|
|
|
Jane's Story - A Woman's Struggle with Estrogen Dominance |
 |
(READING TIPS: For fast reading, scan through the topic headings in BOLD BLACK, important conclusions in BOLD BLUE, and "Must Know" in BOLD RED. To jump to specific sections in this article, click on the respective LINKS in the Contents.)
| Before You Begin Information presented here is for general educational purposes only. Each one of us is biochemically and metabolically different. If you have a specific health concern and wish my personalized nutritional recommendation, write to me by clicking here. |
Contents
Her Childhood Years
Her Teenage Years
Maturing Into Adulthood
Approaching Her Forties
Into Her Fifties- The Golden Years
Looking Back - But A Little Too Late
The Smoking Gun
What Really Happened
What Jane Should Have Done
What Can Jane Do Now
What Is The Moral Of The Story
Her Childhood
Years
Little Jane stood by her mother's grave sobbing uncontrollably.
Her mother had just passed away due to the dreadful breast cancer.
As she placed some flowers on her grave, Jane could not understand fully why
her mother had been taken away from her. After all, at the tender age of 10
years old, Jane could not fully comprehend the meaning of cancer and death.
Jane relied on the rest of her family to bring her up. After her mother passed
away, she managed to lead a normal and healthy childhood. At the age of 13,
Jane entered puberty and had her first menstruation. Her body changed physically
and she became more conscious of her appearance. By the time she reached eighteen
years of age, she had a nice and fully developed body. She was very attractive
and had many boyfriends.
Her Teenage Years
Jane
took birth control pills during the last two years of her high school.
After she entered college, she took less of it as she became sexually less active.
Due to her increased workload in college, Jane did not devote much time to exercise
although she did go to the college gym for a simple work out with her girlfriends
at least once a month. During her college years, her appetite was good and she
began to put on a little weight as she craved
for sweet desserts like chocolate ,donuts and ice cream. She is not
obese by any means.
Maturing Into Adulthood
Upon graduation, Jane found a job as an advertising executive in a large corporation
in the city. To save traveling time, she moved from the suburb where she was
living into the city. She bought a charming house that was quite near her workplace.
Unfortunately, this house was rather old and needed periodic disinfections
of termites.
A few years later, at the age of 25, she met her husband and was married. She
was a good wife and kept her home tidy and neat. They maintain a garden, and
to keep the flowers free of insects and pests, pesticides has to be used
regularly.
Jane became a workaholic. She worked an average of 12 hours a day. Her
bosses recognized her talents and efforts and promoted her to middle management
a few years later. Jane was ecstatic and felt a sense of achievement. She was
only in her thirties and she already had a staff of 20 people under her. Her
personal office had a panoramic view of the city.
Jane's work was mainly sedentary. She had plenty of meetings to attend, both
locally and overseas. Her job responsibilities included meeting important clients,
business development as well as new strategic developments for her company.
Jane was grateful that despite her stressful life at the office, her
health was good. Her hormonal history was actually quite mundane. When she was
in her teens, her periods were regular and normal. It was only after her marriage
that she would miss a period here and there, especially
when she was under severe stress at work.
In the office, Jane drank 1 to 2 cups of coffee to keep herself awake and alert. She
was told that coffee is not good ,and over the years, her coffee intake has
reduced, while she replace it with black tea.
When she traveled, she would skip her regular exercise program, as
she just simply could not afford the time. Gradually, she gained more weight,
especially in the waistline due to the lavish meals rich in meat and alcohol
during her course of entertainment with clients.
Being a career woman, Jane believed that she had managed her life well enough.
Despite her long working hours, she still managed to get about
five to six hours of sleep a night, and at
least one weekend off a month to be with her family.
Next to her room is a street lamp which also serve as a night light in
her room as some of the light from that lamp shines into her room if the blinds
are not drawn closed.
After five years of marriage, she gave birth to her first child at the age of 31. Following
the birth, Jane's period started to become irregular. She began to notice the
onset of slight headaches, bloating, cramps and felt irritable around the mid-cycle
in her period. She ignored these symptoms as they did not really hurt her too
much and continued to work just as hard. On days when she was unable to cope
with the symptoms, she would resort to taking an aspirin or perhaps a few hours
of sleep to recuperate.
Once, she visited her family doctor to find out
if anything was amiss. He assured her that these were normal premenstrual symptoms
(PMS). As the symptoms did not affect her greatly, he just told her
to learn to live with them.
At age 33, Jane gave birth to her second child,
a daughter. She decided that two is enough. Her doctor suggested a simple procedure
called tubal ligation where the fallopian
tubes were tied. This was the best way for birth control, according to her doctors.
She had it done and it was uneventful. With the
passage of time, her PMS symptoms progressively gotten worse.
When she is under stress, she would also miss
a period here and there. She is a strong women, and she is able to
continue her work schedule without much interuption. Once or twice she needed
to take time off during the PMS to stay home and rest. More prominent
hyper-pigmentation would appear on her face whenever
she had her periods.
Approaching Her Forties
Ten years down the road, as she continued to rise up the corporate ladder, her
workload became more demanding. While she tries
to reduce her coffee intake and switch to tea, her overall consumption of coffee
has not reduced. She needed it to sustain her energy level.
Exercise is seldom on her agenda. Fatty food is
the norm as her entertainment schedule becomes more intense the higher
she is in the corporate ladder.
Jane started to feel somewhat depressed and anxious. She
became very conscious of her weight problem and enrolled herself in diet classes and even took diet pills.
Despite her efforts to lose weight, she did not succeed. Her
appetite grew and she felt hungry all the time. This happened even
more often after a heavy meal high in carbohydrates. As age was probably catching
up with her, she often felt fatigue or sleepy, especially after eating.
One day, at a regular checkup, the doctor told her that her blood cholesterol
level was slightly on the high side. As her fasting blood sugar was fine, he
did not prescribe her any medication. He just told her to relax and exercise
more often.
Life continued but as the days went by, Jane's
weight continued to creep up. She also noticed that there was more acne and facial hair on her face. After
she celebrated her 40th birthday, her menstrual flow during her periods became
heavier, and her premenstrual headaches and cramps became more severe.
Two years later, when an ultrasound of her uterus was carried out, the doctor
told her that he could see a fibroid measuring
3 to 4 cm in diameter. She was only 42 years old. As her doctor said
that this tumor was benign, she should just leave it alone unless she had heavy
bleeding. Poor Jane was scared. She sought comfort from many of her good friends
with the same problems and found that the advice given by her doctor appeared
to be quite standard and sound.
By the time she was 48, the fibroid was causing her
to bleed heavily during her periods. As it was pressing on her bladder,
she had problems urinating. Another ultrasound was then carried out. This time,
the doctor said that her fibroid had grown to about 12 cm in diameter. Jane
felt devastated. The doctor advised her to remove
her uterus . Her ovaries were also removed. Her doctors had told
her that as she was already approaching menopause, it did not matter whether
she had her ovaries or not.
After the surgery, Jane became menopausal right away with symptoms such as hot
flashes. She started on Hormone Replacement Therapy
to ease her symptoms. Her doctor prescribed her synthetic
estrogen in a drug called Premarin. He assured her that all would
be well and that this estrogen would protect her heart and will prevent osteoporosis
as well. Jane's hot flushes did improve with the synthetic estrogen. She was quite satisfied.
She remained on this drug faithfully although
she suffered some side effects such as fatigue and bloating
As the years went by, her libido started to decrease
and depression began to creep into her life. She started having vaginal dryness and incontinence. Her skin became dry and she had
more wrinkles on her face. She related all these to the doctor but
once again, he assured her that these symptoms were very normal and that they
were all part of the aging process. There was nothing much he could offer. He
told Jane to straighten her thinking and accept the symptoms.
Jane accepted her doctor's analysis. After all, who would know better than her
own doctor who had been treating her for so many years.
Jane tried to live on and think positively. She
assured herself that she did not have to worry about cancer, heart attack and
osteoporosis as her uterus and ovaries had been removed. She was glad that she
would definitely have no chances of getting cancer of the uterus or ovaries
since they have been removed.
Into Her Fifties- The Golden Years
On
a cold and frosty winter morning, Jane felt a lump in her left breast while
she was bathing. She was very frightened and feared the worst. She told her
husband who quickly rushed her to the hospital. There, she underwent an a complete
examination again. Further biopsy confirmed the growth to be a malignant tumor.
Jane screamed. She had breast cancer! Her nightmares
were coming true! She is only 54.
The doctor then suggested radical surgery and possibly chemotherapy after that.
Jane was in a state of shock. She had been a perfect patient, following everything
the doctor requested. She had her uterus and ovaries removed. How could
this be possible? Her doctor did not give her a good explanation. He said these
things were all part of life. She just had to learn to accept her cancer. Jane
and her family were told that immediate surgery was necessary to prevent
further spread of the cancer. She was in tears
but she had no choice but to remove her breast. She is also advised to
start chemotherapy.
Looking Back - But A Little Too Late
As she rested in the hospital after the surgery, Jane had much quiet time to
reflect what really happened. Could
she have prevented herself from getting breast cancer? She had followed the
advice of her doctors so closely and faithfully. She had trusted her doctor
so much. How was it possible that there were no warning signs to her?
Jane was determined to find out what really happened to her. After she was discharged
from the hospital, she surfed the internet, talked to her friends and many naturally
oriented health care professionals, trying to piece together the facts of what
really happened to her body. To her surprise, she discovered that her problem
was a very common one. Many of her close friends had similar stories to tell,
though they did not want to share about their problems in public initially.
Jane then realized that what had happened to her
was happening to many women around her age. There was a very clear
and definite trend. She wished that her doctor had told her earlier so that
she could take the necessary precautions.
Jane's story is very real indeed. There are millions
of women sharing this tragic story around the world. It is like a case
of repeated "classic" history. What seems to be a "normal" menstrual history
at first eventually turns into a nightmare over a course of 30 years, like a
sequel in a TV soap opera , consisting of :
· PMS that afflict about 30% of premenopausal women
today
· Fibroids that afflict 30% of all women between 35 and 50
· Misguided hormonal replacement therapy of the past 40 years in conventional
medicine
· Breast cancer afflicting 1 in 10 Americans today.
Jane's story is classic in that it represents
a chronic state of hormonal imbalance that has been utterly neglected over the
years. Her PMS symptoms could have been calmed. Her fibroids
could have been shrunken, hysterectomy prevented and her breast cancer could
have been averted. In other words, Jane's suffering was "self-inflicted". She was an unfortunate
victim of chronic hormonal imbalance and neglect.
Let us now dissect what really happened.
The Smoking Gun
Were there any signs and symptoms of hormonal imbalances that Jane's body had
been sending her over the past 30 years? The answer is a definite yes. Let us
examine some of these in more detail.
1. A family history of breast cancer is a clear sign of warning.
Jane's beloved mother died of breast cancer when she was only 10 years old.
Genetic factor accounts for about 5-10 percent of all breast cancers. The fact
that her mother had breast cancer at an early age should have alerted Jane to
be on guard of any unusual hormonal imbalances.
2. Jane took birth control pills (BCP) for 2 years
from the age of 16 to 18. She did not know that researchers had proven
that young women under the age of 18 on BCP had 3 times higher the chances of
getting breast cancer.
3. Jane worked in the city where pollution
is a source of xenohormone. Car exhaust, petrol-chemical derived
pesticides are just some examples of how these estrogen-like compounds can behave
like estrogen once inside the body.
4. Jane's diet was high in sugar and rich in fats.
She drank alcohol and coffee. The coffee and stress led to
adrenal exhaustion, reduced progesterone production and excessive estrogen in
her system.
5. She started to have PMS symptoms when
she was 25. Her long standing PMS, though totally manageable with an aspirin
and rest, was another sign of excessive estrogen. She ignored these symptoms
as many of her girlfriends shared the same problem.
6. When Jane felt stressed, her periods were less
regular. This anovulation led to further estrogen dominance, as progesterone
was not secreted to offset the estrogen load. Stress leads to overproduction
of cortisol in the adrenal glands. Overproduction of cortisol during chronic
stress leads to imbalance of estrogen, progesterone, and testostereone. This
in turns leads to irregular periods and anovulation.
7. After Jane had her first baby at age 31, her
PMS got worse. This was consistent with the hormonal imbalance that
was never quite rectified after her pregnancy.
8. After the birth of her second child, she noticed
an increase in skin pigmentation, which may indicate further hormonal
imbalance and possibly a dysfunction of her liver detoxification pathway where
estrogen is metabolized into inactive chemicals. Her intake of alcohol over
the past 20 years did not help. Alcohol can compromise her liver function.
Her body was becoming more toxic, with the toxins accumulating and deposited
in the form of pigmentation on her skin.
9. Jane had a tubal ligation as a way
to prevent further contraception. Her doctors did not know then that this procedure,
even though successful, leads to a depletion in progesterone production by the
ovaries. Studies have shown that the progesterone level drops about 50% in
those who had this procedure.
10. As Jane gained weight, her endogenous production of
estrogen increased. Her chronic slightly overweight problem, together with her
stress was likely to be responsible for her anovulation cycles during her mid-thirties.
11. Jane had a sweet tooth. She loved
desserts, especially chocolate. Chocolate contains a high level of magnesium,
and sugar of course. The body may be crying for extra magnesium but she was
unaware of that cry. Her inability to loose weight, together with her cravings
for carbohydrates and borderline high cholesterol level was a set up for syndrome
X, a frequently associated condition with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS).
Jane also experienced symptoms of excessive androgen in her thirties to forties
such as increased facial hair and waistline obesity, which further contributed
to symptoms consistent with PCOS and excessive estrogen buildup.
12. Her chronic high coffee and subsequent
tea intake for 30 years further exacerbated estrogen dominance. Reports
had proven that women who consumed more than one cup of coffee a day had significantly
higher levels of estrogen during the early follicular phase of their menstrual
cycle. Those who consumed at least 500 mg of caffeine daily, the equivalent
of four or five cups of coffee a day had nearly 70 percent more estrogen than
women who consumed less than 100 mg of caffeine daily. Black tea contains about
40 mg of caffeine per 8 ounces, but Jane is not aware of that. While herbal
tea ( such as chamomile tea)contains no caffeine, black tea is similar to coffee,
only less potent.
13. Discovery of fibroids at age 42 was a danger sign. Her
misguided doctor had failed to warn her about this impending danger. As she
looked back, she realized that this was her last chance to reduce her estrogen
load.
14. When she was offered the hysterectomy at age 48, she should have
insisted that her ovaries be left alone. This precaution was not
exercised. Leaving the ovaries behind would ensure that her body continued to
release the necessary androgens. With the absent of ovaries, the three critical
hormones - estrogen, progesterone, and androgens such as testosterone are in
jeopardy.
15. Jane had a surgical induced instant menopause
immediately after the surgery, with symptoms including hot flashes,
fatigue, heart disease, and a diminished quality of life. Her testosterone levels
fell after her ovaries were removed, as they were not replaced. Without adequate
testosterone and DHEA (which dropped about 50 %), she experienced reduced libido,
depression, bone loss, vaginal dryness and incontinence. Androgens are very
important for healthy skin. Without it, the skin would be dry and one would
age faster.
16. HRT with unopposed synthetic estrogen (such
as Premarin) alone for 6 years increases her risk for breast cancer.
Unfortunately, her doctors did not know better. The additional estrogen in HRT
stimulated her already estrogen-sensitive cells in her breast to grow out of
control.
17. During the past 6 years, while her estrogen
level continued to increase from the synthetic estrogen she takes as part of
the HRT at a time when her progesterone level is essentially zero.
She was actually effectively flooded in a sea of estrogen.
Jane has been suffering from excessive estrogen all her
life without her knowing it. Normally, estrogen is balanced in the body by progesterone.
When there is excessive estrogen, the body is overwhelmed.
When Jane was young, she did not think much about her body nor her hormones.
After all, she has been able to have two children, and the symptoms she experienced
does not sound very unusual at all.
As Jane gets older, she did not realize that her progesterone is being depleted during the normal course of aging from age 35 onwards, and made lowered by the tubal ligation and removal of her ovaries. On the other hand, her estrogen level in her body, while also declining, is reducing at a much slower rate. Estrogen is not only produced in the ovaries. It is also produced in the adrenal glands as well as from her fat cells, even after her ovaries have been removed. Furthermore, she is feeding herself more estrogen from HRT and exposure to environmental estrogens. The combination of progesterone deficiency and excessive estrogen is the root cause of her problems. She is flooding herself in a sea of estrogen without knowing it.
Progesterone and estrogen
are opposing hormones. They serve to balance each other's physiological
effect. When progesterone is low, estrogen becomes more dominant. In Jane's
case, she is further exposed to environment estrogen such as that contained
in hormone laced poultry and beef, pesticides, and petro-chemical pollutants.
Without knowing it, she has set herself up to be bathing in a sea of estrogen
for many years.
PLAYING MEDICAL DETECTIVE, IT SHOULD BE CRYSTAL
CLEAR NOW THAT JANE'S LIFE, FROM A HORMONE PERSPECTIVE, REFLECTED A PROGRESSIVE
BUILD-UP OF ESTROGEN AND A CORRESPONDING GRADUAL DETERIORATION OF THE BODY'S
ABILITY TO COPE WITH SUCH ESTROGEN LEVEL. THIS IS TYPICAL OF A CONDITION KNOWN
AS ESTROGEN DOMINANCE.
Jane's body have been screaming out to Jane and warning her of the impending
danger for years. The PMS, the missed periods, the increase in facial hair,
the fibroids, are just a few of the many symptoms she has over the years. Her
body is unable to cope with excessive estrogen and is crying for help. Yet the
warning signs are totally ignored, but simply suppressed.
Jane suffered a classic case of a series of conditions
with the same common root cause - estrogen dominance. Excessive estrogen also
has been linked to other illness, including thyroid dysfunction, chronic fatigue,
auto-immune diseases, endometriosis, cystic breast, just to name a few.
What Jane Should Have Done?
1. Taking birth control pill at age 16 when that
was the 'in-thing' to do is a wrong decision, especially given her
family history of breast cancer. She should have
consulted a naturally oriented physician then for advice.
2. At the first sign of stress induced anvoluation
and PMS in her late twenties and early thirties, she should have a total body hormonal workup. Since
both conditions are reflective of a strong estrogen dominant component, she
should have take active steps to cut down
excessive sugar, rein in her weight, reduce work load, normalize her adrenal
glands, take pregnenolone, dhea, and natural progesterone as indicated
to offset the estrogen load, and take nutritional supplements that
can reduce the inflammatory response.
3. When she was told of presence of fibroid
at age 42, immediate and aggressive steps should have been taken to further
reduce her estrogen load by reducing xenoestrogen exposure and prevent
the fibroid from growing further till menopause, when the fibroid will shrink
by itself.
4. When she had the total hysterectomy (removal
of uterus and ovaries) at age 48, she should have insisted on a complete androgen
workup and possible replacement as well. Furthermore, unopposed estrogen
only replacement should have been refused.
5. Before rushing into breast surgery, Jane could
have opted for an intense course of detoxification and immune building natural
therapies. After intensive therapy, she could go for a series of
scans to see if the cancer growth in the breast has become smaller. Doctors
will also check if the cancer markers are lower. If the growth has become smaller,
natural treatment will be continued. She may not need to go for any surgery
to remove her breast. Even if the growth has not become smaller, Jane will be
more physically prepared for surgery. Her body will be stronger and her immunity
strengthened by the natural compounds. She is therefore not on the losing end
if she waits for a few more weeks to try out if natural therapies can help her.
She should not have rushed into surgery
What Can Jane Do Now?
As Jane contemplates whether to have chemotherapy now that she already had her
breast removed, she is convinced that if her underlying hormonal imbalance
is not rectified, chemotherapy is a stop-gap measure at best. Without
routing out the cause and rebalancing her hormones, she knows that the recurrence
rate is high. She is convinced that chemotherapy cannot solve her hormonal imbalance and it may make
her condition worse by weakening her body's immunity. Since chemotherapy
is an elective, she will be patient and wait.
Jane is not sitting still at the meantime. She decided to try the natural route
first. She will undergo an intensive program to change her lifestyle and diet
to reduce the excessive estrogen in her body and strengthen her immunity system.
She will also monitor her progress with regular scans at the hospital.
Jane finds a natural-oriented medical physician
with an orthomolecular oncology background to help her design a natural cancer
treatment program in conjunction with her regular oncologist. This is the most
important first step.
Her program consists of the following to the teeth a estrogen reduction protocol as well as breast cancer protocol specifically tailored to her type of breast cancer, her body weight, age, and her physical condition.
Some of the key components include:
1. Natural progesterone is
added to balance her hormones, together with phtyo-estrogens that act as competitive
inhibitors to her estrogen after her adrenal glands are normalized.
2. She begins a modified macrobiotic diet
that includes taking whole foods, vegetable juices and low-glycemic fruits.
She can only take proteins that come from plants and not from animals. Flaxseed
oil with lemon juice is added to her meals to alkalize the body. Her sugar
intake is kept to a minimum. She also takes more food with a high concentration
of phytoestrogen such as broccoli as it acts as a competitive inhibitor and
reduces estrogen levels in the body. The result is that she loses weight without
sacrificing nutrition. This also helps her to reduce estrogen as fat cells
produce estrogen. Needless to say, coffee is replaced by pure filtered water.
3. Embarking on a modified detoxification program,
she drinks vegetable juice consistently throughout the day for
the first 21 days of detoxification, together with coffee enema to help the
body get rid of toxin. To build up her liver function, she starts to take
herbs. To enhance her gastrointestinal function, enzymes and probiotics are
taken. Intravenous EDTA is introduced to clear her body of toxic metal. She
also takes EDTA orally and goes for far infrared sauna, whirlpool and hydrotherapy
sessions. To re-balance her internal terrain, she starts on green foods. To
get rid of any infectious process as a possible cause of her problems, she
starts on magnetic resonance and vibration frequency therapy programs. She
exercises everyday on a moderate level. As her liver health is improved, estrogen
metabolism is optimized. So, there is less estrogen-like metabolites in her
body.
4. Non-toxic natural modalities including ozone therapy,
hyperbaric oxygen, hyperthermia, lymphatic drainage and massage are incorporated
into her treatment program.
5. She takes a large variety of
well balanced nutritional supplements consisting of Vitamin C,
L-lysine, L-proline, ascorbyl palmitate, selenium, beta carotene, CoQ10, magnesium,
DIM, melatonin, bindweed, olive leaf, arginine, medicinal mushrooms, curcumin,
artemisinin, lactoferrin, IP-6 and cat's claw. Green foods, traditional herbal
tea, soluble fiber and fish oil are also included in her daily diet. The dosages
of these nutrients are modified based on her body weight, tolerance level,
and results.
| Attention Because of tremendous individual variation, the use of nutritionals should therefore be personalized for your body. One person’s nutrient can be another person’s toxin. If you have a specific health concern and wish my personalized nutritional recommendation, write to me by clicking here. |
6. She goes for regular scans to monitor her cancer status.
7.She starts on a stress reduction program and psychotherapy by joining a self-help group of cancer patients.
What Is The Moral Of The Story?
To recap, Jane had a "normal" menstrual history. She had minor symptoms of PMS when she was in her mid twenties. Her life was stressful with occasionally missed period. She had a uterine fibroid at age 48 that was "treated" with total hysterectomy followed by hormone replacement therapy. At age 54, she was afflicted with breast cancer. Jane suffered from estrogen dominance and not knowing it. Excessive estrogen is killing her slowly. Jane is not alone.
In absolute terms, all of us
living in a developed world are in effect bath in a sea of estrogen. The
food we eat are laced with hormones. The air we breadth are filled with undesirable
hormone-like substances; the shampoos we use contain estrogen-like compounds;
the plastics around us leaches estrogen into our system; the birth control pill
or hormone replacement therapy further exacerbate estrogen dominance.
This toxic and stressful environment of excessive estrogen will do the body
tremendous harm, especially if left unchecked.
Jane's story is true and real. Similar stories are being told by millions of
women around the world. While everyone's story
is slightly different, the essence is the same - excessive estrogen will kill
you. You don't have to suffer like
Jane if you do your part to reduce your estrogen load. Experts are telling us
that the majority of PMS, fibroids, and breast cancer can be prevented and reversed
if early steps are taken to reduce estrogen load.
Read also:
Real-life Case History of Estrogen Dominance
| Message from Dr. Lam I hope you have enjoyed reading this article. If you have areas you don’t understand, comments (good or bad), or if you have a specific health concern, feel free to write to me by clicking here. |
About The Author
Michael Lam, M.D., M.P.H., A.B.A.A.M. is a specialist in Preventive and Anti-Aging Medicine. He is currently the Director of Medical Education at the Academy of Anti-Aging Research, U.S.A. He received his Bachelor of Science degree from Oregon State University, and his Doctor of Medicine degree from Loma Linda University School of Medicine, California. He also holds a Masters of Public Health degree and is Board Certification in Anti-aging Medicine by the American Board of Anti-Aging Medicine. Dr. Lam pioneered the formulation of the three clinical phases of aging as well as the concept of diagnosis and treatment of sub-clinical age related degenerative diseases to deter the aging process. Dr. Lam has been published extensively in this field. He is the author of The Five Proven Secrets to Longevity (available on-line). He also serves as editor of the Journal of Anti-Aging Research.
For More Information
For the latest anti-aging related health issues, visit Dr. Lam
at www.LamMD.com. Feel free to email
Dr. Lam at dr@LamMD.com if you have any questions.
Reprint Information
This article may, in its unabridged, unaltered form and in its entirety only,
be reprinted and republished without permission provided that it is for personal
and non commercial education use only and further provided that credit be given
to the author, with copyright notice and www.LamMD.com
clearly displayed as source. Written permission from Dr. Lam is required
for all other use.
©2002 Michael Lam, M.D. All Rights Reserved.
| ||||||||||
