Human Growth Hormone & Benefits

Human Growth Hormone & Benefits

With thousands of supplements to rave about, an entire cloaked market of potent steroids, and the debate about their legalization, why on earth would anyone want to discuss Human Growth Hormone (HGH)? Hasn’t it been proven totally useless as a muscle builder?

Well, if that were true then why is there a market for it? It should be obvious that HGH is one of the most active hormones in the world today. The miracles of testosterone have amazed the world of bodybuilding with its regular turnout of 300-pound behemoths, but GH is another story altogether.

When you take into account that hormones may hold the secret to stopping aging in its tracks, and that GH is the hormone produced on the largest scale in the human body, it may be our own fountain of youth. I’m not saying that large amounts of HGH would help you live to be 200—here is also the matter of tissue resistance.

GH starts to decline in the body as we grow older. After the age of 30 it declines by 25 percent every decade, so by the time you hit 60 you are operating at 25 percent of original capacity. If HGH was present in the same amount throughout our lives, we’d easily live to be 140, several inches taller, and a lot more muscular.

Human Growth Hormone & Benefits

Human Growth Hormone & Benefits

THE BENEFITS OF HGH

Growth hormone was discovered in the 1920s and was isolated in the form of somatotropin in 1956. The benefits of HGH are immense; even today new research pops up regularly that reveals new uses for it. HGH is present in the body at a rate of 500 micrograms at any time in the blood of males between the ages of 20 and 30.

It’s produced by the anterior pituitary gland under the stimulation of the hypothalamus (like LH, the testosterone precursor). The effects on our system are tremendous:

  • HGH promotes and increases the synthesis of new protein tissues, such as in muscle recovery or repair. This is the way new muscle is built.
  • Recent research suggests its involvement in the metabolism of body fat and its conversion to energy sources. Tests were conducted in obese people, and medical use in treating obesity was proven beyond a doubt. Some pros have used GH as a way of maintaining and increasing lean mass while dieting for years.
  • It improves the sleeping pattern, makes for fewer unintended awakenings and betters REM-stage sleep.
  • HGH produces more energy
  • It may improve sexual performance
  • It builds stronger bones
  • Improves the quality and duration of heart and kidneys

As you can see, HGH has several benefits. Research shows HGH may be superior to testosterone and its derivatives because it is not androgenic, causes no aromatization, and shows few side effects in limited doses. It can dramatically increase size in combination with testosterone.

It is believed that we may benefit from doses of 1.0-1.5 mg in the bloodstream. That is somewhere in the optimal range for natural GH.