Dr. Alicia Stanton, BodyLogicMD’s Chief Medical Officer was interviewed on CBS and discussed how to best balance hormones and how to create balance in your life.

Hormones are our body’s messengers and are necessary for our brain to communicate with our cells. As a person ages, some of the key hormones like estrogen, progesterone, testosterone, and thyroid decrease; and hormones like insulin and cortisol start to increase. This combination often leads to a myriad of symptoms commonly associated with aging.

By focusing on what we are eating and maintaining blood sugar and insulin levels stable, we can create balance in our lives. Managing stress is a key component to optimal health. When one’s body is stressed, it produces cortisol (the stress hormone). Cortisol has the same building blocks as testosterone and estrogen, and the more we’re diverting these ‘materials’ to making cortisol, the less building blocks we have to make the important hormones.

About Dr. Alicia Stanton

Dr. Alicia Stanton is Chief Medical Officer of BodyLogicMD, the nation’s largest and fastest growing network of anti-aging physicians. She also practices anti-aging and integrative medicine in Glastonbury, Connecticut, serving the greater Hartford area. Dr. Stanton is Board Certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology, a Fellow of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, a Diplomate of the Board of Anti-Aging Medicine and an Advanced Fellow in Anti-Aging and Regenerative Medicine.

Dr. Stanton has a special interest in hormone balance and its effects on menopausal symptoms, weight gain, PMS, energy levels and stress. Her experience also translates well to help manage her male patients and their hormonal issues, including low testosterone, adrenal fatigue and low libido. She lectures internationally to physicians and lay persons. Her BodyLogicMD practice is dedicated to anti-aging medicine and maintaining optimum health through nutrition, fitness and bioidentical hormone therapy.

As Chief Medical Officer of BodyLogicMD, Dr. Stanton is the leading medical spokesperson for the organization and is responsible for the training and education standards of all BodyLogicMD physicians. She is a member of the American Medical Association, the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine, the Institute for Functional medicine, the American Nutraceutical Association and the Fellowship in Anti-Aging and Regenerative Medicine. She is also a regularly featured speaker for the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine.

Dr. Stanton graduated Magna Cum Laude from the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine.