Everyone wants to have good health, but some serious diseases silently hide within the body. They may result from lifestyle behaviors or be inherited from family genetics. Therefore, getting to know your body deeply down to the DNA level… is the secret to anti-aging that can lead to a long life.
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Dimension 1: “Sleep Well” – An Anti-Aging Secret Anyone Can Do
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Sleeping is something we do every day, but that doesn’t mean that every time we sleep, our body gets repaired. Growth hormone, which is responsible for repairing the body, is secreted between midnight and 1:30 AM and only during deep sleep. If the body does not receive enough of this hormone, it will deteriorate and age faster! Dr. Kobkulya advises that proper sleep means going to bed by 10 PM to ensure deep sleep during the peak secretion of growth hormone. Additionally, avoid sugar after 6 PM because sugar destroys growth hormone. It is also important to check growth hormone levels to know if the body has enough to help slow aging and to adjust sleeping habits accordingly.
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Dimension 2: Eating Well… Doesn’t Necessarily Mean Good Health
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Most people think that eating a balanced diet with all five food groups is enough for life. However, over 2 billion people worldwide suffer from vitamin and mineral deficiencies because their diet does not match the nutrients their body needs. Most people are unaware of this because the body continues to function without showing clear symptoms until hospitalization is needed. Some may only experience irritability, easy fatigue, easy weight gain, abdominal fat, rashes, constipation, or allergy flare-ups.
“Vitamin and mineral level testing can be easily done through blood tests. The analysis will show how much of each vitamin and mineral the patient has and whether it meets the body’s needs. Then, doctors will recommend increasing or decreasing vitamins and minerals to balance the body, starting with dietary adjustments and possibly vitamin supplements for those with significant deficiencies.”
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Dimension 3: Emotional Allergies Are Not as Serious as Unknown Allergies
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Food is what we consume daily to get beneficial nutrients, but some foods can be harmful… especially hidden food allergies, which do not show immediate symptoms like acute food allergies. However, if consumed in large amounts over a long period, the body will produce antibodies reacting to the food as foreign substances, leading to inflammation and eventually chronic diseases. Therefore, it is very important to test to know which hidden food allergies you have and avoid those foods.
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Dimension 4: Do You Know Why Dieting Doesn’t Make You Slim?
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Many people face the problem of not losing weight despite exercising and controlling their diet seriously. Dr. Kobkulya explains that it may be due to mild hypothyroidism that is not yet diagnosed, causing poor metabolism. She recommends those with this problem check their hormone levels to assess and treat thyroid balance, along with a DXA Scan to determine fat distribution in the body to design appropriate exercise.
* DXA Scan measures fat in different parts of the body, including individual muscle groups, making it suitable for those who want serious exercise or professional athletes.
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Dimension 5: Check… Is Your Life Too Stressful?
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When stress occurs, the body secretes cortisol hormone. If this happens continuously over a long period, cortisol accelerates aging, suppresses immunity, and at the same time, the body tries to balance by producing DHEA or anti-stress hormone to counteract cortisol, boost immunity, and slow body deterioration. If stress accumulates chronically and the body becomes addicted to stress, these two hormones become imbalanced, leading to adrenal fatigue and affecting health, lowering immunity, causing frequent illness, and abnormal bowel movements. Therefore, it is important to find ways to relieve stress quickly and check hormone levels to see if the adrenal glands are functioning abnormally.
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Dimension 6: Beware! “Heavy Metals” – Daily Toxins That Must Be Eliminated from the Body
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Daily life today carries the risk of exposure to heavy metals and toxins entering the body continuously because they are difficult to prevent and avoid. These heavy metals… at low levels may not show symptoms, but as they accumulate, they affect body functions, cause harmful free radicals, and increase the risk of chronic diseases such as diabetes, Alzheimer’s, and various cancers. Testing for heavy metals in the body helps prevent excessive accumulation by adjusting lifestyle behaviors or medically removing these metals to restore a clean, toxin-free body.
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Dimension 7: Start Designing Good Health… with Genetic Testing
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Advanced medical technology allows anti-aging medicine to analyze the human body down to the DNA level to determine each person’s genetic risk for various diseases by examining DNA codes and finding ways to care for oneself to reduce the risk of those diseases.
“If you have a high risk of disease, don’t worry because at the Anti-Aging Medicine Center, Phyathai 2 Hospital, we have a multidisciplinary team of expert doctors ready to listen, consult, and provide clear, in-depth treatment plans. We design appropriate anti-aging health care programs with a nursing and support team ready to provide close care for all patients’ long lives and good health.”
Dr. Kobkulya Jungprasertsri
Director of Premier Life Center, Phyathai 2 Hospital
For more information, please contact
Tel. 02-617-2444 ext. 3857 or 065-517-1889 (during office hours)
