Anti Aging Medicine: HGH and Steroids

October 29, 2008

HGH Sublingual and Sprays: Increase Natural Human Growth Hormone Levels

Filed under: anti-aging medicine, human growth hormone — Tags: , , — HGH in Chicago and Suburbs @ 8:30 pm

Do those sprays really boost your natural HGH human growth hormone levels? There is certainly a lot of argument about that across the internets! But no one ever said anti-aging medicine in CHicago was an exact science!
It’s well known that human growth hormone (HGH) is essential for achieving optimal health. Falling HGH levels result in premature aging, loss of lean body mass, lower levels of energy, and a whole host of other aging-related symptoms. But getting a boost in growth hormone should come from natural sources, not drug injections, say an increasing number of doctors and nutritionists. In other words: if you want the anti-aging benefits of HGH, you’ll be far better off finding ways to allow your body to create the substance on its own. But how do you do that?

There are all sorts of nutritional supplements that serve as precursors to HGH synthesis in the human body, and that’s a good place to start. But supplements alone will do you little good if your body isn’t primed to use the raw materials and actually start building human growth hormone for you. There are many ways to convince your body that it needs more growth hormone, but none of them involve sitting on the couch, punching away at the TV remote. If you want HGH, you have to earn it.

The number one method for convincing your body to generate HGH is high intensity strength training. It’s yet one more good reason to start a program of strength training, and it doesn’t mean you need to join a gym or start pumping weights, either. You can get a fantastic, high-intensity workout using nothing but your body and a mat on the floor if you learn about something called “body weight training.” It means using your body as the weight. For starters, try a one-legged squat. Just stand on one leg, lower yourself to the ground, then raised yourself back up without using your other leg. Not so easy, is it? Learn more about Pilates or get involved in adult gymnastics to discover even more ways to practice strength training using your body weight.

Nothing beats strength training for creating human growth hormone, but there’s another factor that’s just as important: adequate sleep. Studies show that growth hormone is produced during the later stages of nightly sleep, and if you cut your sleep short (five or six hours instead of seven or eight), you short-change your HGH production. Sleep is absolutely essential for staying young, healthy, and vibrant. Aim for eight hours each night.

Lack of stress is also critical for proper human growth hormone balance — a body that’s under constant stress will experience a decline in HGH production. (That’s due to the interaction of stress hormones like adrenaline.) So, in a very real sense, staying relaxed and stress-free will make you live longer. Good ways to reduce stress include meditation, cardiovascular exercise, and my favorite: laughter.

SO we see that there is not a simple answer to naturally increasing your HGH levels. Maybe you just should opt for an anti aging doctor and get it that way them hey?

October 18, 2008

Doctors who Prescribe HGH for Anti Aging

Filed under: anti-aging medicine — Tags: , , — HGH in Chicago and Suburbs @ 12:13 pm

hgh physicianTrue HGH doctors (human growth hormone doctors) are endocrinologists, also known as internal medicine specialists. These medical professionals have specialized in the study of endocrine glands in the body that produce hormones and other substances.

The pituitary gland, which produces human growth hormone, is one of these glands. No one understands the function of the pituitary gland, the production of HGH, and the implications of abnormalities in growth hormone secretion better than an endocrinologist. HGH therapy is appropriate and recommended in specific situations.

The most obvious of these is growth hormone deficiency, a condition most obvious in children who experience arrested growth. Adults with growth hormone deficiency suffer from a more subtle group of symptoms: the hormone regulates fat and carbohydrate metabolism, blood sugar levels, fat deposition, muscle strength, emotional health and energy levels. When medical tests confirm an HGH deficiency, HGH doctors can provide hormone replacement therapy by injection.

It’s no surprise that thoughtful physicians and consumers have noticed that many of the typical signs of aging - increased body fat, muscle loss, weakness, declining energy levels, declining mental status and even an increased risk of abnormal blood sugar levels - correlate with symptoms of HGH deficiency.

The association has lead to the investigation of HGH therapy not only for age-related illnesses but also for anti aging in general. The lack of solid supporting evidence and the difficulty of providing injected hormone therapy, in turn, have resulted in a split between endocrinologists and other medical specialists calling themselves HGH doctors.

The first issue is that medical trials, while they have shown positive effects of HGH therapy, have not provided evidence that hormone supplementation prolongs life or alleviates disease any better than other standard treatments. Nor have they proven that long term growth hormone injections are safe. There remain only a handful of medical conditions for which growth hormone injections are approved, and aging is not one of them. Anti aging HGH doctors continue to interpret the evidence as being supportive of hormone replacement for anti aging, and some even provide hormone injections for this purpose (expensive and, again, not an approved use for the therapy).

Another group of HGH doctors, made up of physicians, naturopaths, homeopaths, and other health care professionals have tackled the problems of HGH treatment by attempting to provide hormone replacement without injections. Products available on the market include dietary supplements that claim to stimulate the pituitary gland to produce more natural HGH, and supplements meant to actually mimic the action of HGH in the body, producing the same beneficial effect.

While these products may do as they claim, at least in some people, and be as safe as any vitamin, mineral, or dietary supplement, the bottom line is that scientific evidence doesn’t (or at least doesn’t yet) support this type of HGH therapy for human anti aging. For now, the consumer must decide for herself or himself whether the published studies and testimonials support HGH supplements sufficiently to try them.

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