have a two women have testosterone in about a tenth the amount as man have testosterone.
And it's essential for women in all kinds of ways R&R levels of testosterone again our highest in at about age 25 or so and then they decline as we get older.
So testosterone for women and man is energy memory and mood would be down.
Own strength muscle strength and the loss of loss of muscle and gaining a fat that happens as we get older.
Let me pick one from the list -- and libido and -- this is it good question that get a lot and I really don't have a lot of good chances because I don't do you do right.
A lot of women complain.
That some times after a child.
As they get older whatever it is maybe that sex.
Libido and desire.
Yes.
Sexual appetite -- is gone.
Absolutely I hear that all the time -- testosterone fix that.
Yes.
And equipment I like yeah.
-- answer my questions.
Yes absolutely -- women need to no -- they need to and you know this LBJ when Anthony to know this testosterone can absolutely change a woman's sex drive can bring it back.
I'm not only that it has other benefits as well testosterone actually acts as a woman's emotional shield.
-- you know when women find themselves they tell you I'm crying so much more lately and had crying at the AT&T commercial right.
Testosterone will help that and in addition helped their libido and they -- they feel.
He just feel -- they have a better sexual well being better well being in general.
You -- again.
Recommend that let's say that a method of giving testosterone is either the cream or the pellets and you like the palace show me a little bit of the ballot because I never seen it before.
-- and I know you have it here.
They did -- this.
All that little explaining that has the high -- Has the power and they take you this is a testosterone -- this isn't -- a pretty small there's a test faster and it's -- thirty milligram -- And in some women will go up to even a hundred milligrams or -- 120 milligrams.
Which just requires may be a bigger -- Now you did you insert this under the skin and lightning within left with natural car for exactly many -- -- cars weigh in their -- and -- and they.
Up her buttocks the hip area OK and then we use this -- car we make a tiny incision only big enough to admit the true car right we slide the -- current.
Then they take -- this leave.
And were able to feed the pellet into the little slot here right and then it and then we feed this back and and all and it'll under the skin so it.
-- -- -- and his skin on my big -- area there.
And then it slowly X Greeks that testosterone exactly slowly over time it releases but just passed so that this kind of therapy is -- -- one.
Shot deal or is it do you have to go for multiple -- as time goes by.
So -- therapy it lasts for about three to four months and women said they need to come about -- and and man as well.
So they need to come about three or four times a year for replacement of the -- -- -- -- will be I'm gonna be walking with a whole bunch of pellets in my.
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Is there are there any side effects.
I mean like it I know for men it can take a lot of testosterone for instance when -- talking about the eighteenth -- convert to estrogen in the evening Iraq develop things like -- you know hike.
The blood count and then you know things like that.
That in women.
Do high levels of testosterone.
Get you to places where you don't want to be.
The real big.
Concern with women and testosterone is some mainly cosmetic concerns.
To too much testosterone and a woman can cause -- to -- unwanted hair hair on the face especially.
And body care that she's not accustomed to.
Also acting is more common in women who take testosterone therapy.
And even can increase the loss of hair on the head it can cause some -- of scalp -- just like male pattern baldness essentially the movement though didn't.
He believes in me I am -- handling -- is again a lot of head and I got my testosterone is there that.
They've actually show this study -- -- go well all I have -- I wanna I -- lot of.
-- testosterone -- but I do believe in this anyway thank you so much I think that this is such an important.
And a piece of information especially for women because you're learning something new when it's very important.
It helps you and consider this.
And if people wanna get information they can go to.
And doctor Jennifer Landon dot com and body logic and well anyway thank you so much thank you -- -- thanks for having me.
Teddy got any -- questions you get email Leo if Fogg said -- many if fox does not come until next time -- document.
