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Testosterone Reverses Metabolic Syndrome

Years of scientific research and clinical observation link metabolic syndrome — a constellation of symptoms that includes high cholesterol, high blood pressure, prediabetes and a "spare tire" around the waist — to low blood levels of testosterone in men.

Holistic doctors have known for a long time that treating metabolic syndrome with bioidentical testosterone can reverse the problem. However, this link and the treatment have been largely ignored by standard medicine. A new study, presented last December at the International Diabetes Federation World Diabetes Congress, makes that link just about impossible to overlook.

German researchers studied 147 men (ages 38 to 83) with low testosterone, treating them with bioidentical testosterone for four years. The results were astounding:

On average, total cholesterol levels dropped by more than 100 mg/dl. Bad LDL cholesterol fell 42 points. C-reactive protein — a biomarker for artery-damaging inflammation — plummeted by 5.5 mg/L. Prediabetic blood sugar levels normalized. Waist size decreased by an average of three inches, and the average weight loss was 25 pounds. Blood pressure also dropped dramatically — a drop larger than that achieved by many hypertensive medications!

"The magnitude of changes came as a surprise, even to many experts who have been working with testosterone for decades," the study leader told the media.

The bottom line is that if you have metabolic syndrome, talk to a holistic doctor about testosterone therapy. I recommend that men over 50 get a tune up, checking testosterone levels and other functions. An excellent program called "TOM," (The Optimized Male), is offered by most Chronicity /FFC physicians (see The Optimized Male for more information and a center near you).

Your car gets a 45,000 mile tune up and system check. You deserve one too!

For women, a similar program, called "WOW" (Well Optimized Woman) is also available (see Well Optimized Woman )

Reference

"Testosterone Replacement Improves Male Metabolic Syndrome," Medscape