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This 3-day program is designed to provide practitioners insight into the assessment and management of symptoms commonly associated with hormone imbalances in men and women. Discussions will include treatment options for various issues associated with hormone imbalance, including physiology, hormone restoration, pharmacologic approaches, nutritional influences and lifestyle factors affecting outcomes.

Tana started as a neurosurgical ICU nurse at Loma Linda University Medical Center. Currently, she teaches practical lifestyle application programs at The Amen Clinics, using food to heal the mind and body. Tana is an author, and appears on PBS with her teaching philosophies.

Dr. Gillson is the President and CEO of Rocky Mountain Analytical, a Calgary testing laboratory offering testing of steroid hormones in saliva. He holds a PhD in Chemistry (Analytical Atomic Spectroscopy) and worked in Research and Development for Perkin-Elmer/SCIEX before switching to a career in Medicine. He obtained an MD from the University of Calgary in 1991, and spent 6 years as a Family Practitioner. Prior to starting Rocky Mountain Analytical, he worked for two years with Jonathan Wright MD at the Tahoma Clinic in Kent, WA, and maintained special interests in areas including Bio-Identical Hormone Replacement (BHRT) as well as the integrated medicine approach to Multiple Sclerosis. He has published several articles on histamine and conducted a placebo-controlled pilot trial of transdermal histamine for symptom relief in MS. Currently he lectures for Professional Compounding Centres of America, educating pharmacists and physicians about BHRT and laboratory testing of hormones.

Jack Monaco, M.D., received his MD from the Bowman Gray School of Medicine in North Carolina. He completed a residency in Obstetrics & Gynecology and practiced this specialty until 2007. He is Fellowship trained and Board Certified in Anti-Aging, Functional & Regenerative Medicine. At The Monaco Center for Health & Healing, he and his trained staff help his patients achieve health & wellness. He is an Oral Board Examiner for A4M and lectures throughout the United States.

Pamela Wartian Smith, M.D., MPH spent her first twenty years of practice as an emergency room physician with the Detroit Medical Center and then the next sixteen years as an Anti-Aging/Metabolic Medicine specialist. She is a diplomat of the Board of the American Academy of Anti-Aging Physicians and is an internationally known speaker and author on the subject of Metabolic, Anti-Aging and Functional Medicine. She also holds a Masters in Public Health Degree along with a Masters Degree in Metabolic and Nutritional Medicine. She has been featured on CNN, PBS, and many other television networks, has been interviewed in numerous consumer magazines, and has hosted two of her own radio shows. She is currently the Director of the Center for Healthy Living and Longevity and the founder and Director of The Fellowship in Anti-Aging, Regenerative, and Functional Medicine. Dr. Smith is also the co-director of the Masters Program in Metabolic and Nutritional Medicine at the Morsani College of Medicine at the University of South Florida. She is the author of the best-selling books, HRT: The Answers, Vitamins Hype or Hope, Demystifying Weight Loss, What You Must Know About Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs & More, What You Must Know about Womens Hormones and Why You Cant Lose Weight. Her newest book, What You Must Know About Memory Loss and How You Can Stop It was recently released.

As Owner of CD Whyte Ridge Pharmacy and CinDen Pharmacies (Pembina & Lorimer), Dennis brings a broad range of experience. Through the Professional Compounding Centers of America (PCCA), he has received specialty training in Customized Compounding, Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy , Pain Management, Nutrition, Dermatology, and Functional Endocrinology. He is also trained in Palliative Care through the Victoria Hospice Society. Dennis is a Certified Clinical Nutritionist, a Diplomat with the American Board of Anti-Aging Health Practitioners, and has completed the Fellowship in Anti-Aging, Regenerative and Functional Medicine. He is currently enrolled in the Advanced Functional Medicine Certification Program with the Institute for Functional Medicine and a Masters Program in Metabolic and Nutritional Medicine with University of South Florida, school of medicine. Dennis has done extensive public and professional presentations in Canada and internationally in wide range of health and wellness topics including Adrenal Fatigue, Brain Function, BHRT, Chronic fatigue, Pain Management, Weight Management and among others. Dennis was awarded Bonnie Schultzs Memorial Award for Practice Excellence in Patient Care by College of Pharmacists of Manitoba for 2004, and awarded Wyeth Apothecary Award in 2009 for Manitoba for his innovative practice. He was also a recipient for PCCA Canadian Compounding Pharmacist of the Year for 2011.

As owner of the Medical Arts Pharmacy in Saskatoon, she regularly lectures on herbals, nutritional support complementary medicine and creating optimal health through compounding. Brenda received a Bachelor of Science degree in Pharmacy from the University of Saskatchewan; she is a graduate of the Advanced Fellowship in Anti-Aging, Regenerative and Functional Medicine (FAARFM) from the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M). Brenda was awarded the 2010 Pharmacist of the Year Award in Canada as well as being named Pharmacist of the Year in 2012 from Professional Compounding Centers of Americas Canadian Division and has been published in a wide variety of papers and magazines. She is currently serving on the board for the Medical Arts Building, Saskatoon Autism Services and is also a member of a collaborative working group of pharmacists and physicians who are look to enhance interdisciplinary relationships and pharmacist prescription privileges; is a member of PCCA Canadas Advisory Council and PCCA Concierge Compounding.

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Hormone Optimization: The Complete A to Z Symposium

Hormone therapy has been getting a lot of attention - some of it good and some of it bad. Youve probably heard that some of your favorite celebrities, athletes and public figures are using hormone replacement therapy (HRT).

When used under the supervision of a qualified doctor, hormone therapy can be a safe way to boost your health and regain your vitality. Heres what you need to know about hormone therapy for men.

Dwindling hormone production is a fact of aging. All guys who get older will see a drop in hormones like testosterone and human growth hormone (HGH). For some men, however, the drop is pronounced. When these levels see a huge dip, youll feel it. Youll start getting tired more easily, your desire for sex will decrease and youll just feel iffy. Its not a good feeling.

Thats where bioidentical hormones come in to save the day. Bioidentical hormones, which are hormones that resemble natural hormones at a molecular level, can help get your levels back to normal and have you feeling like yourself again. Your friends and family will notice the changes, and youll be better off.

These are just a few of the results youll see from our advanced hormone optimization programs:

Everybody is different, so some people may see results sooner than others.

The chart below outlines how to get started with hormone replacement therapy for men. If youre ready to start feeling better about yourself, were ready to take your call. Get in touch with us at 1-800-325-1325 or fill out the form at the top of this page.

Get back to peak performance with HealthGaines by calling 1-800-325-1325 for a FREE consultation or complete the contact form above. When you contact us, please remember to ask for our complimentary guide.

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The Mac Hormone Optimization Protocol is made up of four tiers. The first tier balances your sex hormones to eliminate estrogen dominance; the second tier optimizes the sex hormones to increase your motivation and optimize life, the third tier optimizes of the precursor hormones such as pregnenolone, DHEA, melatonin and thyroid. The fourth tier is where we place the fun hormones, like oxytocin and GH. This tier handles cosmetics issues, physique enhancement and improves sexual performance.

The problem we see in nearly everybody that has excess fat on him or her is estrogen dominance. Estrogen dominance occurs when estrogen is out of balance, being too high in comparison to progesterone in women and testosterone in men. Estrogen makes fat and fat makes estrogen and estrogen makes fat. It is important to eliminate excess fat first or sex hormone optimization will be difficult.

Yes, estrogen dominance makes you fat, but worse, it sucks the life out of you, your zest for life. It is the syndrome that is making womens and mens moods go bipolar. It also causes PMS, PCOS, endometriosis, and a multitude of cancers, such as breast cancer in women and prostate cancer in men. You can see why we work at balancing hormones first. If you have excess fat, we have developed The HOPE Diet to eliminate excess fat and eliminate estrogen dominance. If you are interested only in our weight loss program, CLICK HERE!

If you believe that you are suffering from estrogen dominance, The Macs will test your estrogen to progesterone ratio for the fraction of the cost of any hormone test available. Your P/E ratio should be 200 moles of progesterone to 1 mole of estrogen. The lower the ratio the more difficult it will be to lose weight. Schedule today to discover your ratio and find out how you can eliminate this major block to losing weight. If you are also suffering from sleeping issues, anxiety and depression read more about the sex hormones below.

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One of the things you hear and read increasingly often, when it comes to topics such as detoxification, the use of anti-inflammatory supplements or simply increased intakes of omega-3 fatty acids to counter the "hazardous omega-6 overload in your diet", is the analogy of somebody banging his head against a wall asking for a helmet, instead of simply stopping this stupid practice. Likewise, it does not really make sense to invest $50 into an already more or less worthless natural testosterone booster, when, at the same time, you are eating or even supplementing one of the items on the following list of proven anti-androgens: anti-androgenic drugs - cyproterone acetate, spirolonactone, flutamide, ketoconazole, finasteride & co.: It stands to reason that your doctor will have had good reason to prescribe you one or the other of the aforementioned drugs; and at least as far as the DHT blocker dustasteride is concerned, diligent SuppVersity students will be aware that it does not compromise testosterone-replacement-therapy induced changes in body composition. In this regard, it should however be mentioned that the pertinent study, I discussed on March 12, 2012 (cf. "Dustasteride Does Not Hamper Changes in Body Composition on Supraphysiological Doses of Testosterone") was not a training study and that, given DHT's hitherto not fully elucidated role in satellite cell recruitment and proliferation, it is well possible that we would have seen differences in weight training athletes.To use these drugs as a means to bolster up your testosterone levels is therefore not just risky and irresponsible, but plain out stupid. ATD (1,4,6-androstatriene-3,17-dione): Yes, surprisingly the potent anti-estrogen (aromatase inhibitor) and much-touted testosterone-booster ATD is a relatively potent anti-androgen. You can read all about ATD's anti-androgenic effects in an older blogpost here at the SuppVersity: "Anti-androgenic effect of ATD" Chaste tree (Vitex agnus-castus): Also sold to help your testosterone levels along, yet even more to counter the scientifically hitherto non-established phenomenon of "progesterone gyno", Vitex is another relatively commonly used supplement of which a 2007 study by Nasri et al. shows that it will probably reduce, not increase your luteinizing hormone (LH) and testosterone levels in parts, but not exclusively via dopaminergic pathways (Nasri. 2007) Green Tea (Camellia sinensis): As a diligent student of the SuppVersity you will already be aware of the differential effects of green tea and its catechins on serum testosterone levels; if you are interested, in the details you can read them up in "5 Cups of Green Tea Can Reduce Testosterone by Up to -20%" Licorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra): The phytoestrogens in licorice have been shown to reduce testosterone levels in women; glycyrrhizin and glycrrhetic acid exhibit anti-androgen effects in healthy (Armanini. 2003) and diabetic men (Fukui. 2003) - there is yet also counter-evidence coming from Josephs et al., who were "unable to reproduce" previous results showing a licorice reduced reduction in the conversion of androstenedione to testosterone (Josephs. 2001), since the latter does yet reference a previous study by Armanini et al. the results of which the latter were able to repdroduce in 2003 (Armanini. 2003), it is save to assume that licorice does in fact reduce testosterone levels in diabetic and healthy men and women; and that despite the fact, that a more recent study shows that its corticosteroid (cortisol) modulating effects are probably of greater relevance than its impact on the androgens and other sex steroids (Sigurjonsdottir. 2006) Red clover: Extracts from red clover exhibit potent binding affinity to the androgen and progesterone receptor and "theoretical estrogenic activity expressed as equivalent E2 concentration is in the same range as recommended for synthetic estrogen" (Beck. 2003) Reishi (LinghZi): Red reishi is supposed to be the mushroom with the greatest anti-androgenic activity. A methanol extract from Ganoderma lucidum has been found to decrease testosterone-to-DHT conversion by up to 80% in a 2005 study by Fujita et al. (Fujita. 2005) Spearmint (M. spicata): At least in women spearmint tea has been shown to increase estrogen and luteinizing hormone in the follicular phase of their menstrual cycle (Aktodgan. 2007). In a 2004 study that was conducted on male rodents, on the other hand, the daily administration of peppermint tea (M. spicata) for a period of 30days lead to significant increases in luteinizing and follicle stimulating hormone and increases in serum testosterone, yet with the serious downside of "extensive degenerative changes in the germinal epithelium and spermatogenesis arrest compared with the findings in the testicular biopsies of the control group" (Aktogan. 2003) Soy and soy phytoestrogens: It goes without saying that you won't take your girlfriends pill, right? So why do you even remotely consider eating soy, let alone supplementing soy phytoestrogens? "I've seen soy consumption cause impotency in numerous patients." - Dr. John Crisler (male hormone expert) on my facebook wall in response to Jefferson. 2012; avoid feeding soy to your male offspring at all costs (Sherill. 2010; Leraiki. 2011; Siepmann. 2011) White Peony (Paeonia lactiflora): Also known as Chinese Peony, the ornamental plant has been shown to contain at least two compounds, 6'-O-galloylalbiflorin and pentagalloylglucos, which bind to the androgen receptor and thusly inhibit its activation by testosterone, DHT and weaker androgens (Washida. 2009). Xenoestrogens & Co - BPA (Bisphenol A as in plastics), PCPs (as in cosmetics), etc.: Can inhibit testosterone production by reducing the conversion of cholesterol to androgens (Feng. 2012) and estrogen-like effects (Nakamura. 2010); similar effects have been reported for all sorts of so-called "xenoestrogens", these are synthetic compounds that act as (mostly weak) estrogens in the human body and can induce permanent damage to the endocrine system and resproductive system, specifically in young boys and adolescents. In grown up men and women they have been linked to the development of various forms of cancer (Donovan. 2007). I know, "avoid this... avoid that..." does not sound half as sexy as "with just three caps of our product you can boost your testosterone levels by up to 123.741%!... but you know what? Other than those red gren, blue, yellow, red and white caps in their mostly black, as of late yet often white (probably to suggest "drug-like" effects) boxes, it's totally free and, more importantly, it works!

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The word hormone comes from the Greek word Hormaein - meaning to excite. Hormones are potent chemicals produced from endocrine glands which secrete the hormones into your bloodstream. The hormones serve as messengers from your brain, telling your interal organs how to function.

Sex hormone imbalances can occur at puberty, after childbirth, in midlife, after tubal ligation or hysterectomy, while taking birth control pills or counterfeit female hormones, such as Premarin and Provera.

Female hormonal balance between the estrogen hormones and progesterone is essential in order for women to obtain and maintain health and wellness. The three human estrogen's require the balance of progesterone to prevent the hyper effects of estrogen which can lead to a host of health problems. Good health occurs when the hormones in the body are produced in adequate amounts and are in proper balance. Think of this as hormonal harmony.

The estrogen hormones and progesterone decline as a woman ages to around 35. But progesterone declines much more rapidly than do the estrogen hormones.

We listen to your unique description of symptoms and then prescribe the appropriate natural hormones to achieve hormonal balance in order to resolve your symptoms. Natural hormones are derived from plants and then molecularly changed to be authentic, biologically identical hormone molecule which your body used to produce prior to menopause, or which is currently producing but in less than adequate amounts to provide hormonal balance.

Depending on the degree of the progesterone deficiency, estrogen dominance may manifest itself with one, some or all of the following hyper effects:

Although progesterone and estrogen are the two dominant hormones that women produce, it is important to remember that women also produce small doses of testosterone. For women, the production of testosterone peaks at ovulation in order to stimulate a woman's desire for sexual relations.

Testosterone has the following effects on the body:

Men's testicles produce both sperm and testosterone, the male hormone. The presence of this hormone creates the physical, emotion and male mindset that dramatically differentiates men from women. Review the following list of effects that the hormone testosterone has in men.

By the time a man is 40 years old, his testosterone level will be approximately what it was when it peaked in his twenties. By the times a man is 50 years old, it will be 1/3 of its peak; at 60 it will or less of its peak level.

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Health and Well-being is our birthright and yet when we lose it, we often dont know why or how to get it back. In many cases, illness begins slowly, as it gradually and silently takes away our joy, energy, concentration, and cognition. This leaves us suffering with anxiety, pain, depression, fatigue, confusion and, frequently, the inability to concentrate and perform even simple daily tasks.

Mental and behavioral and physical disorders such as: Anxiety, Depression/Mood Disorders, OCD, ADHD/ADD Children and Adults, as well as PTSD and Parkinsons diseaseare often misdiagnosed and treated with drugs that frequently produce site effects that are more dangers then the original symptoms.

Adults have an advantage in regard to taking drugs: they can refuse. Children, on the other hand, are depending on and trusting their parents to provide the best treatment for them. At the same time, parents are being influenced by advertisers and drug companies often to the detriment of their child.

Your Brain (emotional and physical) and Body are two parts of one completehuman expression and must be treated as one. They communicate with each other, rely on each other and affect each others function. A successful physical, emotional and behavioral health program must address the brain and body chemistry. This approach requires time, commitment and diligence on your part as well as ours.

At The Brain And Body Wellness Center we have many years of clinical experience successfully providing the best solutions that Neurotransmitter Therapy, Psychotherapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Nero-Linguistic Programing and Nutritional Science has to offer to support your brain (emotional and physical) and body so you can live a healthy, happy, productive and long life.

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