In most discussions nowadays, HGH stands for Human Growth Hormone. It is a very interesting hormone, and one that is always fascinating to those who come to learn about its action and effects in the body. It is also a hormone that is often subject of many heated debates amongst people who understand its effects, both inside and outside the medical establishment. Listening in to these HGH discussions, one tends to hear a number of common threads; reflective of the HGH myths and facts people have come to learn. The myths are particularly pervasive outside the medical establishment, where people tend to have very rudimentary knowledge of the workings of HGH. Here then, we explore some of those common threads in HGH discussions, trying to sort the facts from the myths. The end result is these 4 facts about HGH, and these 3 myths about the same hormone.
Fact: Human growth hormone can cause significant height growth in children.
It is a well established fact that if HGH is administered to people who are in their prime growth years, especially children and teenagers, it can significant height gains. It is, after all, this hormone that is in charge of the processes in the body through which growth takes place; those being processes like protein synthesis and the mineralization of the bones.
Myth: Human growth hormone can cause significant height gain in adults
From the fact that HGH can cause significant height gain in children and teenagers, some people come to imagine/infer that it can do the same for adults too. Unfortunately that is not always the case, although there have been a few instances of HGH supplementation causing height gains in some few adults. All in all, that seems to be the exception, rather than the rule. The rule is that HGH supplementation causes height growth in children and teenagers, with adults who get HGH administered to them getting other benefits, other than height gains.
Fact: Human growth hormone can help with weight loss
Some of the processes promoted by HGH have some very major implications on the weight problem, that being especially the case with lipolysis, the process by which the body breaks down fats to release the energy component in them, and which is under the control of HGH .
Myth: Human growth hormone can help with growth of the brain (hence making a person more intelligent)
It is an amazing thing, perhaps an unfortunate thing too, but the truth of the matter is that HGH helps with the growth of all internal organs…EXCEPT the brain. Of course, there are other mechanisms via which the human growth hormone can have an impact on intellectual performance (by for instance energizing the brain and elevating a person’s mood), but it doesn’t cause the growth of the brain as an organ.
Fact: Human growth hormone supplementation can cause a slow down of the aging process
This is perhaps one of the most interesting things about the HGH. It is also something that is likely to cause more and more people to go looking for the hormone (or the supplements that stimulate its production) as they come to learn about it in days to come.
Myth: HGH can cause diabetes
While it is true that excess HGH in the body can cause resistance to insulin and hence a form of diabetes, the truth of the matter is that as long as HGH levels in the body remain normal (and they are usually under the control of a negative feedback mechanism), then there is no way of this effect manifesting.
Fact: Human growth hormone can strengthen the body’s immunity
To many people, this fact seems counter-intuitive, but it is in fact an established truth that optimal levels of HGH in the body correspond with an enhanced immunity, and hence less proneness to various illnesses.