The future is now! remember the science fiction stories you read and watched as a child in which everyone was in perfect shape and the government forced everyone to wear the same clothes and get the same haircut? it has become a reality! Well, not the part about the government forcing us to have the same haircut and wear the same clothes. What is a reality, though, is that we no longer have to become flabby, sexless and weak as we grow older. thanks to a hormone Dr. Linda McClintock replacement regimen, we can enjoy the energy, vitality, mental awareness and sex drive of a 30–40year-old when we are deep into our 70s, 80s and even 90s! Dr. Linda McClintock, founder of age-Less Medicine, has brought this futuristic sounding medical treatment to tampa and has changed the lives of numerous tampa Bay residents. Patients who once took handfuls of pills a day now supplement with vitamins alone. Senior citizens once confined to chairs for the majority of their days are back on the golf courses. Don’t believe it? Well, one only has to look at Dr. McClintock’s most famous patient–her husband, former Mayor Dick greco–for proof. at 77-years-old, he has guns, cannons, pipes … He HaS BULging BiCePS! and it is due to hormone replacement. Cigar City Magazine recently sat down with Dr. McClintock to learn more about this revolutionary treatment. CCM: So what exactly is hormone replacement? LM: Hormones are nothing more than chemical messengers. they send messages to our cells to turn on. every cell has a receptor and it’s like the hormone is the key that turns them on. So as we start to age, some hormones—as early as the late 30s or early 40s—start to diminish, which means some processes in the cells are not turning on when they should. if enough of those cells turn down, that causes aging. So we have the ability now to replace those hormones and keep people between the ages of 30 and 40. the reason we pick that age group is because that is when you have the lowest morbidity and mortality rate. CCM: How does someone know if they need hormone replacement? LM: McClintock: Forty-five percent of our hormone replacement business is from men and a lot of that is because they start to feel tired; not like themselves. they have a lack of interest in life in general; sex life is starting to diminish because they don’t have the interest anymore. they are always sleepy and tired and they are starting to gain weight around the middle. Hormone replacement allows men well into 52
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their 50s, 60s, 70s, and beyond to go back to the gym, get back in shape, enjoy a healthy sex life again and look tremendous. CCM: So this process can actually prevent aging? LM: no, i’d never say that, but we can slow down the pathological aging. aging is inevitable; youthfulness is a choice. youthfulness is not just about a lack of wrinkles. youthfulness is not just about having a lower age number. youthfulness is about what is in your heart. it is a state of mind. the more mentally aware we are, the more we can do physically, the more energy we have, the younger we will feel, no matter what our age may say. We can’t keep you alive forever, but we can help you to live a youthful life everyday of your life. What good is it to live longer to sit in a nursing home? What we want to do is have longer, more exciting lives–decades of extra quality. through hormone replacement, as well as through proper diet and exercise, you can do the things you love to do decades longer than you thought you could. CCM: What is the hormone replacement process? Do you have to cut someone open? Is it a major surgery? LM: no. [Laughs] it is very simple. Some we replace by injection; some we replace by gels that you rub in. it depends. i would say 8085 percent of the people do well by the gels. there are certain individuals who do not achieve a high enough level so [they] have to get a once a week shot. But those are the exceptions rather than the rule. CCM: How did you end up in the hormone replacement field? LM: i practiced medicine in Houston, texas and practiced pediatrics there and then i went back to Pepperdine and got my MBa and found my way to tampa and did administrative medicine here for a while. What brought me to this field of medicine was to be married to someone 20 years older than me. i wanted to ensure his quality of life, and not just longevity but quality. So i went back at my own cost and went to as many training seminars as i could to learn how to keep him young, healthy and active for as long as possible and that is where i learned about hormone replacement. i was so impressed with what i learned that i went to additional training and decided i was going to open a practice. So i initially didn’t do it to open a practice. it was only after meeting [Dick] that i became interested in the aging process. CCM: So your practice really is a labor of love? LM: Without a doubt. i love my husband and i also love what i do. What is really exciting is to see men who have come through these doors who were on multiple medications and who thought they were destined to sit in chairs for the rest of their lives and stare out the window. now, these same men are back on the golf courses, out-driving men half their ages. We will all get older. But there is no reason to feel old. For more information on Dr. Linda McClintock and hormone replacement, visit www.age-lessmedicine.com or call (813) 286-4404.