January 22, 2010

With all the ansgt leading up to the special election in Massachusetts and all the hoopla after Scott Brown’s amazing victory, this nearly slipped through the cracks. But I just couldn’t let it pass, without comment.
 
Last week, former Home Run King Mark McGwire finally admitted to using steroids during the 1998 season, when he broke Roger Marris’ home run record (#61) and went on to set a new record. He retired in 2001, with a lifetime 583 homers. 
 
Well…for most of us, this announcement wasn’t really news.
 
Judging from Mr. McGwire’s rather evasive answers to the Congressional Committee investigation of PED (Performance Enhancing Drugs), in professional baseball, it was pretty clear to all that he probably did use them. But he was looking to avoid self-incrimination before Congress. And, really, under those circumstances, how can you blame him?
 
In any case, his recent public confession has removed all doubt. His defenders point out that he hit plenty of home runs before he ever took PED’s. And McGwire himself said that he “had a gift” for hitting homers, and he always did. He also said that he only used the steroids and growth hormone shots to help him heal faster after injuries, which is actually a pretty good argument in his defense.
 
Detractors, however, consider this revelation grounds for keeping him out of the Hall of Fame, maybe forever. Mark says, with some justice, that he had plenty of muscle without the steroids. And that they do not add anything to the hand-eye coordination necessary to hitting home runs.
 
He’s right about that, too. I agree with his argument, but I suspect that, just maybe, he was looking for a little edge, too. I DO remember the big fuss about his use of creatine, at that time, a supplement that promotes muscle growth and strength (though not to the same extent as anabolic steroids and hGH).
 
Well, I’ll leave the moral quandry of the Hall of Fame to those much better qualified to address it (and those who care–which I really don’t). But this is as good an opportunity as I can recall to discuss WHY steroids are illegal in sports.
 
First, there’s the argument that it gives the athlete an unfair, “unnatural” advantage. Just to be contrary, I could point out that if everyone used them, it wouldn’t be an unfair advantage for anyone. But that facetious argument brings up the very real health consequences, which are dangerous.
 
First, you need to understand what we mean by “steroids.” This term, in this context, refers to artificial anabolic hormones that mimic the effects of testosterone, the male sex hormone. They can be administered orally, or by injection, and they DO stimulate rapid muscle growth, but they have also been associated with liver failure and tumors.
 
The other PED used by athletes is hGH, Human Growth Hormone. Normally secreted and released from our pituitary glands, this “master hormone” is known to enhance muscle growth and strength, speed up the healing of injuries, relieve joint pain (and is reputed to have anti-aging properties, that may increase life span, as well). When taken in excessive, non-physiological doses, the risk of cancer growth is enhanced.
 
For these reasons, anabolic steroids and hGH have been banned in sports and are also illegal, absent a legitimate medical use (such as the small boy who has insufficient hGH for normal growth).
 
And yet, because these hormones are markedly reduced as we age, restoring their benefits seems a reasonable goal, with the object of reversing the effects of aging. The idea is to return the blood levels of these hormones to those of our late teens or early twenties, by stimulating their natural release.
 
This is much different concept than injecting excessive, non-physiological amounts of the hormones. This is instead a stimulation of the body to produce and/or release more of its own, natural supplies. The theory is that by restoring youthful levels of endogenous (ie., your body’s own) growth hormone, you will restore your body to a more youthful state. Better strength, speed, flexibility, better skin tone, better sleep, enhanced immunity, and better intimacy are among the myriad benefits attributed to increased hGH blood levels.
 
One way to do this is to take a dose of the amino acid, arginine, which is known to cause release of your own stores of hGH. This is so predictable a response that it is used as a test for proper functioning of the pituitary gland.
 
But imagine if you could stimulate your own growth hormone release with just a cream, that you rub on your skin a few times a day. That would be pretty amazing, right?
 
Well, there IS such a cream. It’s called Trans-D Tropin  http://www.drbillsclinic.com/trans_d_tropin.html   and I take it myself, especially now that I need to heal rapidly, after my recent hernia repair. This is NOT growth hormone, itself. Instead, it’s a secret botanical analog of growth hormone RELEASING hormone–that means that it stimulates your body to release its OWN hGH.
 
It helps you restore your growth hormone levels to those you enjoyed as a young man, or woman. And because it’s natural, your levels are always within safe, physiological parameters, with NO increased risk of cancer, according to the doctor who formulated it(whom I know, personally).
 
If you exercise, whether it be with free weights, or the special healing exercises I teach in my popular and effective PAIN-FREE PROGRAM & DVD   http://www.drbillsclinic.com/exercise_eliminate.html   when you apply this cream to your forearms and rub it in, just before you exercise, you will supercharge your workouts and burn fat and build muscle faster than you believed possible. And you’ll feel better, too.
 
Naturally, I get some compensation for directing you to this great product. Why shouldn’t I? Lots of people would love me to endorse their products, but I have a professional reputation to uphold and my standards are pretty rigorous. That’s why I don’t recommend many products that aren’t my own. But I not only recommend this, I USE it, myself. That’s the best recommendation there is. So take my advice, try some Trans-D Tropin today:   http://www.drbillsclinic.com/trans_d_tropin.html
 
And for a super boost to your immune system, combine it with my POWERHOUSE OMEGA FORMULA http://www.favoriteformulas.com  an ultra pure, pharmaceutical grade fish oil, with an enteric coating to prevent fish burps, or fishy aftertaste. 
 
So, the new revelations of the “Gospel According to Mark,” notwithstanding, boosting your OWN growth hormone levels, safely and effectively, is one of the best things you can do for your health and longevity. Try it today and see for yourself. Til next time, my friend, be well. And have a great weekened. Talk to you soon.
 
Yours for a pain-free tomorrow and optimal health,
 
Dr. Bill
 
“The Wellness Warrior”       TM
 
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P.S. For DR. BILL’S LITTLE GREEN BOOK ON ELIMINATING KNEE PAIN, a concise, but complete handbook on the root causes and the various options for treating knee pain, go to http://drbillsclinic.com/eliminate_knee_pain.html 
 
P.P.S. For DR. BILL’S PAIN-FREE PROGRAM: EXERCISES TO PREVENT OR ELIMINATE KNEE PAIN, please go to
 http://drbillsclinic.com/exercise_eliminate.html 
 
P.P.P.S. For conventional and alternative treatments and exercises to relieve knee pain without surgery click on http://drbillsclinic.com/avoid_knee_surgery.html 
 
P.P.P.P.S. For the giant, comprehensive ADVANCED MASTERS’ COURSE: HOW TO ELIMINATE KNEE PAIN–ONCE & FOR ALL!, everything you need to know on causes and solutions for knee pain and the complete exercise program, too, go to
 http://drbillsclinic.com/advanced_masters.html 
 
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Copyright, 2010 by William Thomas Stillwell, MD, FACS
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February 19, 2009

News services were abuzz this past Tuesday, when famed New York Yankee 3rd baseman, Alex Rodriguez, aka A-Rod, faced the cameras to deal with the fallout of his admission that he had indeed taken performance-enhancing steroid injections from his cousin, twice a month for three years (2001-2003). Which story brings the topic of steroids into the news, once again.

Apart from the unfair advantage he enjoyed over his unenhanced opponents, the drugs are now illegal for good reason, though they weren’t at the time he was using them. They pose a real health risk for anyone, athlete or not, who takes them.

First, though, we need to review exactly what the steroids in question are, and more important, what they are NOT. Many people lump all steroids into the same category, but there are different classes of steroids, some very beneficial, when used appropriately and monitored by physicians.

The illicit drugs that are the subject of this story are artificial anabolic steroids–that is, synthetic drugs that mimic the muscle-building properties of the male sex hormone, testosterone. Other drugs, which are called glucocorticoids, are also steroids, but they are not testosterone analogs. Instead, they are of crucial importance in supporting the body’s response to stress and suppressing inflammation. They are an analog of the body’s own stress hormone, cortisol, which is produced in the cortex of the adrenal glands.

Human growth hormone, normally produced and released by the pituitary gland, is technically not an anabolic steroid, but because it also tends to increase muscle mass, strength, stamina and overall performance, it too, is usually classified as a performance enhancing drug.

It’s the side effects of anabolic steroids which are the source of the health concerns. Athletes who have been injected with these drugs over long periods have developed liver disease, tumors and heart disease, as a direct result of these drugs. So they represent a real danger to your health and are virtually never indicated for performance enhancement. They exist only because they have a role in patients with a deficiency of testosterone, due to various disease states.

Injectable growth hormone, often used for its anti-aging effects, may enhance the growth of a pre-existing cancer. So, if it is used, it must be used under the direct supervision of a physician, in appropriate doses. Undesirable side effects are more likely when external hGH is injected in doses that raise the blood levels of the hormone beyond those usually found in the human body.

So illicit drugs are illicit for good reasons–they are dangerous and really bad for your health, especially when used without proper indications and proper medical guidance.

But imagine if you could raise your own endogenous growth hormone to the levels you had when you were in your early twenties; that is, an elevated level, but within normal physiological parameters. You could have all the benefits of the increased human growth hormone levels of your youth, but without the risk of adverse side effects.

Imagine further that the substance associated with hGH injections that actually IS seen in cases of cancer, IGF-1 (Insulin-like Growth Factor-1), was actually REDUCED by the use of a special compound, that DIDN’T require injection. And that this special compound could elevate your own levels of growth hormone, just by rubbing it on your skin a few times a day.

So, you could have all the benefits of growth hormone enhancement: reduced weight, lean muscle growth, improved strength, speed and stamina, enhanced libido and intimate performance, fewer aches and pains, better sleep, and a more youthful appearance, without the need for needles and with safety. Wouldn’t that be great?

Well, now you can. The miracle substance that’s medically formulated to all that and more is Trans-D Tropin, a botanical analog of Human Growth Hormone Releasing Hormone, and you can get it here:   http://drbillsclinic.com/trans_d_tropin.html

You’ll notice that it’s not hGH itself, but a formula designed to stimulate production and release of your OWN growth hormone, made in your OWN pituitary gland. It’s basically like turning the biological clock back to the days of your youth. I use it myself and have for the past couple of years. Get your own here, at   http://drbillsclinic.com/trans_d_tropin.html

And for a DOUBLE WHAMMY, I recommend you take this together with my own “Fountain of Youth,” DR. BILL’S POWERHOUSE OMEGA FORMULA, my premium brand of ultra pure, pharmaceutically grade, enteric coated fish oil with the highest available concentrations of healthful omega-3 fatty acids. Get it here at   http://drbillsclinic.com/favorite_formulas.html

Don’t accept aging, with all its aches and pains. You don’t have to take it any more. Feel, act and look like you were twenty years younger. I do.  So can you. Just take these supplements, eat right, exercise strategically and regularly and feel those years just drop away!

Til next time, my friend, be well.

Yours for a pain-free tomorrow,

Dr. Bill

P.S. For DR. BILL’S LITTLE GREEN BOOK ON ELIMINATING KNEE PAIN, a concise, but complete handbook on the root causes and the various options for treating knee pain, go to http://drbillsclinic.com/eliminate_knee_pain.html

P.P.S. For DR. BILL’S PAIN-FREE PROGRAM: EXERCISES TO PREVENT OR ELIMINATE KNEE PAIN, please go to
http://drbillsclinic.com/exercise_eliminate.html

P.P.P.S. For conventional and alternative treatments and exercises to relieve knee pain without surgery click on http://drbillsclinic.com/avoid_knee_surgery.html

P.P.P.P.S. For the giant, comprehensive ADVANCED MASTERS’ COURSE: HOW TO ELIMINATE KNEE PAIN–ONCE & FOR ALL!, everything you need to know on causes and solutions for knee pain and the complete exercise program, too, go to
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Copyright, 2009 by William Thomas Stillwell, MD, FACS
All rights reserved

Well, Christmas is just a week from tonight.  Unbelievable. I’ve expounded before about the Stillwell Theory of Seasonal Relativity. 
 
In brief, for the uninitiated, this theory states that time progressively accelerates, relative to an observer’s proximity to the Christmas Holidays.  In other words, time subjectively seems to speed up from around April, through the rest of the year, hitting a peak from August through December. 
 
I mean, once you reach Halloween, you blink, and it’s Thanksgiving. Blink again, it’s Christmas, then New year’s Eve. 
 
Then suddenly, on January first of the New Year, it’s like the brakes were thrown on–time is suddenly slowed to a crawl, not to speed up again until late Spring and Summer. Just look at how long it takes to arrive at Valentine’s Day. Seems like it takes forever.
 
And of course, the older you get, the faster and faster it all seems to go. Well, it seems that way to me, anyway. But math was always my worst subject…. 
 
There really is a scientific explanation for this subjective phenomenon, though. The older you get, the smaller the fraction of your entire life experience is each new experience. That’s why the two month summer vacation you enjoyed as a kid seemed to stretch forever, but it flashes by as an adult. Two months is a whole lot bigger fraction of the whole when you’re only ten years old, than when you’re fifty.
 
But now that we’re in the week before Christmas, it’s all going at warp speed. And it doesn’t help that I’m spending a lot of time running up and down the East Coast, to prepare the Northern Command and transport our cats. I STILL have to get all that last minute shopping done, even though I DID start during the summer.
 
With all the extra stresses of the Holiday Season, many people have emailed me with their complaints of sore backs and aching knees. Not surprising, though, is it? Everyone is running around, on their feet longer, shopping, going to office parties, shopping, and more shopping, despite the economy. 
 
And the physical stress is compounded by the extra mental and emotional stress, which transforms into biological stress. This kind of stress makes any inflammation in the body worse and reduces the body’s immune system, as well.
 
So, what to do? Well, even though it’s very tough this time of year, you have to keep up with your exercises.  If you have knee pain, my PAIN-FREE PROGRAM (click here:  http://drbillsclinic.com/exercise_eliminate.html )  is ideal for this, because it provides a MENU of proven, effective exercises, from which you can choose.
 
But when time is of the essence, I’d recommend that you concentrate on HACK SQUATS, with the heaviest weight you can handle, to meet the criteria that I outline, and the specially modified HINDU SQUATS I describe at  http://drbillsclinic.com/exercise_eliminate.html
 
You can also do simple isometric QUAD SETS, while standing in line at stores, or at every red light, if driving. If you’re at a train station, lean against the columns and do WALL SITTING–effective, but inconspicuous in public.
 
And to boost your immune system and increase your strength and stability, try the life-enhancing topical cream that increases your own endogenous growth hormone,  safely and within physiological limits, like I do:   http://drbillsclinic.com/trans_d_tropin.html 
 
If you try to do these few things, every day, despite being in the very midst of the Christmas Countdown, you will feel better, be less likely to get colds  and flu, and will relieve your knee pain. Try these methods and see what I mean.
 
Til next time, my friend, be well. 
 
Yours for a pain-free tomorrow,
 
Dr. Bill

P.S. For DR. BILL’S LITTLE GREEN BOOK ON ELIMINATING KNEE PAIN, a concise, but complete handbook on the root causes and the various options for treating knee pain, go to http://drbillsclinic.com/eliminate_knee_pain.html
 
P.P.S. For DR. BILL’S PAIN-FREE PROGRAM: EXERCISES TO PREVENT OR ELIMINATE KNEE PAIN, please go to
 http://drbillsclinic.com/exercise_eliminate.html
 
P.P.P.S. For the giant, comprehensive ADVANCED MASTERS’ COURSE: HOW TO ELIMINATE KNEE PAIN–ONCE & FOR ALL!, everything you need to know on causes and solutions for knee pain and the complete exercise program, too, go to
 http://drbillsclinic.com/advanced_masters.html
 
FREE BONUS CD with any order: THE HEALING POWER OF POSITIVE PAIN PERCEPTION
 
Copyright, 2008 by William Thomas Stillwell, MD
All rights reserved

I just read on one of the news services that Sly Stallone plead guilty in an Australian Court to importing banned performance-enhancing drugs. It seems he has been on an injectable form of human growth hormone (hGH), by prescription, of course, Jintropin. The problem is that Australia has banned such substances, unless a special permit is obtained.
 
Needless to say, Sly didn’t have the requisite permit. He wrote a letter of apology to the Court, citing ignorance of the local rules for his inadvertant violation of their laws. I think this is very likely true.
 
Now, anyone who has seen Sly Stallone in recent films, like Rocky Balboa, or the most recent installment of Rambo, will not be surprised to learn that Sly uses hGH. The guy is 61 years old after all, but has the muscle mass and definition of a guy many years his junior. Even with heavy weight training, which is probably not a good idea at that age, those results are unlikely without some enhancement.
 
Turns out that Jintropin is the most popular hGH injectable supplement in China. Like all available hGH injectables, it is a synthetic, recombinant form of growth hormone. It is most definitely a “performance enhancing drug.” And, therefore, it’s most definitely verboten in the Land of Oz (as the Aussies, pronounced “Ozzies,” like to call their island continent).
 
We’ve discussed this topic before. Human growth hormone levels are responsible for muscle growth, strength, speed, healing response to injury, and are associated with many characteristics of youth.  Growth hormone falls rapidly with increasing age, and is thought to be, if not the cause, at least a contribution to, or associated with the effects of aging. For this reason, it has been thought that increasing these GH levels will reverse the effects of aging, increase muscle mass, enhance performance and boost the immune system.
 
Injections of hGH, up to now, have been the most effective way to do that. But these injections are only available by prescription from a physician and there has been speculation, if not proof, that the increased circulating growth hormone levels could increase the emergence of cancer, at least theoretically. In addition, large doses of GH may result in blood levels of GH beyond what is needed for optimal health, with unknown consequences.
 
The fact is that hGH production is still carried out in the pituitary gland, even in older age, but it is NOT RELEASED. Wouldn’t it be better to be able to allow that natural GH to be RELEASED, than to artificially raise the level of the hormone?
 
Now, thanks to the research done by a physician friend of mine, you can do just that with Trans-D Tropin
 http://drbillsclinic.com/trans_d_tropin.html  Trans-D Tropin is a botanical formulation that is applied topically, for absorption through the skin.  It stimulates the release of one’s own naturally produced growth hormone. This means that you can return your body’s level of GH back to the level you enjoyed during your teens, but NOT to abnormal levels. It literally “turns back the clock.” 

In addition, Trans-D Tropin has been shown to DECREASE  IGF-1 (Insulin-like Growth Factor-1), the substance identified in association with increased cellular growth and tumor formation. In other words, according to the manufacturers, this formula actually REDUCES the risk of cancer. It also reduces levels of insulin and cortisol, two hormones associated with inflammation and aging. 

I use this myself. I was never a fan of injectable GH–too many unknowns, too much risk for me. But Trans-D Tropin http://drbillsclinic.com/trans_d_tropin.html   enhances GH levels, with all its benefits, within physiological parameters (in other words, within limits that are normal for a young man), and reduces cancer risk, as well. 

Reported benefits of Trans-D Tropin include an improved youthful appearance, with reduction in wrinkles, decreased body fat, increased lean muscle mass, with attendant increased strength and performance, improved stamina and endurance, reduced chronic pain, faster recovery from injury or surgery, increased REM sleep with better, more restful sleep, a stronger immune system, improved overall health and a general sense of well-being.
 
Dr. Nicholas V. Perricone, Assistant Clinical Professor of Dermatology at Yale University School of Medicine wrote, “Trans-D Tropin technology is the single most effective age reversal therapy I have found in over 15 years of clinical practice.” 

So, if you want to look like Stallone when you’re in your sixties, feel better, stronger, faster and healthier and do it with a DECREASED risk of cancer, do what I do.  Get some and rub it on your skin today: Trans-D Tropin  http://drbillsclinic.com/trans_d_tropin.html  It’s safe, it’s easy and, compared with injectable GH, it’s cheap. It’s a no-brainer. Til next time, my friend, be well.
 
Yours for a pain-free tomorrow,
 
Dr. Bill
 
P.S. For DR. BILL’S LITTLE GREEN BOOK ON ELIMINATING KNEE PAIN, a concise, but complete handbook on the root causes and the various options for treating knee pain, go to http://drbillsclinic.com/eliminate_knee_pain.html
 
P.P.S. For DR. BILL’S PAIN-FREE PROGRAM: EXERCISES TO PREVENT OR ELIMINATE KNEE PAIN, please go to
 http://drbillsclinic.com/exercise_eliminate.html
 
P.P.P.S. For the giant, comprehensive ADVANCED MASTERS’ COURSE: HOW TO ELIMINATE KNEE PAIN–ONCE & FOR ALL!, everything you need to know on causes and solutions for knee pain and the complete exercise program, too, go to
 http://drbillsclinic.com/advanced_masters.html
 
FREE BONUS CD with any order: THE HEALING POWER OF POSITIVE PAIN PERCEPTION
 
Copyright, 2008 by William Thomas Stillwell, MD
All rights reserved

This afternoon, as I was just sitting down in my office to write an email to all my friends, I heard an important announcement on the TV. It seems that a team of medical researchers has made an amazing breakthrough with the HIV virus, the agent responsible for the world-wide plague of AIDS. HIV has been responsible for thousands of deaths in our own country, and millions around the world, especially throughout Africa, where it seems to be endemic.

One of the major problems with HIV is that the virus is highly mutable, meaning that it changes rapidly and frequently, just enough to make it very difficult to create a vaccine. That’s what makes this breakthrough so major–it may be the key to an eventual vaccine against this dreaded disease. 

Researchers have reportedly identified one stable region within the physical structure of the HIV virus, a region that does not change, but remains stable and constant from variant to variant of the virus. This means that they have identified a reliable, consistent target on the virus for the first time. And this target can be attacked by chemical agents to bind to this this region of the virus. 

Wait. It gets better. They’ve actually developed an agent that does exactly that. And it has proven highly effective in laboratory studies and in animal studies.  This means that they now have the basis for developing a truly effective vaccine. Researchers believe that the findings are so promising that human clinical trials could begin as early as six to nine months.
 
However, the FDA being the way it is, the vaccine that may be developed from this is still perhaps five to ten years away, at best. But still, it’s a beginning.
 
What a great advance that vaccine will be and what a profound effect it will have on the entire world community. But, we must wait for that day. And meanwhile, we need to continue all the known methods for avoiding infection with HIV. That includes common sense safety measures for physical intimacy, avoidance of known high risk behaviors, and known methods of boosting our immune systems, the compromise of which is the main problem in AIDS. 

In my opinion, the immune system will ultimately prove to be the key to cures for a number of currently incurable maladies, like HIV and cancer. We live in a toxic world, beset constantly by environmental hazards, bacteria, viruses, and carcinogens of all kinds. But our bodies were designed to deal with these attacks–that’s the function of the immune system. But with time and increasing age, the immune system becomes progressively weaker, allowing cellular damage that results in aging and disease.
 
So strengthening our immune systems is the best thing we can do to avoid infections, toxins, tumors and other maladies. Known measures to boost the immune system include dietary measures, such as avoiding red meat, nutritional supplements like vitamins, minerals, anti-oxidants and growth hormone releasing compounds like Trans_D Tropin (which you can get here at http://drbillslcinic.com/trans_d_tropin.html ),  adequate, good quality sleep, and above all, exercise.
 
Exercise is a proven way to combat aging, lower cholesterol, lower blood pressure, stabilize blood sugar, improve cardiovascular fitness, decrease body weight, increase endogenous GH, increase strength, flexibility, and endurance, and, yes, boost the immune system. And if you have knee pain, as many of us do, you can combine these benefits with an effective method for eliminating knee pain, with my PAIN-FREE PROGRAM http://drbillsclinic.com/exercise_eliminate.html 

So, kudos to the researchers. This is great news. Let’s all keep our fingers crossed, and hope and pray for medical breakthroughs. But since they’re likely to take many years to actually reach us, we have to take action NOW, to protect ourselves. We can do this by accepting personal responsibility for ourselves and doing what we know to be effective. Til next time, my friend, be well.
 
Yours for a pain-free tomorrow,
 
Dr. Bill
 
P.S. For DR. BILL’S LITTLE GREEN BOOK ON ELIMINATING KNEE PAIN, a concise, but complete handbook on the root causes and the various options for treating knee pain, go to http://drbillsclinic.com/eliminate_knee_pain.html
 
P.P.S. For DR. BILL’S PAIN-FREE PROGRAM: EXERCISES TO PREVENT OR ELIMINATE KNEE PAIN, please go to  http://drbillsclinic.com/exercise_eliminate.html
 
P.P.P.S. For the giant, comprehensive ADVANCED MASTERS’ COURSE: HOW TO ELIMINATE KNEE PAIN–ONCE & FOR ALL!, everything you need to know on causes and solutions for knee pain and the complete exercise program, too, go to http://drbillsclinic.com/advanced_masters.html
 
FREE BONUS CD with any order: THE HEALING POWER OF POSITIVE PAIN PERCEPTION
 
Copyright, 2008 by William Thomas Stillwell, MD
All rights reserved

July 30, 2008

Last January, I wrote to you about a possible source for safe and effective human growth hormone replacement. I realized that there was a great deal of interest in  this, and I’ve had a number of my subscribers email me to ask, “When?”. I promised you, at the time, that when it was ready, I would let you know and give you access. Well, this required some time, but the good news is, the time has finally come. If you’re ready, go to http://drbillsclinic.com/trans_d_tropin.html 

If you’re a newcomer to our ranks, you have no idea what I’m talking about. So here’s a brief synopsis.
 
Somatotropin or human growth hormone (hGH) is a naturally occurring protein substance, made only by exertion (like exercise), sleep, and can be stimulated by oral or IV administration of ARGININE, an amino acid. HGH is naturally secreted at high levels during the growth years, especially puberty, where it stimulates rapid cell growth, but natural release rapidly falls off with advancing age.
 
It’s been known for a while that the level of growth hormone that’s produced by the body’s own pituitary gland is steadily reduced as a person ages. This is, in part, the reason why people age, lose bone mass, muscle mass, energy and immune system strength. 

While hGH is “performance enhancing,” it’s not the same thing as anabolic steroids. Some people use injections of hGH for presumed (but not proven) life extension, and anti-aging effects. Its reported effects include muscle and bone mass increase, strength and endurance enhancement and the power of the immune system is boosted, resulting in reduced inflammation, with reduced aches and pains, improved strength, muscle growth, improved fat burning, better sleep, etc.
 
In short, an increased level of growth hormone seems to ”turn back the clock” on aging. But, because the hormone stimulates increased cell growth, there has been a suspicion that hGH may, at least theoretically, cause an increased incidence of cancer. In addition, the injections must be precsribed and administered by a physician. And they ain’t cheap!
 
During the nineties, while I was in practice, one of my friends and colleagues was a plastic surgeon, who was also a Tae Qwon Do expert and a competitive bodybuilder. In fact, he placed high in the New York State bodybuilding championships, in the over-40 class.  He was an outstanding plastic surgeon, and he was very impressive as a bodybuilder, as well. Turns out, he was injecting himself with hGH (human Growth Hormone), in addition to weight training. He became an advocate of  hGH supplementation and a good portion of his Park Avenue practice evolved into an anti-aging clinic.

 I was interested, but skeptical of his use of hGH, so I asked him about the risks. He said that there were no studies that proved that injected hGH was associated with actual increased cancer rates in humans. He also pointed out that hGH boosted the immune system, which should make it more effective in policing the body for abnormal cells and eliminating them, before they devolved into frank cancers.
 
So the problem has been, how do you gain the benefits of hGH at a reasonable cost, and minimize or eliminate the risks of potential cancer?
 
And finally there’s an answer: Trans-D Tropin.
 
This compound is a revolutionary mixture of amino acids and fatty acids, from non-animal sources, that is rubbed on, and absorbed through the skin. It is a transdermal, growth hormone releasing hormone analog.  In other words, it duplicates the body’s own GH Releasing Hormone, which causes your pituitary to release its own growth hormone into your blood stream.
 
You see, the problem with aging is not that your pituitary quits making the GH. Instead, it’s that it no longer releases the hormone it’s made. So this compound stimulates a natural release to approximate the levels of growth hormone you enjoyed in your teens.  And because it’s your own hormone, you never reach abnormal levels–you just return to the normal levels of your youth. Best of all, this compound REDUCES the levels of IGF (Insulin-like Growth Factor), which are associated with GH and are associated with increased cancer risk, according to the Journal of the National Cancer Institute (vol 92:18, 2000).
 
So, with this compound, you can avoid expensive and risky hGH injections, avoid swallowing large numbers of amino acid pills, minimize risks, but still enjoy all these reported benefits by safely returning your own GH levels to the levels you enjoyed as a teenager.  And do it without prescription, at a reasonable cost (far less than injections).
 
Do you think you would like that? I know I do. I use this myself. 

If you’d like to learn more, or order some, to experience these benefits for yourself, click on this link, now:
 http://drbillsclinic.com/trans_d_tropin.html   I think you’ll be glad you did. But remember, though registered with the FDA, Trans-D Tropin is not recommended to treat or cure any disease, condition, etc., etc.;-) Til next time, my friend, be well.
 
Yours for a pain-free tomorrow,
 
Dr. Bill
 
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