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If you are suffering with the painful and often debilitating effects of fibromyalgia I think this information may be helpful to you.

Clinical studies are showing a correlation between low IGF-1 blood levels and fibromyalgia.

IGF-1 is a major growth factor that is released by the liver in response to human growth hormone (HGH).

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IGF-1 Shows Promise as Treatment For Fibromyalgia

Lisa Wells, RN

Do you ever wonder whether you might have thyroid issues?

Do you know that you do have hypothyroidism and you are being treated for it by your doctor but you just don't have the energy or feel as well as you did in the past?

You might be surprised to know that there are people who are hypothyroid but they don't know it because the lab that their doctor used to check their labs is still using the old TSH lab values and because of this they are being told that their thyroid gland is working fine when it is not.

There are also those who have hypothyroidism and they are taking levothyroxin from their doctor but it is not working well for them.

The adrenals are two small glands with each located just above a kidney. They are responsible for important life sustaining processes such as protecting us from stress, keeping salt and water balanced in the body, keeping blood pressure normal, and regulating blood glucose. The adrenals also assist in the production of estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone. As age progresses and the ovaries and testes decrease their release of these hormones the adrenal glands become more responsible for their release.

Our energy, endurance, ability to fight infection, ability to heal and rejuvenate, and in fact our very lives depend upon the proper functioning of our adrenal glands.

Made in the testes and the adrenal glands testosterone (T) is the major gonadal hormone in men. However, by the age of 30 the body's testosterone production is already on the decline and this decrease negatively affects the health, fitness, and lifestyle of men.

Testosterone is very important to the growth and repair of muscles and certain organs. With the decrease of T comes a decrease in lean muscle and that usually means an increase in body fat.

Restoring testosterone to a more healthy level increases muscle and decreases fat, contributes to strength and stamina and enhances libido in both men and women. The male urinary and reproductive systems are also promoted by T.

Testosterone helps to protect the heart muscle and cardiovascular system by helping to keep cholesterol and blood pressure balanced. It also affects neurological function and mood and it fuels feelings of confidence, optimism, motivation, and aggressiveness.

It can also provide a protective effect to the joints against the development of arthritis and help to sustain bone density.

In men the progressive decrease of testosterone with age is called andropause.

The modern medicine community has known for years about the terrible symptoms that women approaching menopause can suffer with. These symptoms are usually caused by the progressive decrease of the estrogens, progesterone, and testosterone as age progresses. Unfortunately, back then the accepted symptoms were hot flashes, dry mucus membranes, and decreased libido.

Today practitioners in integrated, functional, and anti-aging medicine know that the effects of low estradiol, progesterone, and testosterone go far beyond hot flashes, dry membranes, and reduced libido.

DNA is the blueprint that contains the instructions on how to build each individual cell that makes up the human body. When we are young the DNA blueprint is usually not damaged and so the cells that are made using that blueprint are perfectly healthy cells.

Unfortunately, as we age and we are exposed to more and more toxins our DNA blueprint can become damaged. Then, when the body makes new cells using the damaged blueprint those new cells won't be perfect cells as they were before.

Getting older means wearing out, but it's not just muscles, joints and organs that suffer. The older we get, the more damage we do to our own individual blueprint for life, our DNA, with the result possibly being a range of degenerative diseases and cancers. Luckily, we can use supplements that aid the body in repairing our DNA structure.