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Hormones, heart problems, and gum disease (An alternative approach)

It has long been known that hormones are a factor in heart problems. For example, males have more heart attacks than females until after menopause. Then the heart attack rates are equal. The female hormone, estrogen has a protective effect in women. This however is an oversimplification. It took Dr Page to shed new light on this subject.

Page found that there are three glandular patterns evident in people who have heart attacks. They are an over active anterior pituitary gland, excessive androgeny (or testosterone) and overactive thyroid. You could have just one, two or all of these problems. If you have the first two or all three then you would be a time bomb, susceptible to a heart attack probably before age 55. Even if you just have an overactive anterior pituitary gland you have serious problems. This pattern is characterized by a reduced circumferential measurement of the leg about four inches below the knee. Many men have this characteristic and it provides a lot of drive. Probably most of the movers and shakers in our society have this characteristic. High lipids are also associated with this pattern. When the pituitary is tamed and sugar removed from the diet, lipids become normal without drugs.

An overactive anterior pituitary gland can also lead to other problems, most cancer patients have this pattern. It is also evident in some forms of diabetes, in duodenal ulcer, and often in periodontal disease. I believe that patients with maxillary and mandibular tori also have this pattern due to the excessive growth hormone. ( If you see a patient with tori, wide shoulders and narrow hips, high blood pressure, you could be working on a time bomb! (andric, overactive anterior pituitary).

Lack of testosterone can cause heart problems also. These patients are called gynic and they can be both male and female. This problem causes cardiac insufficiency, mainly because these people don’t like to exercise. The treatment is testosterone and exercise.

Micro amounts of hormones are very beneficial for prevention and treatment. The sex hormones, estrogen and testosterone have almost a magic bullet effect when treating an overactive anterior pituitary patient. First they suppress the anterior pituitary, and they correct the andric/gynic balance at the same time. One rat unit of estrogen is 1/12000 mg and this small amount can be a life saver. The usual dosage is 1-5 RU’s. For gynic males or females the usual dosage is 1/100 mg of testosterone, but occasionally amounts up to 1/10 mg are used. The inhibitory effect on the anterior pituitary also helps an over-active thyroid. Small amounts of insulin can also do this.