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Human Growth Hormone

2009-10-07T19:04:00.001-07:00

profile : Human Growth Hormone (HGH) somatotropin

Human growth hormone (Somatotropin) is produced in the body by the

pituitary gland. Before this happens, Growth Hormone Releasing Hormone (HGHRH) and Somatostatin (SST) are released by the hypothalamus, and

that determines whether more or less HGH is produced by the

pituitary.

Many factors influence the release of HGH, however,

including nutrition and exercise

Once it is released, Human Growth Hormone (HGH), which is also called

Somatotropin (STH) has many functions in the human body. HGH is a protein that stimulates the body cells to increase both in size, as

well as undergo more rapid cell division than usual. In addition, it

enhances the movement of amino acids through cell membranes and also

increases the rate at which these cells convert these molecules into

proteins. Clearly, you can see that this would amount to an anabolic (muscle building) effect in the human body. HGH also has the ability to

cause cells to decrease the normal rate at which they utilize

carbohydrates, and simultaneously increase the rate at which they use

fats.(1) Fat loss and lean mass increases with HGH have been found at a

dose as low as . 0.028 iu/kg/daily for 24 weeks (4), however, in my

estimation, that would be insufficient for a bodybuilder trying to gain

muscle. Let´s use .028iu/kg as a working number; that´s 2.8iu for a

100kg (220lbs) bodybuilder. That´s certainly not unreasonable, and I

would say that that dose to 2x that dose is the range most bodybuilders

and athletes are finding their best results with. Also, that length of

time used in the study I just mentioned (24 weeks) is very typical of

HGH use, and in conversations with my friends who have used this

compound, have told me that they experience consistent results starting

well after the 2-month-mark, and they tend to either run this stuff for

6 months at a time, or year-round (if they have sufficient funds).

studies have focused on HGH vs. HGH and exercise

without the exercise LBM increases but

not usually maximum voluntary strength output. It should also be noted

that most athletes utilizing HGH are using it in a "cocktail" with (at

least) anabolic steroids, and usually with IGF, thyroid meds, and other

goodies such as an Aromatase Inhibitor. Let´s discuss exactly why this

is.

Most people who are taking the plunge into HGH use have reached a dead

end with their use of anabolics, and need to push through that wall.

I´m sure you´ve heard about the synergistic combination of using HGH

along with Anabolic Steroids, IGF, insulin and T3 (* usually synthroid, a thyroid medication). The reason is that when these hormones are used

correctly together, they´ll produce a large amount of synergy, the

insulin is able to shuttle nutrients into your muscle, the thyroid

hormone increases your fat-burning capability, the IGF will cause muscle growth as well as helping to grow new cartilage (thus preventing

injury), and the anabolic steroids like testosterone, specifically (in

addition to being anabolic) can increase IGF-1, in muscle tissue,

and maybe even increase your body´s ability to use it. Also, usually,

an increased amount of IGF usually tells your body to stop producing

HGH, but testosterone actually blunts this part of the Negative

FeedBack Loop And the addition of an Aromatase Inhibitor will

also stop conversion of testosterone into estrogen; estrogen reduces

IGF levels.Finally, the HGH does, well everything I just spent

the last few pages telling you about!

Thus, IGF, Testosterone (and of course other steroids), Insulin,

thyroid meds, and HGH will all combine to produce a pretty damned

effective fat-burning and muscle building cycle! You know what else?

HGH is virtually undetectable on any sort of currently used

drug-screening tests.HGH, Insulin, Thyroid meds, and IGF may also be

used pretty safely by those who may be subject to drug screening tests,

or as a non-HPTA suppressive "bridge" between cycles. Finally, I´ll

tell you how I´d take HGH, personally. There was a study done on

continuous HGH use vs. every other day injections (ED vs. EOD for the

sake of brevity), with a equal total weekly dose. Although it´s

counterintuitive, every other day injections produced better total

growth in the kids in this (2 and 4 year long) study. Take a look at

these graphs:

Growth velocity of children treated with alternate day HGH (the darker

bars) or with a daily HGH regimen before, during, and 2 yr after

stopping therapy. Values are the mean ± SD. *, P < 0.05; **, P <

0.01.(10)

Pretreatment and cumulative 4-yr growth velocity of children treated

with alternate day HGH ( the darker bars) or with a daily HGH regimen.

Values are the mean ± SD. *, P < 0.00 (10)

Shooting HGH every other day more accurately replicates the pulsile

frequency of HGH, and thus gave better results for growth (height)

deficient children, HGH pulsatility is necessary for proper function of the HGH receptor.(10) Dosing in the EOD nature reduces incidence of any

sort of withdrawal problems associated with normal HGH use, including

regression or retardation of growth after cessation of therapy.

Therefore, I feel very comfortable speculating that the use of HGH in

this manner, which more closely simulates the natural secretion pattern

of it, allows the HGH receptors and the rest of the body to more

efficiently recover from it, and this will result in much more muscle

growth over time (although height was examined in the previous study).

My recommendations therefore are 2 shots per day of .028iu/kg of

bodyweight, taken every other day, for a minimum of 3months, and

preferably for 2-3x that long, and preferably with the other

synergistic compounds we´ve just taken a look at.

Growth Hormone is usually secreted in rhythmic pulses while you are

sleeping, as two peptides, HGHRH and Somatostatin (SST) are alternately

released. As you can guess, HGHRH (Growth Hormone Releasing Hormone) is

the one responsible for the Release of Growth Hormone (And who said

scientists have funny ways for naming things.

Growth hormone also has the ability to stimulate the production (or

reproduction, in the case of an injury) of cartilage. This, however,

requires the presence of a mediator substance, Somatomedin (IGF), which

is released from the liver in response to HGH, and the IGF, in turn,

actually promotes the growth of cartilage.

Although it requires IGF to actually grow new cartilage, HGH is directly able to stimulate the elongation of bone tissue., and HGH

has also been shown to elicit a positive effects on erythropoeisis ,

which is great for both anabolism as well as endurance. Remember the

negative feedback loop I always tell you about? Well, of course, your

body has one which can stop the secretion of HGH, and it involves IGF.

When your liver receives secretes IGF-1, it sends a message to both

your Hypothalamus as well as your Pituitary to stop producing HGH.

As you have probably guessed by now, your body produces the majority of

it´s HGH during your early years, when you are experiencing growth

spurts. As you get older, however, you just produce less of this stuff,

and its effects are much less pronounced. which

The use of HGH

from cadavers was

subsequently discontinued. Back then (the 80´s) there was also a fake

version of some purple looking HGH going around (it was HCG I believe,

mixed with B-12) called "Rhesus Monkey Growth Hormone", which is pretty

funny, looking back on it. To this day, however, if you get fake HGH,

it´s still probably HCG, since both come presented as a powder and

bacterioistatic water you need to use to reconstitute it (and then it

needs to be refrigerated).

Even if you are using the non-cadaver-derived stuff (and at this point,

I´m 100% sure that there´s none of the old Grorm left on shelves

anywhere), it´s possible that you experience some side effects like

carpal tunnel syndrome, acromegaly (a thickening or growth of bones,

most noticeable in the feet, hands, and forehead), and enlarged organs.

Gynocomastia is also possible as a side effect of HGH use, as well as

Fluid retention (the later being initially pointed out to me by a

female colleague who had a pre-contest bodybuilder using HGH as part of

his contest prep).

Now for some really interesting stuff:

Although HGH can easily produce very nice, high quality weight and muscle gains, it´s a very poor compound for inducing strength

gains That´s very counterintuitive, and certainly many

strength athletes have experienced great results in strength as well as

muscle size and fat loss from HGH.

Human Growth Hormone

2009-10-07T19:04:00.000-07:00

profile : Human Growth Hormone (HGH) (somatotropin)