If only that were true! Unfortunately, as Tan Shee Lah discovered at the recent forums organised by the Society for the Study of the Aging Male, the spirit might soar, but the physical you will definitely sag.
Hope in a bottle
Now this is what we came to hear. There is hope, although doctors are guarded about the results. With continuing research into how to slow down aging, increasing information on growth hormones and hormone replacement therapy, medical advances are expected to, as Prof Victor Goh said, “prevent the preventable, and delay the inevitable”. The World Health Organisation hopes humans will be “growing older without growing old”, and doctors hope to decrease years of disability for citizens to have active vibrant lives.
The anti-aging hormones are DHEA, testosterone, thyroxine, melatonin and growth hormones. Growth hormone replacement therapy has been shown to increase lean body mass and muscle, decrease body fat, thicken skin, decrease physical frailty and help extend life. In Singapore, you can get it from your doctor through a needle-free injection.
Testosterone levels (best measured between 8 and 11 am), if appreciably declining, can be boosted with a testosterone get. patch, or implant.
A DHEA boost works for patients with no vascular disease, hypertension or diabetes. Dr. Peter Lim, head of the Urology unit of Changi General Hospital, said that DHEA decreases with age. “Men over 50 have only about 30% of the DHEA levels of 30 year-olds”. DHEA is a neuro steroid.
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