Monday, August 8, 2011

An Overview Of Human Growth Hormone (HGH)

By David Lawrence, MD


Human Growth Hormone (HGH) is released by the brain's pituitary gland. It has broad messenging functions for multiple organ systems including bone, cardiovascular, and immune. As HGH travels around the bloodstream, it heads to the liver and gets converted into IGF-1 which has immense messenger functions.

HGH assists in transporting the protein building blocks, amino acids, into cells. They are crucial to growing muscles and performing restorative functions on the skin and heart. There is no problem typically with the amount of HGH in the body until about age 20. Humans drop about twenty percent of their HGH levels each decade thereafter. By age 60 or 70, one may only have fifteen percent then of the previous HGH levels.

How does HGH deficiency present. It can show up as thinning bones, loss of muscle strength, anxiety, depression, fatigue, lowered stamina, loss of libido, and lowered immunity.

According to the New England Journal of Medicine in 1990, human growth hormone was scientifically evaluated and deemed to be a fountain of youth. The study subjects gained lean body mass and also lost fat mass. Along with bone density, skin thickened significantly. HGH looked to reverse by one or two decades the aging process.

Human Growth Hormone is also great for weight control as it cuts down fat and helps recontours the body. Also some research exists showing that human growth hormone could help reverse or prevent type 2 diabetes.

HGH is available as an FDA approved drug for growth hormone deficiency due to pituitary failure or disease. In a normal situation, human growth hormone is released in bursts while sleeping. Supplementing HGH into a bioidentical hormone replacement is considered an alternative treatment, and many doctors working with conventional synthetic hormones do not approve of its use with an antiaging regimen.

However, its benefits cannot be denied. It can be prescribed in small, daily doses in an effort to mimic the body's secretion, or it may be administered via injections. So far, HGH has not been shown with its current antiaging dose and natural quality to increase the risk of any cancers.

Human growth hormone is not meant to be administered to increase the body's levels above the prime levels. HGH supplementation is meant to get the body's levels back to prime only. Bodybuilders overdo it and go beyond these levels.

Some reported side effects with HGH supplementation include arthritis, water retention, carpal tunnel syndrome, and the formation of precancerous cells.

HGH is a true fountain of youth which should be utilized in individuals whose lab levels are deficient. It should be used under a doctor's supervision in a carefully planned regimen to replace deficiencies and provide an anti aging regimen with significant benefits.

HGH is the real deal.




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