If you look at children and teenagers you will see some of the effects of HGH on the human body due to the growth spurts you see in children and teenagers. However, the human growth hormone does so much more for our bodies than aid in growth.
If the pituitary gland kept producing the same amount of human growth hormone as it does when a person is around 25 years of the aging process would still occur but the process would be quite a bit slower. Research has shown that by increasing the level of HGH once we reach age 30 can and does help our bodies slow the aging process. With older individuals that begin HGH therapy they can reverse the appearance of aging by between 5 and 15 years.
HGH is created in a specific area of the pituitary gland known as the anterior section. The HGH is a protein substance that can only be seen with the help of a microscope. The chemical components of HGH are close to insulin, however, it is secreted by the pituitary gland while we are in deep sleep for a short time and after exercise, only. It only spends a short amount of time in our blood stream – a matter of minutes. This is one reason it is difficult to determine the exact levels of HGH in a persons blood stream. However, the body helps us by holding on to much of the HGH hormone in our liver. The liver converts the growth hormone into an insulin like growth factor, known as IGF-1. IGF-1 will stay in the blood stream for around 24 to 36 hours. This enables physicians to determine the level of IGF-1 in the blood thus giving them the information they need to determine if a person has a deficiency in HGH.
Normal levels of IGF-1 for adults should be 200 to 450 nanograms per milliliter. During growth spurts as seen in the teen years you will see readings as high as 600 to 800 ng/ml, however, once you test as an adult you will see the reading as low as 250ng/ml.
As a person ages, the effects of lower than normal range HGH begin to appear.
The effects of lower then normal HGH levels
- Decrease in muscle strength
- Decrease in bone strength
- Decrease in tissue repair
- Decrease in cell repair
- Decrease in healing
- Decrease in memory
- Decrease in skin elasticity
- Decrease in hair growth
- Decrease in the revitalization of the nails
HGH Therapy can
- Reduce body fat, particularly abdominal fat
- Increase muscle mass
- Increase physical strength as long as the therapy is combined with exercise
- Reduce wrinkles
- Re-grow some internal organs that have shrunk due to age
- Increase bone density
- Reverse the decline in memory
- Strengthen the immune system
Medical proof has been published in various books, journals, and more regarding the effect of HGH.
“The effects of six months of human growth hormone on lean body mass and adipose-tissue were equivalent in magnitude to the changes incurred during 10-20 years of aging”, Daniel Rudman, M.D., published in the New England Journal of Medicine:
“HGH is the first anti-aging therapy proven by double placebo controlled studies”, Ronald Klatz M.D., President and Founder, American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine.
‘It is possible that chronic physiologic GH and/or IGF-I replacement therapy might reverse (or prevent) some of these “Inevitable” sequences of aging”, V.A. Medical Center and Department of Medicine, Stanford University Medical Center.
“Replacement therapy with Growth Hormone has shown beneficial/normalizing effect on parameters such as cardiac and renal function, thyroid hormone metabolism, bone metabolism, sweat secretion, total and regional fuel metabolism and psychological well being”, Dr. Jorgensen & Dr. Christian of Denmark, In European Journal of Endocrinology.
“Daily Administration of human growth hormone in the first week after trauma would enhance the metabolic status…. resulting in reduced morbidity and earlier discharge from hospital.” Drs. Ramias, Shamos, and Schiller of St. Joseph Hospital Medical Center in Phoenix, Arizona.
While we are studying the effects and benefits of HGH we should also look at what human growth hormone is not capable of which includes:
- HGH cannot rid the body of the effects caused by oxidation damage – it may aid reducing the damage but will not complete heal the damage.
- HGH cannot change the problems due to cardiovascular disease – it can reduce some of the damage and effects such as slowing the process by aiding in lowering cholesterol levels.
- HGH cannot repair damage done by ultraviolet rays.
- HGH cannot rid the body of effects due to the reduction of other types of hormones
- HGH cannot change any damage that was due by glucose – it may aid in reducing the damage but will not completely heal the damage.