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Disease Called Aging
Michael Lam, MD, MPH
www.DrLam.com
 Aging is a disease that starts
at age 25 without any warning sign. This
is the beginning of the sub-clinical phase of the disease and will last about
10 years. There
are no outward signs or symptoms, but inside the cell, free radical damage has
already begun. All regular laboratory tests are "normal". Our current diagnostic
equipment and laboratory test is not sensitive enough to measure intracellular
changes of age related degenerative disease.
By age 35, a good portion of our cellular
protein has been damaged by oxidative stress of pollution, stress, and poor
food habits.
Significant mutational changes are already well entrenched that eventually may
leads to cancer and other degenerative diseases. Symptoms such as glucose intolerance,
hypertension, and digestive function imbalance begins to surface as the body
starts to de-compensate. These symptoms reflect a body that is in the
transitional
phase of aging that will last 10 years from age 35 to 45 .
Often the laboratory values are "borderline". In reality,
the body is entering the transitional phase of
the aging process that will last 10 years.
Some
people will have outward signs and symptoms of age related diseases, while other
do not.
By age 45, most people have a variety
of outward symptoms
commonly accepted as the natural consequence of the aging progress, such as
memory lost, decreased energy, hair loss, wrinkles. Laboratory values are now
"abnormal", It is not uncommon that clinically active degenerative disease such
as heart attack, diabetes, and cancer surface by this time. The
body is now entering the clinical phase of aging.
A proactive approach must be taken, although it may be late.
By age 55, very few can escape a body
free from cancer, artherosclerosis, diabetes, or a  combination
of the above that account for 80 percent of age related degenerative diseases.
Most people are on some form of drugs for symptomatic treatment of degenerative
disease like osteoarthritis, Parkinson's Disease, and Diabetes. Many are shocked
why there had been little to no "warning" signs, and a desperate attempt is
now made to launch a salvage operation designed to rescue the body from a lifetime
of damage.
Aging as a disease can be treated if started
early, but it is never too late.
Seventy percent of longevity is related to
lifestyle and therefore controllable. The remainder thirty percent is controlled
by our genetics. Anti-aging medicine is about a medical approach scientifically designed to deter
the aging process through a comprehensive proactive anti-aging
program focusing on 5 key areas: diet,
exercise, nutritional supplementation, hormonal enhancement, and stress reduction.
To deter the onset of the aging process and eradicate this disease,
the anti-aging medical specialist employs a multi-discipline approach, incorporating
nutrition, biochemistry, genetics, physiology, general medicine, endocrinology,
toxicology, physical medicine, preventive medicine, and ortho-molecular medicine
etc. as the basis of its study into the aging process.
Therapeutic
modalities employed to deter the aging process includes: hormonal replacement
therapy, nutritional medicine, chelation therapy, psychotherapy, and others.
Drugs and medicine are used in conjunction with non-invasive alternative approach
to eradicate age related degenerative disease such as atherosclerosis, diabetes,
and hypertension at its root.
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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 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. He has authored numerous articles and the following books: The Five Proven Secrets to Longevity, How to Stay Young and Live Longer, Estrogen Dominance - Hormonal Imbalance of the 21st Century, and Beating Cancer with Natural Medicine.
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