toaster
11-08-2005, 10:08 AM
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The other day I meet an M.D. who specializes in anti-aging medicine which to him means hormone therapy. He tells me he injects testosterone and uses various supplements and drugs because, as he explains, if you were diabetic you would inject insulin or if you had hypothyroidism you would need a medication to help you. Testosterone replacement is the same thing. As we age our levels decrease.
So, now I look at the basic therapy protocols and the products used are anabolic steroids, EPO, testosterone, DHEA, and others. Since these are used to cheat at sports couldn't an argument be made that, at appropriate levels, they could be used to cheat aging?
Of course, this is a slippery slope and invites abuse but isn't the theory sound?
As men age, and alot of us could attest to this, we start to notice our eyesight diminish, our libido decrease as well as the quality of erections, and we lose muscle and gain fat. The plan here is not to win the Tour de France or to beat our friends by drug use but instead have a better quality of life, more time efficient training and recovery, and increased levels of energy all through a regimen of hormonal modulation.
What do you think?
The other day I meet an M.D. who specializes in anti-aging medicine which to him means hormone therapy. He tells me he injects testosterone and uses various supplements and drugs because, as he explains, if you were diabetic you would inject insulin or if you had hypothyroidism you would need a medication to help you. Testosterone replacement is the same thing. As we age our levels decrease.
So, now I look at the basic therapy protocols and the products used are anabolic steroids, EPO, testosterone, DHEA, and others. Since these are used to cheat at sports couldn't an argument be made that, at appropriate levels, they could be used to cheat aging?
Of course, this is a slippery slope and invites abuse but isn't the theory sound?
As men age, and alot of us could attest to this, we start to notice our eyesight diminish, our libido decrease as well as the quality of erections, and we lose muscle and gain fat. The plan here is not to win the Tour de France or to beat our friends by drug use but instead have a better quality of life, more time efficient training and recovery, and increased levels of energy all through a regimen of hormonal modulation.
What do you think?