Hormones are the “juice of life” and we cannot enjoy good health unless we restore our hormones to optimum levels. Some hormones have gotten a bad rap mostly for political reasons or poor science. Testosterone and Growth hormone developed a bad reputation after the USA lost terribly to Russia in the Olympic Games many years ago. The Russians were using these substances to improve their athletes’ performance long before US physicians and Sport Authorities had heard of them- there was no drug testing at this time. The “hysteria” since this event among professional athletes has still not subsided. Clearly if a person has Type 1 Diabetes or Hypothyroidism, most physicians will replace the deficient insulin or thyroid with the missing hormone. However Bio Identical Hormone Replacement Therapy can treat many of these metabolic disorders. We advise only natural Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy (BHRT) where no synthetic hormones like progestins or premarin are used, but only hormones identical to what the body produces are used by well-trained Age Management Physicians.