Dr. Colbert’s Hormone Health Zone: Lose Weight, Restore Energy, Feel 25 Again!

231 Pages·2019·2.35 MB·English

by  Don Colbert

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DR. COLBERT'S HORMONE HEALTH ZONE by Don Colbert, MD
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This book contains the opinions and ideas of its author. It is solely for informational and educational
purposes and should not be regarded as a substitute for professional medical treatment. The nature of your
body’s health condition is complex and unique. Furthermore, the range for optimized hormone levels may
change and improve as new research and new studies come to light. Therefore, you should consult a health
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Author’s note: For years, I have told couples not to get divorced until they both get their hormones checked,
balanced, and optimized. Every marriage counselor, family counselor, psychologist, and pastor should
know this! I have seen hundreds of marriages restored after they both got their testosterone levels back on
track. This is obviously not all about sex; this is about life, marriage, family, fun, health, and being all that
we were meant to be. How can we bring glory and honor to God when our lives are falling apart? Of course
hormone levels are not the answer to everything, but they do play an important part in every area of life,
especially your marriage.
This publication is translated in Spanish under the title La zona de salud hormonal, copyright © 2019 by
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To all the millions of patients who have been told that their
symptoms including fatigue, cold hands, cold feet, brain fog,
lethargy, depressed mood, irritability, and more were due to
aging or stress or depression. You were probably prescribed
an antidepressant and other meds and told with a pat on the
back that it’s a normal part of aging and to expect more
troublesome symptoms. Well, you probably need your
hormones optimized or brought to the level of a twenty-five-
year-old. When that happens, most of these symptoms are
relieved.
CONTENTS
Preface: How Healthy Do You Want to Be?
Introduction: It’s Time to Get in the Zone
PART I: MAKING SENSE OF HORMONES
1 Hormones . . . and the Life You Want
2 Why All the Hormone Confusion?
3 Symptoms of Hormones Out of Balance
4 What Is Happening to Our Hormones?
PART II: MAKING HORMONES WORK FOR YOU
5 The Foundation of Your Hormone Health
6 An Example of How Hormone Therapy Can Work for You
7 Questions Answered About Your Hormone Therapy
PART III: MAKING A GREAT LIFE WITH HORMONE THERAPY
8 Thyroid to Reboot Your Metabolism
9 Adrenal Restoration
10 Testosterone Answers for Women
11 Progesterone Answers for Women
12 Estrogen Answers for Women
13 Even Men Need Some Estrogen
14 Testosterone Answers for Men
15 Optimizing Growth Hormone
Conclusion
Appendix A—Twenty-One-Day Hormone Health Zone Challenge
Appendix B—The Eight Pillars of Health
Appendix C—Normal Hormone Ranges at a Glance
Appendix D—How to Maximize Your T4-to-T3 Conversion
Appendix E—How to Lower Your rT3 Levels
Appendix F—Supplements and Resources
Appendix G—The Ten Most Common Endocrine Disruptors
Notes
PREFACE
HOW HEALTHY DO YOU
WANT TO BE?
IT ISN’T VERY often, at least in the medical community, that you can look at a
very real need, such as a debilitating sickness or decade-long symptoms, and
say, “We now have an answer for that.” The word that best describes this feeling
is hope. Maybe excitement as well!
This book contains answers to so many symptoms, diseases, sicknesses,
ailments, troubles, and problems that I cannot list them all! The prospects for
better health and an improved future have never been brighter! The question
really is, How healthy do you want to be? We all naturally want to be as healthy
as possible. After all, our health is our greatest commodity. It is what gives us
the opportunity to pursue our goals, reach our dreams, and enjoy life to the
fullest.
Sadly many of us have limits. Some we impose on ourselves; others are
imposed on us. As a result, we have “health caps” that seem insurmountable.
“Well, that’s what happens when you turn thirty, forty, fifty, or sixty,” we are
told. Whatever the age, there is a long list of ailments that are supposedly normal
to have. But I don’t want them; do you?
What if we could exchange all the “normal,” negative symptoms for such
things as: • increased metabolism • better sleep
• more energy
• greater focus
• weight loss
• improved stamina
• improved stamina
• lower cholesterol
• for women, getting your curves back • for men, no erectile dysfunction •
thick hair
• wrinkle-free skin
• dementia protection • Alzheimer’s protection • Parkinson’s protection
• warm hands and warm feet • hope and zest for life “Sign me up for
those symptoms,” people would gladly say. Thankfully we can
usually do just that when we optimize our hormone levels. We have
been told for years that our hormones need to be balanced, but as we
will discuss more in the book, that is not a complete picture.
Think of it this way: imagine you have been training to run a local 5K race,
and when you show up to get your jersey, you are given the choice of carrying a
one hundred–pound rock, a fifty-pound rock, or no rock at all.
If your hormones are out of whack, it’s like you’ve got the one hundred–
pound rock to deal with. And if your hormones are balanced, then you get the
much lighter, fifty-pound rock to tote around. That’s better, you think, but what
about the zero-pound option? That’s when your hormones are beyond balanced;
they’re optimized, which is what this book is about.
You can also think of it as a grade. Scoring a D-grade is still technically
passing, but barely . . . and that is similar to when someone is barely in the
normal range for hormones. An average grade of C is similar to patients who
have their hormones balanced and at mid-range. An A grade, however, is when
your hormones have reached optimized levels.
That is the way it is with hormones. Even when they are balanced, we are still
typically running at a deficit. Usually we’re dealing with some symptoms,
disease is knocking at the door, and life is hard going. Some may claim they are
happy with balanced hormone levels, but given a chance to choose between
balanced and optimized, I’m guessing they would opt for optimized hormones.
For decades I have helped patients balance their hormones, and only rarely did
they say, “I feel great!” Sure, they feel better than they did, but they usually
don’t feel great. Yes, they traded a one hundred–pound rock for a fifty-pound
rock or the D grade for a C grade. It’s lighter, and that makes life better, but who
wants to just cope with life? To truly feel great is to run free, to be healthy and
whole, and to enjoy life. That is how our bodies were intended to run.
So if you want to move from feeling fair or better to feeling great, to close the
door on numerous diseases, to get back to looking and feeling as you did when
you were younger, and to regain your competitive edge, then optimizing your
hormones is the way to go. It is a delightful journey and one that you will
probably enjoy for the rest of your life!