Dr. Joshua John-Ram Schacter argues that hormone replacement therapy (HRT) can shift aging—"70 is the new 40"—and recommends starting HRT when an individual first notices a hormonal "dip." He advises continuing HRT through active middle age and proposes an optimal approach of measuring a person’s hormone profile in the mid-20s to establish an individualized target to maintain.
Imagine if 70 is the new 40. Maybe we're shifting things down the road a bit where hormones are concerned. Certainly at some point you can come off of them and safely. But if you want the benefits of hormone replacement therapy, it's something that you continue at least through your active middle age. And the best way to do hormone replacement therapy is to start right when you start to see a dip. The optimal situation would be we'd take somebody in their mid-20s and we'd test their hormone profile and then we would work to that template. SA.
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