HORMONE TREATMENT FOR WEIGHT LOSS

Dear Dr. Royal:

I try to lose weight but I always seem to gain it back. What else can I do? Thanks!

Sammie

Dear Sammie:

It's important that your hormones are balanced. Be sure that you at least are supplementing with the daily physiologic doses of DHEA (2.5 mg) and Pregnenolong (30 mg) for a woman. Next, get your thyroid checked. You may need to supplement with a natural source (e.g., Thyroid USP) that has T3 (active thyroid) and divide your thyroid into 2-3 doses to keep it level throughout the day. If you're overweight, fatigued, and retaining water then your metabolism is probably too slow and you could be clinically hypothyroid despite whatever your lab tests may read. Don't forget to test your estradiol and testosterone (free and total) levels, too, and supplement with estrone and/or testosterone if necessary as both have some androgenic benefit. Also, add resistance training exercise to stimulate muscle growth as this is essential to improve your body-fat ratio and increase metabolism. Finally, make sure you're getting enough sleep because this helps with growth hormone production. If you need help here, take a product called, "Cortisol Manager", which you can get from New Hope Medical Center by calling (702) 476-0000 or (866) HEAL-NOW! Hope this helps!

Dr. Dan