How I Overcame My 50-Year Struggle With Gynecomastia

Before we get started, here's a little story from one of my clients, Sammie Fields.
Hey there I’m Sammie.

I’m in my 70s now and I’m finally enjoying my life as a masculine-looking guy. I struggled with gynecomastia ever since puberty. Back in the day it was totally unheard of for a man to have breasts.

Man boobs were quite a rare thing. If you think having man boobs is bad now, try having them in the 60s. I spent my entire life in fear that someone would notice my breasts. I stayed away from women - I was horrified of the bedroom. I also stayed away from the beach and only got out wearing the thickest of clothing to try and conceal myself.

Back then there was no internet, and no information out there to help me. I tried everything I could to try and get rid of my man boobs. I lost weight and tried different diets but all to no avail.

One day however, just a few years ago I came across a newspaper article.

This article complained of how male fish in our waters were becoming feminized. Scientists had studied these male fish and found how they had developed feminine characteristics, even to the point of producing eggs! Apparently this was due to the prevalence of the female hormone estrogen in our water supply.

Apparently, due to most government water filtration systems (including the US), estrogen passes unfiltered right into our taps, and straight into your belly when you drink that glass of water.

The estrogen is being absorbed by us and is resulting in modern man having low sperm counts, fertility problems and gynecomastia. Heck it might even be responsible for the boom in the male cosmetics industry (joke).

So I went out there, did some research and found some other shocking sources of estrogen that exist especially in the modern environment, but were also there in the past albeit in much lower quantities and not as widespread back in the day.

Why am I telling you all this?

Well I lost my man boobs in my mid-sixties. The only way I managed to succeed was after I armed myself with the facts, and all the information I needed to know about the very root cause of my gynecomastia.

If I could get rid of my gynecomastia in my sixties, then I know for a fact that anyone else can do it too. So if you're about to give up or you have given up and are ready to face the world as a pseudo-man, then I'm here to tell you to wake up! Get out of that trance, shake yourself up and inform yourself of real working tactics that have been proven time and time again to help many thousands of guys lose their man boobs permanently using all-natural methods.

And I can't think of a better person to help you than my good friend Robert Hull. I leave you to his very capable hands and I'm sure that you will learn much on his new blog.

Saturday, April 30, 2011

Thyroid Drugs May Raise Fracture Risk in Elderly

THURSDAY, April 28 (HealthDay News) -- Many seniors may be at increased risk for fractures because they take "excessive" doses of drugs used to treat thyroid problems, a new study says.

The findings suggest that treatment targets may have to be modified in elderly patients with thyroid problems and that regular dose monitoring of thyroid drugs is essential into older age, the researchers said.

Reporting in the online April 28 edition of the BMJ, they examined the link between fractures and levothyroxine, a synthetic form of thyroid hormone, which is widely used to treat an underactive thyroid gland (hypothyroidism).

Many patients with hypothyroidism are diagnosed in early or middle adulthood. Even though their treatment requirements change as they age, many patients remain on the same drug dose. This can lead to excess levels of thyroid hormone, which increases the risk of fractures, especially in older women, the study authors explained.

They analyzed data from over 213,500 patients, aged 70 or older, in the province of Ontario, Canada, who filled at least one prescription for levothyroxine between April 1, 2002 and March 31, 2007. During the study period, more than 22,000 (10.4%) of the patients suffered at least one fracture.

Current and recent past users (who had discontinued the drug 15 to 180 days before the start of the study) had a significantly higher fracture risk than "remote" users (who had discontinued use of the drug more than 180 days before the start of the study).

Among current users, those who took high or medium doses of the drug were much more likely to suffer a fracture than those who took a low dose.

"Our findings provide evidence that levothyroxine treatment may increase the risk of fragility fractures in older people even at conventional dosages, suggesting that closer monitoring and modification of treatment targets may be warranted in this vulnerable population," concluded Lorraine Lipscombe, a scientist at the Women's College Research Institute in Toronto, and colleagues.

One expert wasn't surprised by the findings.

"It has long been known that high or excessive doses of levothyroxine usage predispose [people] to increases in osteoporosis and the risk of fracture," said Dr. Irwin Klein, director of the thyroid unit and associate chairman of the department of medicine at the North Shore-LIJ Health System in Manhasset, N.Y. "This study further confirms this finding in an elderly population of women who are inherently at risk for this occurrence."

Klein also noted that the study underscores the need for preventive action.

"As the authors conclude, it is important to monitor thyroid blood tests -- especially TSH levels -- to prevent this potential adverse health burden," he said.

-- Robert Preidt

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SOURCES: Irwin Klein, M.D., director, thyroid unit and associate chairman, department of medicine, North Shore-LIJ Health System, Manhasset, NY; BMJ, news release, April 28, 2011.


Source: http://www.medicinenet.com/guide.asp?s=rss&a=143745&k=Womens_Health_General

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