The guiding philosophy at California Healthspan Institute (CHI) is to design a unique anti-aging program for each client that specifically meets his or her needs. Specializing in anti-aging and preventive medicine, CHI begins with a nutritional assessment to address health conditions. CHI provides hormone replacement therapy to allow clients to live at a level of optimum wellness.

CHI was founded by Ron Rothenberg, MD, FACEP, in 1998. He was the 10th physician in the world to become board certified by the American Board of Anti-Aging Medicine. Dr. Rothenberg’s commitment to developing this emergency specialty as a result of his years practicing emergency medicine and witnessing the acute and chronic diseases resulting in illness and death. Working at USC County Hospital, he saw firsthand the end results of not aging well: heart attacks, cancer, Type 2 diabetes, dementia, stroke, osteoporosis, and other diseases that sprang from a compromised immune system.

From his own experience, an avid athlete, Dr. Rothenberg noticed changes in his own health despite his high level of physical fitness and what he considered to be a healthy diet: he saw his waistline increase, cholesterol levels rise, mental concentration lessen, and energy level decrease.

Dr. Rothenberg studied the role of nutrition, resistance training, insulin resistance, the Zone diet (by Barry Sears), antioxidants and the idea that aging is a result of a decrease in the levels of certain hormones in the body.

The result is now clients can benefit what Dr. Rothenberg experienced firsthand: after following the Zone diet and undergoing hormone replacement therapy (HRT), he has reduced his body from 22% to 7%. Other benefits include increased mental clarity, improved energy, improved libido, more lean muscle mass, and a general sense of well being.

Every client at CHI is given a nutritional assessment and introduced to the Zone diet. HRT is applied if applicable and clients are given a follow-up to see how the HRT is affecting their health. Bio-identical hormones are administered, including human growth hormone replacement therapy (HRT), testosterone, estrogen, progesterone, pregnenalone, DHEA, thyroid and melatonin.

The FDA approved the use of HGH for adults in 1994. Anti-aging experts predict that aging can be retarded or reversed. Biomarkers of aging, such as concentration, bone density, strength, reaction time, visual accommodation, hearing, skin elasticity, may be reversed by even 10-20 years. Further, some predict that it will be possible to live to the age of 125 in good health once developments in anti-aging medicine has been developed more fully.

Today, clients see benefits from HRT that include fat loss, increase lean muscle tissue, increased energy levels, renewed libido, and improvement in the appearance of wrinkles.

Clients previously complaining of sleep disorders, chronic fatigue, and depression have reported an improvement in these areas after undergoing HRT.

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