Hormone Replacement Therapy
How to Repair Free Radical Damage
The aging process is clinically referred to as “intrinsic aging”, or the rate that cell activity progresses towards the inevitable death of the cell itself. During our childhood and early adulthood years, our body cells can rapidly repair themselves and continue functioning in a way that keeps us youthful, energetic and healthy. As we age, this ability to “self-repair” decompensates to the point that cells are incapable of regenerating. Decades of research indicate that cellular death and aging is the result of free radical damage.1
Free radicals are unstable molecules forming when oxygen reacts with certain atoms in the body. Once formed, free radicals immediately began scavenging and consuming healthy cells. Signs of aging, such as wrinkles, reduced eyesight/hearing, development of chronic diseases and general wear and tear on the body are essentially the consequences of free radical damage.
In addition to forming within the body, free radicals are also caused by external stress such as pollution, drugs, smoking cigarettes, drinking alcohol and excessive exposure to sunlight. Although it is impossible to stop the aging process, there are lifestyle changes you can make that may help add years to your life and keep you feeling as healthy as possible.
Here are 7 ways to fight against free radicals and repair free radical damage:
- Repair Free Radical Damage with Sleep
Getting enough sleep is essential for healthy body functioning, regulating hormone levels, normalizing metabolic rates and maintaining blood sugar levels, potassium levels, immune system response, and body temperature. Your circadian rhythm is an evolved process that tells your body when to go to sleep (night) and when to wake up (day). If your lifestyle isn’t adjusted to comply as closely as possible with your circadian rhythm, your body will operate under constant stress. This provides an optimal environment in which free radicals thrive.2
- Antioxidants–the Enemy of Free Radicals
A nutrient and an enzyme (proteins facilitating important chemical interactions), antioxidants decrease the progression of the cellular oxidation process and are natural born “killers” of free radicals. Although your body produces some antioxidants throughout your life, you need to eat more foods high in antioxidants to keep up with accelerated oxidative stress occurring in your body as you age.
Foods rich in antioxidants include:
- Pecans
- Blueberries
- Strawberries
- Dark chocolate
- Goju berries
- Artichokes
- Kale
- Raspberries
- Beans
- Red Cabbage
- Fasting Occasionally
Fasting can involve not eating any food for 24 hours and drinking water or juice or not eating food and drinking juice mixtures called “cleansers”. Before fasting, always check with your doctor to make sure it is safe for you to fast. Diabetics, pregnant women and people with kidney or liver disease should not fast.
Harvard University researchers discovered that fasting may slow aging and improve overall health by changing the activity of mitochondrial networks. Mitochondria are cellular organelles responsible for “running” cellular processes. Results of this Harvard University study found that occasional fasting keeps mitochondria in a youthfully optimal condition that not only help repair free radical damage but also stabilizes metabolism to help maintain a healthy weight.3
- MIC Injections
MIC injections include fusions of vitamins B6, B3, B2, B1 and B12, and three amino acids–choline, inositol, and methionine. These injections are like “super fuel” for your body, providing many health benefits such as increasing energy levels, reducing appetite to help with losing weight and supporting liver functioning. Available at Renew Me Today, MIC injections also help you sleep better by naturally reducing feelings of stress and enhancing your sense of well-being. MIC injections are a valuable part of your anti-aging lifestyle.
- Sermorelin Injections
Your pituitary gland releases a natural growth hormone called human growth hormone (HGH), a substance vital to cellular repair, bone health, normal metabolism, and muscle growth. Without enough HGH in your bloodstream, you can’t recover quickly from illness and injuries and you are likely to gain weight even if you exercise and eat right.
The output of HGH slows considerably as we age, putting you at risk for obesity, diabetes, recurring illness, and age-related disorders. Sermorelin is a growth hormone releasing agent (GHRA) that stimulates the pituitary gland into producing and releasing HGH. However, Sermorelin is NOT a laboratory-made growth hormone and will not cause the adverse side effects of HGH injections.
Additional benefits of anti-aging Sermorelin injections include improved sleep quality, reduction of body fat, healthier skin and nails and increased testosterone levels in older men.
- Glutathione Injections
A powerful antioxidant found in all body cells, glutathione is composed of amino acids critical to your overall health and well-being. Glutathione injections offered at Renew Me Today provide the following anti-aging benefits:4
- Strengthening the immune system functioning to help fight illness and infections
- Eliminates free radicals to reduce signs of premature aging
- Contributes to enzyme activity essential completing many body chemical processes
- Improves insulin resistance in people over 50
- Reduces inflammation by blocking the production of inflammatory cytokines
In addition, research is showing that Alzheimer’s is partly caused by oxidative inflammation in the brain. Glutathione injections may help reduce your risk or even prevent the development of Alzheimer’s when complemented by a healthy lifestyle.5
- Bioidentical Hormone Therapy
BHRT is a highly safe and effective method for restoring normal hormone levels lost during perimenopause and andropause (male menopause). Reduced amounts of estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone cause numerous health problems and accelerate the aging process. BHRT will significantly improve cognitive abilities, muscle mass, stamina, and bone strength while reducing hot flashes, moodiness, food cravings and depression.
It’s never too late to fight the effects of free radicals and aging. Call Renew Health & Wellness to learn more about our anti-aging program designed to fit your needs and lifestyle.
References
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5927356/
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982218313381
- https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2017/11/intermittent-fasting-may-be-center-of-increasing-lifespan/
- https://www.translationalres.com/article/S0022-2143(02)00099-9/fulltext
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24960578
The aging process is clinically referred to as “intrinsic aging”, or the rate that cell activity progresses towards the inevitable death of the cell itself. During our childhood and early adulthood years, our body cells can rapidly repair themselves and continue functioning in a way that keeps us youthful, energetic and healthy. As we age, this ability to “self-repair” decompensates to the point that cells are incapable of regenerating. Decades of research indicate that cellular death and aging is the result of free radical damage.1
Free radicals are unstable molecules forming when oxygen reacts with certain atoms in the body. Once formed, free radicals immediately began scavenging and consuming healthy cells. Signs of aging, such as wrinkles, reduced eyesight/hearing, development of chronic diseases and general wear and tear on the body are essentially the consequences of free radical damage.
In addition to forming within the body, free radicals are also caused by external stress such as pollution, drugs, smoking cigarettes, drinking alcohol and excessive exposure to sunlight. Although it is impossible to stop the aging process, there are lifestyle changes you can make that may help add years to your life and keep you feeling as healthy as possible.
Here are 7 ways to fight against free radicals and repair free radical damage:
- Repair Free Radical Damage with Sleep
Getting enough sleep is essential for healthy body functioning, regulating hormone levels, normalizing metabolic rates and maintaining blood sugar levels, potassium levels, immune system response, and body temperature. Your circadian rhythm is an evolved process that tells your body when to go to sleep (night) and when to wake up (day). If your lifestyle isn’t adjusted to comply as closely as possible with your circadian rhythm, your body will operate under constant stress. This provides an optimal environment in which free radicals thrive.2
- Antioxidants–the Enemy of Free Radicals
A nutrient and an enzyme (proteins facilitating important chemical interactions), antioxidants decrease progression of the cellular oxidation process and are natural born “killers” of free radicals. Although your body produces some antioxidants throughout your life, you need to eat more foods high in antioxidants to keep up with accelerated oxidative stress occurring in your body as you age.
Foods rich in antioxidants include:
- Pecans
- Blueberries
- Strawberries
- Dark chocolate
- Goju berries
- Artichokes
- Kale
- Raspberries
- Beans
- Red Cabbage
- Fasting Occasionally
Fasting can involve not eating any food for 24 hours and drinking water or juice or not eating food and drinking juice mixtures called “cleansers”. Before fasting, always check with your doctor to make sure it is safe for you to fast. Diabetics, pregnant women and people with kidney or liver disease should not fast.
Harvard University researchers discovered that fasting may slow aging and improve overall health by changing the activity of mitochondrial networks. Mitochondria are cellular organelles responsible for “running” cellular processes. Results of this Harvard University study found that occasional fasting keeps mitochondria in a youthfully optimal condition that not only help repair free radical damage but also stabilizes metabolism to help maintain a healthy weight.3
- MIC Injections
MIC injections include fusions of vitamins B6, B3, B2, B1 and B12, and three amino acids–choline, inositol, and methionine. These injections are like “super fuel” for your body, providing many health benefits such as increasing energy levels, reducing appetite to help with losing weight and supporting liver functioning. Available at Renew Me Today, MIC injections also help you sleep better by naturally reducing feelings of stress and enhancing your sense of well-being. MIC injections are a valuable part of your anti-aging lifestyle.
- Sermorelin Injections
Your pituitary gland releases a natural growth hormone called human growth hormone (HGH), a substance vital to cellular repair, bone health, normal metabolism, and muscle growth. Without enough HGH in your bloodstream, you can’t recover quickly from illness and injuries and you are likely to gain weight even if you exercise and eat right.
The output of HGH slows considerably as we age, putting you at risk for obesity, diabetes, recurring illness, and age-related disorders. Sermorelin is a growth hormone releasing agent (GHRA) that stimulates the pituitary gland into producing and releasing HGH. However, Sermorelin is NOT a laboratory-made growth hormone and will not cause the adverse side effects of HGH injections.
Additional benefits of anti-aging Sermorelin injections include improved sleep quality, reduction of body fat, healthier skin and nails and increased testosterone levels in older men.
- Glutathione Injections
A powerful antioxidant found in all body cells, glutathione is composed of amino acids critical to your overall health and well-being. Glutathione injections offered at Renew Me Today provide the following anti-aging benefits:4
- Strengthening the immune system functioning to help fight illness and infections
- Eliminates free radicals to reduce signs of premature aging
- Contributes to enzyme activity essential completing many body chemical processes
- Improves insulin resistance in people over 50
- Reduces inflammation by blocking the production of inflammatory cytokines
In addition, research is showing that Alzheimer’s is partly caused by oxidative inflammation in the brain. Glutathione injections may help reduce your risk or even prevent the development of Alzheimer’s when complemented by a healthy lifestyle.5
- Bioidentical Hormone Therapy
BHRT is a highly safe and effective method for restoring normal hormone levels lost during perimenopause and andropause (male menopause). Reduced amounts of estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone cause numerous health problems and accelerate the aging process. BHRT will significantly improve cognitive abilities, muscle mass, stamina, and bone strength while reducing hot flashes, moodiness, food cravings and depression.
It’s never too late to fight the effects of free radicals and aging. Call Renew Health & Wellness to learn more about our anti-aging program designed to fit your needs and lifestyle.
References
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5927356/
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982218313381
- https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2017/11/intermittent-fasting-may-be-center-of-increasing-lifespan/
- https://www.translationalres.com/article/S0022-2143(02)00099-9/fulltext
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24960578
