Patient Care Library

HOW FAST ARE YOU AGING?

Telomere testing reveals a window to your cellular age.

What are telomeres?

Telomeres are sections of DNA at the end of each chromosome that serve as a cap to your genetic material. Every time a cell replicates, its telomere will become shorter. Shorter telomeres imply a shorter life span for a cell.

I utilize a comprehensive male and female hormone panel that reveals the overall state of hormonal balance in my patients.  Like nutrients, hormones influence all aspects of health and disease - mood, sleep, metabolism, immunity, heart health and appearance. An imbalance of one hormone can initiate a cascade of events that alters all the other hormones, so a comprehensive look at hormone status is key. A few of the hormones...

Nutritional balance plays a key role in optimal wellness, chronic disease prevention and managing the aging process.

• Do you find yourself feeling stressed, tired and maybe a little depressed?
• Do you take prescription medicines to alleviate symptoms of certain conditions, but wonder why the condition exists at all?
• Do you want to boost your immune system now, to possibly prevent chronic disease later? 

Cardiovascular disease is currently the leading cause of death. Standard cholesterol tests can miss that YOU are at risk. The CardioMetabolic test that I utilize offers a clinically relevant evaluation to help define risk for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD), progression toward Type 2 Diabetes, and inflammation. It includes an Advanced Lipoprotein Particle Profile™ Plus (LPP^TM Plus), which measures lipoprotein size and density; cardiovascular risk stratification; and also includes triglycerides and traditional cholesterol screening.

What if you eating something generally thought to be healthy like broccoli, but in YOUR body it causes inflammation. Now it’s no longer healthy.

Every individual is different, and every individual reacts differently to each food. The food you eat will either enhance your proper body chemistry or disrupt it and cause inflammation. In fact, in once study 95% of the people tested show that at least one food they eat regularly caused an inflammatory reaction in their body. A common misconception is...