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Here at Alevizos Medical, Dr. John Alevizos and our caring team offer answers about why it’s so hard to lose weight. By delving into your specific body chemistry and detecting hormone imbalances, we craft personalized weight loss solutions that can help you succeed at last. This month, our blog delves...
Age-related muscle mass loss, or sarcopenia, is a common problem in adults. After age 30, muscle mass declines at a steady rate of 3-8% every decade, and after age 60, it happens even faster. While you might not be able to turn back time, you can control the aging process...
At any given time, about 50% of people in the United States report trying to lose weight. More women than men are in this statistic. And if you’re among these women seeking weight loss, you know you face unique challenges that make the weight-loss journey more complicated. At Alevizos Medical,...
Ozempic® and Mounjaro® have taken the weight-loss scene by storm. These drugs, initially developed for managing diabetes, have gained attention for their impressive weight-loss effects. At Alevizos Medical, Dr. John Alevizos and a skilled team offer Ozempic and Mounjaro to qualified patients. If you’re wondering if they’re right for you,...
More than a third of Americans are on a specific diet at any given time, and usually, the intention of that diet is weight loss. If you’re among this population, you might find that you’re moving more and eating right — essentially doing all the “right” things — but struggle...
Andropause, often referred to as "male menopause," is the gradual decrease in testosterone levels that occurs in aging males. This condition can lead to symptoms such as tiredness, sleep disturbances, mood swings and can also affect fertility. Unlike female menopause, which occurs relatively quickly, male menopause develops more slowly as...
Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) can be a valuable tool for managing menopausal symptoms in women and reversing low testosterone levels in men. It involves the administration of hormones, typically estrogen and progesterone for females or testosterone for males, to ease symptoms like hot flashes, vaginal dryness, erectile dysfunction, and low...
During our current pandemic, most of my patients state they are stressed to the point where they are considering asking for medication to help them. Medications are an acceptable way to calm down and function within our work, family, and environment. For all of us and especially my “never medication”...
Congratulations Dr. Alevizos on your IBJJF World Master Purple Belt Jiu-Jitsu Championship!
What type of Exercise is best? Patients often tell me they exercise most days a week walking and some even jog. This type of aerobic exercise is good but interval training is much better. Steady state aerobics cause men to lose their muscular chest shoulders and arms and women to...
Dr. John Alevizos presents his top 10 anti-aging treatments for 2019. Call us to receive your free consultation! 1. Platlet Rich Plasma (PRP) FACELIFT This revolutionary non-surgical procedure uses the body’s own platelet rich plasma (PRP) to regrow collagen. This improves wrinkles, coloration and skin texture dramatically and beautifully with no down...
Man Boobs (Gynecomastia)- What it is and what you can do about it. Click to see video.
The good news is that are living longer and global life expectancy is higher then ever. If only we could all enjoy long lives while maintaining our mental faculties, this news would be even better, but unfortunately, mental decline is a major cause of disability, and its not confined to...
Congratulations Dr. Alevizos for your Double-Gold win at the 2018 Pan-Am Jiu-Jitsu Championship!
Life is challenging enough without arthritis pain. Defined as inflammation and swelling in one or more of our joints, there are actually 100 different types of arthritis. However, this article will cover only the most common type— Osteoarthritis. The bad news is that 46 million people live with arthritis in...
The subject of sleep has always fascinated me as I have a difficult time falling asleep and staying asleep. My wife, on the other hand, can be sitting in the car and fall asleep mid-sentence. Statistically, about 40% of Americans experience intermittent insomnia, and approximately 15% suffer from severe or...
The number one most important anti-aging intervention that any person can do for their lives right now, today, is physical activity, which is essential to prolong our life expectancy and our quality of life. When it comes to our bodies and muscular development, many of us have an unrealistic image of ourselves when...
Inflammation: How it Affects Your Health Approximately 90% of Americans suffer from chronic diseases that come from an inflammatory process. As you can imagine, these diseases include heart disease (the number one killer in America, and for the most part, in all industrialized nations), asthma, eczema, psoriasis and a plethora of...
By John G. Alevizos, D.O. Our gastrointestinal system contains more than one hundred trillion bacteria. These micro-organisms provide so many important benefits to the body that they are sometimes called a “forgotten” organ. Our intestinal flora are responsible for fatty acid metabolism, vitamin absorption and the regulation of fats, triglycerides...
Power of Vitamin D The most important hormone shown to prevent heart disease, diabetes, immune diseases and cancer in fact, a hormone with more than 1,000 critical functions, is Vitamin D. That’s right, “Vitamin D” is in fact, a hormone, not a vitamin. We all know that Vitamin D and...
When I walk into an exam room, the first thing I do is shake my patient’s hand. I do this both for the social connection, but even more importantly, to feel the temperature of the hand. If they are feeling run-down, I listen to the patient’s complaints and then ask...
Since the early 1980’s, you have been hearing health experts advocate that we decrease our consumption of salt due to the risk of high blood pressure. But you should also keep in mind that in the 1920’s, the government mandated that iodine be added to table salt due to a...
By Dr, John G. Alevizos There are only two valid reasons to take supplements. One is to make sure your diet is sufficient in essential nutrients. The other is to boost your natural immune system so as to provide greater protection against disease—in other words, to slow the aging process...
By Dr. John G. Alevizos, D.O. AS A SOCIETY, over the past several hundred years, we have dramatically improved the human condition and added to human longevity. In the old days, people didn’t live much past 40 years. Now, because of more stable food sources, immunizations, anti-infection methods and medications,...
by Dr. John G. Alevizos, D.O. This article will focus on how to measure and treat male hormone deficiency. It should be noted that the articles in the coming several months will not be as technical as the past articles, and will actually be a bit more fun and easier...
By Dr. John Alevizos Specializing in Integrative Medicine & Anti-Aging In my day to day life, I am never happier than when my wife is happy, energetic, and feeling upbeat, and is not suffering from chronic pain. Having a wife in this state is very achievable and desirable for her,...
By Dr. John G. Alevizos Of all my monthly articles, this is going to be the most important one that I hope everybody reading will research and explore, and definitely not ignore. If we think back to junior high school, both boys and girls were built about the same. However,...
By Dr. John G. Alevizos The subject of sleep has always fascinated me as I have a difficult time falling asleep and staying asleep. My wife, on the other hand, can be sitting in the car and fall asleep mid-sentence. Statistically, about 40% of Americans experience intermittent insomnia, and approximately...