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HOW HGH HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE SUPPLEMENTS WORK

You’ve no doubt seen plenty of adverts for HGH supplements, that promise you eternal youth and happiness. Is HGH really that legendary elixir of youth that we all seek?

Let’s look at the background.
Human HGH is a complex hormone comprising 191 amino acids. Synthetic human growth hormone, was produced for the first time in 1986 by the Eli Lily Corp. In 1990 a study was published by a Dr Rudman in the New England Journal of Medicine describing a controlled double-blind six month study of two groups of men having identical diets and identical exercise regimes.

Study Results
The study group – that is the group which was actually injected with HGH – completed the six months with an 8.8% increase in lean muscle mass and a 14.4% decrease in body fat when compared to the control group (those who did not receive the HGH treatment).

The test group also reported improvements in sleep, in energy levels, skin improvements were recorded as were improvements in muscle tone.

However, the high cost of the HGH injections and their pain prevented Human Growth Hormone becoming widely accepted.

Early attempts to produce an oral form  of HGH did not work: it was costly, the liver neutralised any HGH ingested into the stomach, and the HGH molecule turned out to be too large to be easily absorbed through the lining of the mouth.

Many of the results quoted by many HGH manufacturers are based upon that original study carried out using [tag]prescription HGH[/tag.

The HGH supplements widely advertised and marketed today do not use prescription strength HGH, instead they fall into two general groupings, homeopathic HGH and HGH releasers

Homeopathic HGH supplements (Secretagogues) use tiny amounts of synthetic human growth hormone to stimulate the body’s own natural production of human growth hormone. These products seem to have the better results outside of prescription products.

The FDA (Food and Drug Administration) regulates the amount of homeopathic human growth hormone that can be supplied without a prescription. 

What Exactly Is It Then? 
HGH Releaser products typically contain the building blocks of true HGH, without actually being HGH, they contain L- group amino acids such as valine and glutamine. These ingredients are essential components of genuine human growth hormone but they still need to undergo a complex chemical transformation to become true HGH.

Just a few HGH products available today include elements to raise the body’s level of an insulin-like Growth factor (IGF-1). Many medical experts believe that raising IGF-1 levels in the body is the most efficient method of increasing production of human growth hormone by the pituitary gland.

Higher quality (and higher priced) HGH supplements usually combine these growth factors with homeopathic HGH or HGH releasers to create a sort of “super-pill” (or super spray) which combines the best of both camps in order to  produce the very best results.

So there you have it, a somewhat wordy and technical explanation of two different strategies aimed at getting the same result:

1) Put back the HGH which the body requires
2) Persuade the body to make more of its own HGH

Of course what the smart HGH supplement manufacturers do is combine the two, a sort of “each way bet”. 

Cunning eh?

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