Growth Hormone Explained

HGH or Human Growth Hormone (also called somatotrophin) is produced in the anterior of the pituitary gland deep inside the brain, where it is one of the most abundant hormones secreted.

It influences the growth of cells, bones, muscles and organs throughout the body. Production peaks at adolescence when accelerated growth occurs. If growing children have too little they remain as dwarfs, while if they have too much the become giants.

HGH is one of many endocrine hormones, like estrogen, progesterone, testosterone, melatonin and DHEA, that all decline in production with age. While many of these hormones can be replaced to deter some of the effects of aging, HGH reaches far beyond the scope of any of these hormones.

Not only does it prevent biological aging, but also it acts to significantly reverse a broad range of the signs and symptoms associated with the aging process.

Ample in our youth, production of HGH falls 80% from age 21 to 61.

Daily growth hormone secretion diminishes with age to the extent that a 60–year–old may secrete only 25% of the HGH secreted by a 20–year–old.

By ages 70 to 80, virtually everyone is deficient in growth hormone, resulting in SDS, or Somatotrophin (growth hormone) Deficiency Syndrome. Symptoms include loss of muscle and an increase of fat, decreased physical mobility, socialization and energy levels, diminished healing ability, a greater risk of cardio vascular disease and lower life expectancy.

In otherwords symptoms of the disease called aging.

The decline of growth hormone with age, sometimes referred to as somatopause, is directly associated with many symptoms of aging, including wrinkling, gray hair, decreased energy and sexual function, increased body fat and cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis and more.

Many of these symptoms have been associated younger adults who have growth hormone deficiency; in a sense, the biological age of these adults has exceeded their chronological age.

The good news, however, is clinical evidence demonstrates that by replacing growth hormone we can dramatically reverse these symptoms to restore hair color and growth, regain bone tissue, increase energy and significantly reduce body fat, plus a score of other health benefits.

Human Growth Hormone is the ultimate anti-aging therapy
Almost every cell in the body is effected, skin and bones are rejuvenated, the heart, liver, lungs and kidneys are regenerated, organ and tissue function is returned to youthful levels... the metabolism is speeded up to youthful levels, the body is resculpted by selectively reducing the fat in the waist, abdomen, hips and thighs,muscle mass is increased at the same time..

It may be the most powerful aphrodisiac ever discovered
Sexuality is revived...

How does Human Growth Hormone Work?
Everything that we associate with aging may be due totally, or in part, to the decline of Human Growth Hormone levels in our bodies.

Ample in our youth, production of HGH falls 80% from age 21 to 61.

Daily growth hormone secretion diminishes with age to the extent that a 60 year old may secrete only 25% of the HGH secreted by a 20 year old.

HGH is one of many endocrine hormones, like estrogen, progesterone, testosterone, melatonin and DHEA, that all decline in production with age. While many of these hormones can be replaced to deter some of the effects of aging.

HGH reaches far beyond the scope of any of these hormones. Not only does it prevent biological aging, but it acts to significantly reverse a broad range of the signs and symptoms associated with the aging process.

By ages 70 to 80, virtually everyone is deficient in growth hormone, resulting in SDS, or Somatotropin (growth hormone) Deficiency Syndrome. Symptoms include loss of muscle and an increase of fat, decreased physical mobility, socialization and energy levels, diminished healing ability, a greater risk of cardiovascular disease and lower life expectancy.

In otherwords, the symptoms of the disease called aging. The decline of growth hormone with age, sometimes referred to as somatopause, is directly associated with many symptoms of aging, including wrinkling, gray hair, decreased energy and sexual function, increased body fat and cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis and more.

Many of these symptoms have been associated with younger adults who have growth hormone deficiency; in a sense, the biological age of these adults has exceeded their chronological age.

The good news, however, is clinical evidence demonstrates that by replacing growth hormone we can dramatically reverse these symptoms to restore hair color and growth, regain bone tissue, increase energy and significantly reduce body fat, plus a score of other health benefits.

Turning Back the Biological Clock By 20 Years!
In 1990, groundbreaking research by Daniel Rudman, M.D. shook the medical world. (Published in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine) with the announcement that 12 men, aged 61 to 81 had reversed up to the equivalent of 20 years of aging in six months with growth hormone injections.

Until recently, growth hormone therapy has only been available in the form of injections that have been prohibitively expensive and difficult to use. The cost for HGH injections in the US runs from $800 to $2,500 a month.

Why is there so much focus on growth hormone restoration, and what does all of this mean for those of you who will suddenly have the HGH replacement substances available?

To put it simply, there is no other substance known to man that has such far reaching ability to prevent and reverse the aging process. At first appearance, it may seem too good to be true that a single hormone could have so many far-reaching effects.

But as we look more closely at the scientific evidence from human studies and at the physiologic interaction between growth hormone and the body's various symptoms that affect these areas, everything begins to fall into place.

Perhaps the largest study of the effects of growth hormone on humans has taken place at the Palm Springs Life Extension Institute under the direction of Dr. Edmund Chein, director of the institute, and his associate Dr. Leon Terry, a neuroendocrinologist from the Department of Neurology at the Medical College of Wisconsin.

Dr. Chein follows a growth hormone protocol that involves restoring HGH levels for patients who are deficient (IGF-1 less than 350 mg/ml) with low dose, high frequency injections. Dr. Chein, by combining HGH injections with other hormones that are shown to be low, has developed a program that he claims has been 100% effective for all of his patients.

He guarantees that his patients will experience an increase in bone density of 1.5 - 2.5% every six months, as well as a loss of 10% body fat and an increase of 10% muscle mass. These processes may continue until the patient attains the body composition of a twenty year old.

Skin & Hair Improved

Skin Texture 71%
Skin Thickness 68%
Skin Elasticity 71%
Wrinkle Disappearance 51%
New Hair Growth 38%

Healing, Flexibility & Resistance Improved

Healing of old injuries 55%
Healing of other injuries 61%
Healing Capacity 71%
Back Flexibility 53%
Resistance to Common Illness 73%

Recently, Dr. Terry collected the data of patients who have been treated at the Life Extension Institute and has written up the amazing results. The following assessment figures were derived from randomly selected, self-assessment questionnaires completed by 202 patients during the term of their therapy between the years of 1994 and 1996.

In general, these improvements were reported to occur within one to three months of the onset of therapy with a tendency to continue improving over six months of treatment! Other studies have established that as the body's own growth hormone releasing patterns are more closely mimicked, so results become more profound and side effects are minimized.

HGH Explained