Heart Healthy Hormone

If there is one thing that the medical community drills into the minds of the male populace more than anything else, it is the importance of heart health. Rightfully so, given the fact that heart disease is the number one killer of men over the age of 44 in the U.S. Over 90,000 men die from heart disease each year in the 45-64 age bracket alone, according to the American Heart Association statistics. Sadly, the majority of these deaths are completely preventable if the right steps are taken.

The heart is just one small organ, the size of a clenched fist. It makes up only a small fraction of a man’s total body mass, yet without it life ends in a matter of moments. Unfortunately, this very crucial organ is susceptible to disease and damage from a wide range of sources. This means that heart health requires a multi-faceted approach.

Whether or not you act on the knowledge, you are probably aware of the importance of things like diet and exercise in regard to heart health. What you may not know is that testosterone also plays a critical role in maintaining heart health. Of course, testosterone helps keep you energetic and active so that you can get plenty of exercise and also improves your mood, helping to combat stress, but testosterone’s impact on the heart goes much deeper than just those superficial functions.

Many studies have shown, Testosterone actually plays an important part in helping to reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes in men. This may be because testosterone helps to regulate cholesterol plaque buildup in the arteries by reducing low-density lipids (LDL or bad cholesterol) which can break away and become lodged in the heart or in the capillaries of the brain. Testosterone may also helps to maintain beneficial levels of high-density lipids (HDL or good cholesterol).

Testosterone’s benefits to the heart don’t stop there, either. It may also act to dilate the arteries for improved circulation and boosts the body’s production of nitric oxide (the body’s natural form of the nitroglycerine given to those suffering from angina). Testosterone also works to lower the concentrations of a number of substances in the body that can damage the heart such as Apo-lipoprotein B, serum triglycerides and fibrinogens.

In short, research shows testosterone helps to eliminate all of the things most likely to contribute to heart disease while helping to build and maintain those factors that are beneficial to the heart. That makes testosterone a potent weapon against the
number one enemy of male longevity – heart disease. That, if nothing else, should be a wakeup call to all men to talk to a specially trained Age Management or Anti-Aging physician about testing your T levels..

Material provided is for educational purposes only. It is not intended to treat, diagnose, cure or prevent disease and has not been evaluated by the FDA.

REVITA Anti-Aging recommends you consult a specially trained Age Management or Anti-Aging Physician before starting bioidentical hormone replacement therapy (BHRT). Bioidentical hormones should only be taken when clinical deficiencies are found by a trained physician via lab testing. REVITA Medical, PC physicians perform evaluations and specialized testing to qualify patients for treatment.