In Search of Lost Balance
Clínica Planas has created an anti-aging treatment to slow down aging and prolong adulthood in full faculties, extending it as much as possible, restoring and preserving quality of life. The Anti-aging program at Clínica Planas conducts a series of very comprehensive exams, using biological, physiological, biochemical, and clinical parameters, also known as biomarkers, which are related to the various factors associated with aging.
To begin the anti-aging treatment, the medical team evaluates these biomarkers, which are measured at four levels. These analyses allow us to build a “map” of biological aging, showing us how fast we are aging and our body’s capacity to repair itself.
Level One: Physiological Tests or Body Function
This level provides relevant data on how different organs or systems are functioning, such as lung capacity, hearing, vision, etc., covering a total of 12 physiological parameters. These are compared using a software program that contrasts them with the population’s average for the corresponding age to see if the values are above or below the average.
Level Two: Body Composition
This level measures the amount of fat, muscle, and bone density, and includes a skin biopsy. This data is crucial because the skin is the body’s largest organ, enveloping and protecting the body and acting as a barrier between the inside and outside world. This test also provides data on the architecture and density of collagen and elastin fibers. It has been found that these characteristics are similar to those of blood vessels, indirectly giving us insight into their characteristics.
Level Three: Biochemical Tests
Tests from blood, saliva, and urine are conducted, evaluating over 200 parameters related to oxidative stress, fatty acid profiles, complete hormonal profiles, cardiovascular and oncological risk, among others.
Level Four: DNA Damage
DNA damage is measured through metabolites produced by the damage to the DNA. This allows us to assess the potential for disease development and the rate of aging. Once this “map” is configured, a personalized aging profile for each patient is created, determining which biologically problematic areas need to be the focus of the treatment.
The Anti-aging program integrates a series of treatments that were previously applied separately and incompletely:
- Nutritional Discoveries: Implementing diets created for each individual need that prolong life and improve health, reducing the risk of degenerative diseases.
- Providing each patient with vitamins, minerals, trace elements, antioxidants, and other nutrients that fulfill a defense and repair function in the body, always based on the specific needs of each patient.
- Natural Hormonal Treatments: Stabilizing hormone levels in the body to restore ideal levels, equivalent to those of a 30-year-old.
- A physical exercise program, as it is proven that certain exercises have increased longevity throughout the centuries.
- Mental exercises, such as meditation and activities to enhance concentration and memory, as well as stress control.
From this personalized diagnosis and treatment, two qualities of Anti-aging emerge: its ability to CALCULATE cardiovascular and oncological risk, PREVENT the onset of age-related problems, improve intellectual, physical, immune, and sexual activity through controlled aging, and PRESERVE an optimal level of quality of life. That is, while our chronological age may increase, our biological age can be controlled thanks to the application of an appropriate treatment. Therefore, patients undergoing the anti-aging treatment at Clínica Planas are guaranteed greater well-being and quality of life.
