It’s not fair! Not only are the rich getting richer, but many of them are also now getting younger—biologically, that is. A new area of healthcare called Regenerative Medicine is making this possible. However, instead of traveling to Switzerland and paying up to $100,000 for anti-aging stem cell injections, at our office in Mount Dora, we have something more comprehensive and effective, yet well within reach of the average person. Using the science of metabolic and nutritional medicine, we can now activate the body’s dormant ability to protect, repair, and rejuvenate itself at the cellular level. This allows us to combat age-related degeneration and increase your resistance to disease, slow the aging process and extend your lifespan, and help you feel more energized, sharper, and stronger. And it won’t cost you $100,000 (not even close)! Please read on…
In my medical practice, I see patients 3½ days a week. I spend the rest of the week poring over scientific journals, reading medical books, listening to lectures, collaborating with colleagues, writing health blogs, and attending scientific conferences. As an active translational researcher, I have spent over 35,000 hours poring over the latest scientific information and translating or applying the discoveries of scientists into promising new medical therapies. This has far-reaching effects on your health and longevity and can help bring about much-needed changes to our healthcare system.
As I was growing up, I would frequently ask my dad, “Any advice for us younger guys?” He would always jokingly reply, “Yeah. Don’t get old!,” to which I would always respond, “Man, if only!” How and why is it that young people generally don’t get atherosclerosis, heart attacks, strokes, hypertension, congestive heart failure, abdominal obesity, type 2 diabetes, cancer, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, macular degeneration, cataracts, autoimmune disorders, osteoporosis, frailty, chronic fatigue, chronic infections, or have poor wound healing? How and why are young people are seemingly immune to these diseases and conditions? And how and why is it that they generally only affect us later in life?
Instead of studying how and why people get old and sick, we should study how and why people stay young and healthy. Instead of focusing on individual diseases, we should focus on keeping people biologically young. Instead of focusing on what’s making us sick, we should focus on what will make us well. Since aging is the central risk factor for all major diseases, we should intervene in the aging process itself rather than attempting to prevent and treat diseases one by one. For example, what would happen to the average lifespan if we cured the top two killers (heart disease and cancer)? We would increase it by a little over 3 years. However, if we take a “longevity” approach and limit the deterioration that normally comes with aging, we can potentially increase average lifespan by 10-20 years, not to mention the improved quality of life!
Young people enjoy mental and physical vigor and absence of disease because the genes and biological pathways that promote longevity are highly active, and the genes and biological pathways that accelerate aging are suppressed. Together, this activates built-in biological mechanisms designed to protect and rejuvenate normal cells and repair or replace abnormal cells. Unfortunately, as we age, our modern diet, inactive lifestyle, and exposure to environmental toxins gradually deactivate those genes and biological pathways, leaving us vulnerable to degeneration, disease, and premature death. Fortunately, we found a novel and effective way to reactivate them and stimulate cellular protection, repair, and rejuvenation, leading to improved mental and physical function and a return to a more youthful physiologic state. The anti-aging effects of our protocol go far beyond expensive European stem cell injections.
Using a powerful and synergistic combination of high-performance nutrition, meal timing, specialized strength training, microdoses of select medications, bioidentical hormone replacement therapy, frequency-specific pulsed electromagnetic field therapy, and naturally-occurring plant compounds, we can help restore the body’s ability to protect, repair, and rejuvenate itself. This represents a whole new paradigm in healthcare and an unprecedented opportunity to combat age-related degeneration and increase resistance to disease, slow the aging process and extend lifespan, and enjoy better mental and physical function.
Our advanced and highly-coordinated strategy targets and combats the multiple biological effects of aging, unlike expensive stem cell therapy alone which targets far fewer biological effects. Through distinct and complementary mechanisms, our comprehensive protocol works in the following ways:
- Activates longevity-extending genes, proteins, and biological pathways, including SIRT1, AMPK, PCG1α, and IGFBP-3
- Inhibits age-promoting genes, proteins, and biological pathways, including mTOR, PKA, RAS, and IGF-1
- Promotes removal of cellular waste and recycling of old and worn-out cellular organelles via autophagy
- Promotes elimination of senescent cells: These are aging and weak cells that can no longer divide and cause harm to healthy cells
- Stimulates stem cell proliferation and formation of younger, stronger, and healthier cells
- Increases intracellular NAD levels
- Inhibits DNA damage and decreases the rate of telomere shortening
- Reduces markers of oxidative stress and chronic systemic inflammation, including F2-isoprostanes, oxidized LDL, hs-CRP, homocysteine, and fibrinogen
- Increases mitochondrial density, mitochondrial membrane potential, and oxidative phosphorylation, resulting in enhanced production of ATP
- Promotes healthy cell signaling and cellular protein stability
- Improves insulin sensitivity and ameliorates metabolic syndrome
- Impedes arterial plaque buildup
- Decreases the risk of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, and autoimmune disorders
- Reduces harmful visceral (intra-abdominal) fat
- Improves muscle mass and bone density, and preserves cartilage
- Boosts muscle strength and reduces the risk of frailty and falls
- Increases maximal oxygen uptake (VO2 max) and cardiopulmonary fitness
- Improves cognitive function, including memory, focus, creativity, and ability learn
- Improves sleep quality (falling asleep faster, staying asleep, awakening feeling rested and restored)
- Restores youthful immune function
- Speeds wound healing and reduces injury-recovery time
- Promotes youthful skin by increasing its thickness, elasticity, and hydration, and reducing wrinkles, fine lines, and uneven pigmentation
In the end, it really doesn’t matter how the body ages, whether through oxidative stress, chronic inflammation, shortening of telomeres, or some other mechanism(s). What matters is how the body stays young. In this context, the strategy changes from stopping further damage to the body and redirects it to cellular protection, repair, and regeneration. That is how we transform age-worn cells and harness the power to prevent and reverse disease, extend lifespan, and renew your body from the inside out!
Message from Dr. Daniel Thomas: Most people don’t want to live to 120 and feel like they’re 120. So, just to be clear, I’m not talking about living to a ripe old age in a nursing home, kept alive on drugs, and being dependent on others. I’m talking about keeping every part of your body healthier for longer. I’m talking living to a ripe old age but living on your own, being active and enjoying eating, socializing, and having great sex. In other words, living a life that a 20-year-old would be envious of!
Life is a wonderful gift. Staying young and healthy for as long as possible requires intimate knowledge of what causes disease at the cellular level, and a thorough understanding of how to return those cells to their youthful and fully-functioning state. Therefore, it is crucial to follow the advice of a doctor like myself who has a deep understanding of the complex relationship between metabolism, nutrition, aging, and disease. Over the past 30 years, I have helped thousands of patients to prevent and overcome chronic disease, and achieve better health and increased longevity.
Doctors who don’t practice what they preach are not worth your time. All of my credentials as a physician would be meaningless and my professional integrity would be lacking if I did not live by my words. Because my health is extremely important to me, and because I believe in leading by example, I practice what I preach. Despite poor genetics, the excellent health I enjoy is a result of the same proactive, preventive approach I provide my patients. I have never been healthier or in better shape, been more productive or mentally sharp, or had more passion and purpose than I do now. You’re not getting any younger… but, like me, you could be! For more information, visit HealthyAndStrong.com or call 352-729-0923.
Final thought: A recent survey found that 75% of Americans do not have enough money saved for retirement. Furthermore, many believe the federal government will eventually run out of money to pay Social Security benefits. A simple solution to all of this is to go back to work after retirement. However, even if it’s just a part-time job, the key question is, will you have sufficient physical health and mental stamina to reenter the workforce after age 65? One of the best reasons of all to seek our expertise to slow the aging process may be to protect your earning capacity by restoring your ability to work and compete with co-workers who’ll be much younger than you.
