Anti-Aging Check-up Tests
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hghmagazine.com http://www.hghmagazine.com/anti-aging-examination/ By Michael Reed Anti-Aging Examination Anti-Aging Examination – Tests That Show How Each Part Of Your Body Is Aging: If you would like to know how well your body is aging you might want to consider and anti- aging examination. Instead of a basic health checkup an anti-aging examination is a series of tests that measure how the various systems in your body are handling the aging process. Who needs an anti-aging checkup? Anybody over the age of 20 can benefit from advice in how to grow older gracefully. People in their forties, fifties, sixties, and beyond, however, are the ones who will see the most dramatic improvements to their appearance, health, and energy after just a few weeks on an anti-aging regimen. Note Your physician does not typically run this battery of tests as part of a standard health checkup. Many of these diagnostic tests you will need to specifically ask for. The following tests are important for men and women, with the exception of the PSA test, which is for men only. Blood count Measures white and red blood cells and immunity Chemistry profile Checks liver and kidney function, albumin and iron levels PSA – Prostate-Specific Antigen Elevated levels may point to prostate inflammation, an enlarged prostate, or prostate cancer. DHEA – Dehydroepiandrosterone Precursor to the sex hormones estrogen and testosterone. Somatomedin (IGF-1) Measures growth hormone levels. Testosterone (free & total) Women and men both are affected by the drop in testosterone levels because of aging. Insulin Helpful in the diagnosis of insulin resistance and type II diabetes. Homocysteine Elevated homocysteine levels have been linked to increased risk of heart attack, poor brain function, and bone fracture.
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hghmagazine.com http://www.hghmagazine.com/anti-aging-examination/
By MichaelReed
Anti-Aging Examination
Anti-Aging Examination – Tests That Show How Each Part Of Your Body Is Aging:
If you would like to know how well your body is aging you might want to consider and anti-aging examination. Instead of a basic health checkup an anti-aging examination is aseries of tests that measure how the various systems in your body are handling the agingprocess.
Who needs an anti-aging checkup?
Anybody over the age of 20 can benefit from advice in how to grow older gracefully.People in their forties, fifties, sixties, and beyond, however, are the ones who will see themost dramatic improvements to their appearance, health, and energy after just a fewweeks on an anti-aging regimen.
Note
Your physician does not typically run this battery of tests as part of a standard health checkup. Many of thesediagnostic tests you will need to specifically ask for.
The following tests are important for men and women, with the exception of the PSA test, which is for men only.
Blood countMeasures white and red blood cells and immunity
Chemistry profileChecks liver and kidney function, albumin and iron levels
PSA – Prostate-Specific AntigenElevated levels may point to prostate inflammation, an enlarged prostate, or prostate cancer.
DHEA – DehydroepiandrosteronePrecursor to the sex hormones estrogen and testosterone.
Somatomedin (IGF-1)Measures growth hormone levels.
Testosterone (free & total)Women and men both are affected by the drop in testosterone levels because of aging.
InsulinHelpful in the diagnosis of insulin resistance and type II diabetes.
HomocysteineElevated homocysteine levels have been linked to increased risk of heart attack, poor brain function, and bonefracture.
CRP – C-Reactive ProteinC-reactive protein (CRP) is a marker of systemic inflammation.
TSH – Thyroid Stimulating HormoneIndicates increased thyroid activity – hyperthyroidism, or low thyroid activity – hypothyroidism.
TCP indexMeasures the amount of protection you carry against free radicals
Lipid peroxidesMeasures free-radical damage to fats in the blood.
Glycation indexMeasures the amount of sugars attached to your body’s proteins – a high index indicates accelerated aging.
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