Dr. Kaplan and Dr. Howes ND utilize Bio-identical Hormone Replacement Therapy to optimize individuals' function and healing response.
This therapy is never just based on replacing hormones. Rather, it is a hormone optimization program that promotes the natural production of hormones through vitamin and mineral supplementation, improvement of diet, and reduction of stress through mind-body therapy.
Learn More Resources:
How Intravenous Infusions Help to Calm the Mind and Reduce Stress
How Bioidentical Hormones Can Help Post Menopause
Hormones and their Influence on Acne and Wrinkles
Hormones’ Role in Women’s Brain Function
THE BENEFITS
The benefits of bio-identical hormones are numerous. Most importantly, they protect the body from inflammation and cancer in addition to being a vital part of any anti-aging treatment program.
Estrogen
- Protects the brain against dementia and Alzheimer’s
- Promotes cardiovascular health and helps prevent strokes and heart attacks
- Promotes healthy bone density
- Protects against the development of osteoarthritis
Progesterone
Important for male and female health:
- Increases mood stability and memory
- Improves sleep quality
- Reduces anxiety
- Lowers blood pressure
- Increases scalp hair
- Helps weight loss
Testosterone
- Increases libido
- Improves self-confidence and motivation
- Increases lean muscle mass
- Helps maintain healthy bone mass
- Helps reduce body fat
- Improves bone density
WHAT TO KNOW BEFORE YOU GO
Our hormones play key roles in thousands of body’s reactions and are integral in sustaining a youthful and vital body. When their production decreases, it is evident in everything from the reduction of the quality of the skin and muscle to the reduction of mental clarity, memory, and overall feeling of well-being.
ADMINISTRATION
Estrogen is typically administered as a compounded cream or a capsule.
Progesterone is most often prescribed as a capsule at night, but can also be taken topically as a cream or orally as a lozenge.
Testosterone can be compounded as a cream or administered as a self-injection.
If a self-injection is chosen, our team will educate the client on a safe technique and provide them with the materials needed for self-injection at home
SAFETY
Hormone Replacement Therapy or HRT has been misrepresented and misunderstood by many health practitioners and the public.
The confusion arises from the fact that when studies were done on the safety of estrogen and progesterone, they were done on synthetic hormones only. These are the hormones found in conventionally prescribed birth control pills and IUDs and are implicated in increasing the body’s inflammation and the risk of ovarian and breast cancer. They are foreign molecules to the body and are processed completely differently than the body’s hormones.
How is Bio-identical Hormone Therapy different?
This hormone replacement program uses natural, plant-derived hormones that appear to the body as its own. They are therefore processed and utilized in the same way the body’s natural hormones would be. The benefits of bio-identical hormones are numerous. Most importantly, they protect the body from inflammation and cancer and are a vital part of any anti-aging treatment program.