July 2019 - TrueMD Wellness

Posted: July 25, 2019

Suzanne Summers Discusses BHT with Dr. True

Suzanne Summers and Dr. True at Harvard

Suzanne Summers spoke last month at the Harvard Club of Boston with Dr. Robert L. True and others attending the meeting. She fielded questions from the audience in the photos. Suzanne is an advocate for improving one’s health through use of bioidentical hormone therapy, maintaining a good weight, and doing alternative health improving actions such as taking certain healthy supplements and having a good social and sexual life.

All these are concepts embraced by Dr. True and his group TrueMD Wellness. They are a growing network of physicians dedicated to improving people’s health and quality of life through hormone pellet therapy, weight-loss, nutritional supplements and other health improving modalities. Reducing stress, getting adequate sleep, staying social, staying active or exercising, and maintaining a good sex-life are all important too, as Suzanne discussed.

Suzanne focused on BHT (Bioidentical Hormone Therapy) as her life saver to improved quality of life. She suffered dreadfully from the symptoms of menopause, which she called the seven dwarfs of menopause: something like Itchy, Witchy, Sleepy, Sweaty, Dopey, Dumpy, Grumpy and All-dried-up. These would make any woman very uncomfortable. When she retells that when she got on BHT all these symptoms went away and she now lives a wonderful life, especially a great sex life with her husband of 40 years, whom she still loves and adores.

Symptoms of menopause include hot flashes (itchy), mood changes (witchy), fatigue (sleepy), night sweats (Sweaty), memory problems/foggy brain (Dopey), weight gain (dumpy), and vaginal dryness (All-dried-up) due to vaginal atrophy. She summed these up quite nicely.

She also mentioned that men, without hormones, are like “grumpy old men”. Which is true with many men who suffer from falling hormone levels as they get older. Putting them on BHT can change all these and help them in many ways, including improving their sex life.

TrueMD offers BHT through use of hormone pellets which are life-changers for many people suffering from low or unbalanced hormones. They relieve symptoms of hormone deficiencies, but also improve one’s sexual life, energy levels, and mental clarity. These are all symptoms of lack of hormones which no one should have to suffer from since they can be correctly so easily and safely.

Suzanne is passionate about people doing actions to improve their health. She said, you “are absolutely in control of your life.” “Why do you focus on what you don’t have, when you can focus on what you have?” We all have the same opportunities to live a healthy happy life, so we all should focus on this goal and not focus on the bad situations that come at us daily while we live our own individual wonderful life.

For instance, many people who are overweight feel they have lost control and just can’t seem to lose the weight. TrueMD offers programs to help patient’s focus on losing weight and maintaining a healthy weight. Most people have an added boost in their self-esteem and self-confidence when they do our programs. They feel good about themselves and feel they are now more in control of their life. TrueMD’s programs help people regain their control to change their life and metabolism to lose weight.

She mentioned to “use your negatives as your assets.” For example, when Danny DeVito said he was going to become an actor his mother told him, “honey, they don’t want people like you.” He was too short, dumpy, and had a nasty attitude. However, these negatives boosted him into being a great actor and he has done well.

Many people have a negative attitude towards using nutritional supplements to improve their health, yet these are assets easily available to them. If they would evaluate them with an open mind and not a preconceived negative attitude, they would understand that many supplements have a lot of data backing their use to improve their health. For instance, taking higher doses of Vitamin D results in higher blood levels of Vitamin D that have been associated with less risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease and many cancers, including breast cancers. TrueMD has a system of boosting your health through these.

Danny DeVito is a comedian, and Suzanne discussed the importance in laughter and feeling good. When we laugh, we express joy and relieve a lot of stress and tension in our lives. Laughter can indeed be the best medicine. We don’t necessarily need a bunch of drugs to improve our health. Sometimes improving our health can simply be done by maintaining a positive attitude yet having the courage to laugh about life and living life in happiness. She mentioned that laughter also helps in business, for if you can make someone laugh, he/she will be more likely to buy something from you.

Suzanne discussed maintaining good self-esteem, self-confidence and forgiveness as further concepts that will help people live a better life. If you have a grudge towards someone, get over it. “Forgiveness is the greatest gift you could give to yourself”. She discussed her abuses when she was a child but realized that she must forgive to live a happier life, which she did, and now lives a wonderful life because of it. And she suggests everyone do this if they are living a life of discontent because of someone or something.

When she was first starting in her career, Suzanne answered an ad for an actress who didn’t know who she was and didn’t know what she did. Circuitously she got a role on the Johnny Carson show through this ad, became famous and soon got to know herself. She suggests everyone should focus on “Who I am and What I do” as a proven mantra that drives their life and focuses them to keep them heading in the right direction for fulfillment of life. In addition, embrace every opportunity that comes your way; you never know what it may bring you.

Overall, Suzanne is a delight to hear. Her sayings and stories are a blessing to all of us and her anecdotes are healthy concepts that we should all embrace. She is a gem in a sea of discontent, but a gem that signs brightly who’s beacon we should all follow.

Posted: July 17, 2019

Hormone Replacement Therapy ,Weight loss ,hormone therapy

Dr. True Speaks at Harvard Club

This June, Dr. True spoke at the Harvard Club in Boston about his practice and his passion to help people become healthier through the concepts of TrueMD Wellness. Improve your health through his three basic concepts: True Hormones, True Weight-Loss, and True Wellness Concepts.

Today’s medical health environment is quite different than during the past centuries. Back then people would die of pneumonia, infections, accidents, and war, which are more acute causes of death. Today, the leading causes of death are chronic medical illnesses such as heart disease, cancers, diabetes, stroke and Alzheimer’s disease.

Research has suggested that 80% of chronic medical illness are caused by actions we do (or don’t do) to ourselves. Some of us smoke; 70% of Americans are overweight and 40% are considered obese; we don’t exercise enough, and we don’t eat right; and most of us are too stressed, don’t sleep adequately, don’t take supplements, and don’t participate in a healthy social life. In addition, most of us don’t take hormones.

Dr. True’s system can improve your health if you start early, at least in your 40’s to 50’s. However, anyone can benefit no matter how old they are. He advocates maintaining a good weight and he has programs that help people lose weight if they are overweight. Plus, he helps people to eat the right foods. What are the right foods? They are the ones whose use is supported by the latest research on healthy eating and how it can help reduce the risk of you developing chronic medical diseases.

He recommends that you start using hormones when your levels drop. This is normally in the 40’s to 50’s. His TrueMD Hormone Pellet program titrates your dose individually according to your specific metabolism. When done properly, hormones can be life changers for those suffering from the symptoms of low hormones. Hormone Replacement therapy, when done properly with more bioidentical hormones, has also been shown to decrease your risk of developing heart disease and Alzheimer’s disease without increasing your risks of developing cancers or stroke.

Many supplements have been shown to be able to improve your health, such as omega 3 fatty acids, Vitamin D, Curcumin and Green Tea. Vitamin D alone, when levels are boosted to higher levels, has been associated with a decrease in the risks of developing Alzheimer’s disease and breast cancer. There are many other supplements with other associated benefits.[1]

Dr. True’s speech was warmly received by the Harvard Club audience and his hope is that he has spurred an interest in anyone going forward and embracing his concepts for improving their health. His motto is, “Health is a decision you make every day.”

[1] J Intern Med. 2013 Jun. 273(6) 602-23.

Posted: July 15, 2019

Breast Cancer ,General Health

Vitamin D: Why Do You Need High Serum Levels?

Do you know what your Vitamin D level is? It’s important for your health. Many studies have shown significant health benefits to your body if you have a higher level of Vitamin D. We recommend you maintain a serum level of greater than 50 ngm/l of Vitamin D3 in your blood. Heart disease, Alzheimer’s disease, and even cancers are less when you do this.

A recent article in Plos one demonstrated this remarkable benefits of Vitamin D. Researchers at GrassrootsHealth in Encinitas, California evaluated 5038 people in a randomized clinical trial to see what the incidence of breast cancer was at different serum levels of Vitamin D. There results were eye-opening.

They found there was an 82% lower incidence rate of breast cancer for women if their Vitamin D levels were > 60 ng/ml vs those whose levels were < 20 ng/ml. Those with levels >60 ng/ml had the lowest proportion of breast cancer-free intervals, 78% lower than the group with Vitamin D < 20 ng/ml.

Thus, in essence, those with Vitamin D levels >60 ng/mL had around an 80% lower risk of breast cancer compared to those women with concentrations of Vitamin D < 20 ng/ml. In other words, those with high levels of Vitamin D had around 1/5^th the risk of developing a breast cancer compared to those with low levels. Although this is not definitive proof of protection from Vitamin D, the data is very impressive.

Other studies have demonstrated significant decreases in breast cancer incidence with Vitamin D levels boosted to > 50 ng/ml. One study in England demonstrated a 7 times increased risk of breast cancer when Vitamin D levels were > 50 ng/ml compared to lower levels. Another study in San Diego showed that women with levels >50 ng/ml had a 50% decreased risk of breast cancer compared to those with lower levels (< 13 ng/ml).

Vitamin D is the sunshine vitamin. It really isn’t a vitamin at all because your body can make Vitamin D. In fact, its molecular structure looks very similar to the structure of the steroid hormones of your body, including your sex hormones estradiol and testosterone. Consequently, many people classify Vitamin D as a hormone for, like other hormones, it signals reactions to occur in your body that affect its metabolism.

If you lived on the equator you would make thousands of units of Vitamin D every hour. Toxicity from these high levels is rare. Unfortunately, the further north and south of the equator you go the less your body makes Vitamin D. The result is that we in the United States generally don’t produce enough Vitamin D.

Labs usually give normal values up to 30 ng/ml. However, especially in light of this new data, we highly recommend you increase levels to at least 50 ng/ml, but > 60 ng/l may be even better since this is the level that gave the best protection from breast cancer in this study. You can get your levels done at any lab and you don’t even need a doctor’s prescription in some locations.

Because, in the U.S., it is thus normally difficult to increase your levels naturally, it is best to just take a supplement. Get a good quality one since there are some that are of questionable quality. Most of the time, stay away from the cheap ones. But Vitamin D is indeed cheap. To get your levels up, consider taking around 5,000 units a day. Then recheck your levels in a few months.

In conclusion, increase your levels of Vitamin D to “Protection” levels. By doing so, you may be potentially decreasing your risk of getting breast cancer if you just take a pill every day.

1. Sharon L. McDonnell , Carole A. Baggerly, Christine B. French, Leo L. Baggerly, Cedric F. Garland, Edward D. Gorham, Bruce W. Hollis, Donald L. Trump, Joan M. Lappe. Breast cancer risk markedly lower with serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations ≥60 vs <20 ng/ml (150 vs 50 nmol/L): Pooled analysis of two randomized trials and a prospective cohort. June 15, 2018https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0199265

2. Lowe LC, Guy M, Mansi JL, Peckitt C, B.liss J, Wilson RG, et al. Plasma 25-hydroxy vitamin D concentrations, vitamin D receptor genotype and breast cancer risk in a UK Caucasian population. Eur J Cancer. 2005;41:1164–1169. pmid:15911240. doi.org/10.1016/j.ejca.2005.01.017

3. Garland CF, et al. Vitamin D and prevention of breast cancer: Pooled analysis. J of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 103(3–5), March 2007: 708-711. doi.org/10.1016/j.jsbmb.2006.12.007

Suzanne Summers Discusses BHT with Dr. True

Suzanne Summers Discusses BHT with Dr. True

Dr. True Speaks at Harvard Club

Vitamin D: Why Do You Need High Serum Levels?

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