The Anti-Aging & Vitality Center of Atlanta Services And Facilities
The Anti-Aging & Vitality Center of Atlanta provides BOTH women and men a full-service facility for promoting wellness and treating medical conditions.
In addition to the routine facilities of an active primary care medical practice, bio-identical hormone consultations for both men and women, obstetrics and gynecology, the office includes on-site facilities for sourcing a variety of both routine and specialized laboratory tests. This includes the full-time availability of a phlebotomist for quickly and effectively obtaining blood samples. The office also houses a surgery center for performing specialized gynecological procedures that can be completed on an out-patient basis.
Functional Testing:
Biochemical individuality and subclinical deficiencies can influence degenerative diseases such as cardiovascular disease, stroke, diabetes, obesity, cancer, Alzheimer's Disease and other neurodegenerative diseases. Many of these diseases can be prevented or slowed by restoring nutrient balance at the cellular level. FUNCTIONAL TESTING allows us to determine deficiencies before they have caused clinical disease.
The fact is that 90% of people have nutrient deficiencies. Early measurement can indentify imbalances, enable us to restore balance, and prevent the progression of a problem to overt clinical disease.
Functional Testing takes into consideration genetic predispositions, life style, diet, and environmental exposure. It can also measure your intracellular defenses by determining your cellular levels of antioxidants which are the body's defense against oxidative by-products that damage cells, proteins, DNA, etc. These oxidants can and do age our cells by causing oxidative stress and inflammation.
Salivary Testing:
As part of a comprehensive bio-identical hormone balancing approach, we evaluate the status of female and male hormones that are part of a complex web involving the ovaries or testicles, adrenals, thyroid, and more. Their complex interrelationships often requires a look at the total picture.
Salivary testing is simple, accurate, and economical. Simply, it is the most reliable way to derive a measurement of these hormones' free/bioactive levels that reflects tissue levels rather than quantities appearing in the blood. After testing and analysis, we will formulate a customized restorative plan based on your measured hormone levels and personal comfort requirements.
We ONLY use bio-identical hormones in our hormone-balancing regimes as they are chemically identical in every way to the body's own endogenous hormones, as opposed to synthetic formulations. This ensures that your body will handle them exactly as it handles its own resident supply of hormones.
Advanced Lipid Particle
Protein Assessment:
Did you know that typically people who have suffered heart attacks have cholesterol levels that measure as 'normal'? This is definined as a total cholesterol level less than 200. The total cholesterol, HDL (good cholesterol), and LDL (bad cholesterol) measurements are only part of the picture, and in fact, a rather small part. Medical science has now reached the point where laboratories can measure and evaluate many other aspects of your blood vessels and lipids that have been proven as risk factors in cardiovascular disease.
Many people have no awareness of whether they are at cardiovascular risk. The purpose of an advanced lipid particle protein assessment is to measure other risk factors and assess a person's overall level of risk. Many of these risk factors can be reduced through dietary, nutrient, and lifestyle changes.
Everyone is a reasonable candidate for this assessment. Most non-HMO insurance programs, and Medicare cover these procedures for a specified co-payment. Ask us about your program to see if you are covered.
Weight Management:
Facts: > 65% of adults are overweight
> 50% of adults are obese
> 35% of children are obese
The incidence of Type 2 diabetes has reached nearly epidemic levels in our Western society. Its occurrance continues to rise at an alarming rate along with its complications. While Type 2 diabetes can have some genetic predisposition, it is strongly associated with obesity, sedentary lifestyle, and particularly diets rich in refined carbohydrates and saturated fats. Invariably, these diets are calorically dense and nutrient deficient. .
The single most important factor relating to LONGEVITY is WEIGHT. Simply put, caloric restriction prolongs life. The more calories you eat, the more your body must process, and the more oxidative by-products it will generate in the process. These oxidants 'age' the body by putting it under oxidative stress. Fewer calories = fewer free radicals and less age-related decline.
Our highly refined, nutrient deficient , high caloric diets often result in insulin resistance at the cellular level. This is preventable in many cases with dietary and lifestyle changes, and optimization of nutritional status.
Let us assist you in establishing "a new relationship with food" and with your making other important lifestyle changes. It is up to you to take charge of your overall wellness and there are no 'quick fixes'. You must be willing to change. The good news is that we have supplements that can help you safely suppress appetite, boost energy, block carbs, and support positive lifestyle changes. Don't hesitate to ask us for help!
Supplements:
As mentioned above, functional testing can measure nutrient deficiencies in your body at the cellular level. Based on our analysis of your functional test results, a thorough review of your medical history, and a comprehensive evaluation of your identified risk factors, we will formulate a customized program of supplementation tailored to your specific wellness objectives.
Your customized plan could include IV infusions of vitamins and minerals, detoxification regimens, and oral supplements. We ONLY recommend and use pharmaceutical grade supplements. These are supplements that have been independently assayed to meet pharmaceutical standards for purity, potency, and bioavailability. Supplements that do not meet such standards cannot be advertised as pharmaceutical grade and you should avoid these as they may be ineffective, and may even contain impurities.
