Testosterone Replacement Therapy: Is It Only for Men? | Dr. Rob Kominiarek

**Dr. Gabrielle Lyon** (0:02)
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In today's episode of the Dr. Gabrielle Lyon Show, I sit down with a very good friend of mine and mentor, Dr. Rob Kominiarek. He is an amazing physician and has really been an educator and a leader in the area of age management medicine and hormone optimization. He's president of ReNue Health. He does speaking and educating all across the country. Dr. Rob is a veteran of the United States Army and has an Amazon best-selling book, all sorts of things. But what makes Dr. Rob so unique is he's really been a leader and on the forefront of challenging what we think about when we think about hormone replacement.
In this episode, Dr. Rob and I talk all about who is a candidate for testosterone replacement.
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Dr. Rob Kominiarek, you and I have been friends for quite some time. I consider you a friend, a mentor and really a pioneer in the field of testosterone and hormone replacement.
Testosterone in and of itself has been very controversial.
Before we talk about testosterone in detail and a little bit about the history and a little bit about some of the pivotal changes within the industry, the way in which it's prescribed, all of those things, I just want to highlight certain metabolic aspects of testosterone. When people talk about testosterone, they often talk about the anabolic impact, which you talk about and we're going to. There are also cardiovascular and metabolic implications to having adequate levels of testosterone and low levels of testosterone. I'm just going to lay this right out on the table.
Testosterone therapy in individuals that are either insulin sensitive or insulin resistant have different metabolic profiles, which I think is fascinating. So insulin sensitive individuals have a decrease in lipolysis.