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Human Growth Hormone is one of many endocrine hormones, like estrogen, progesterone, testosterone, melatonin and DHEA, that 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 one of these hormones to not only prevent biological aging, but to significantly reverse a broad range of the signs and symptoms associated with aging. In effect, HGH therapy has been shown to turn back the biological clock by 20 years or more.
HGH, also known as somatotropin, is the most abundant hormone secreted by the pituitary gland. It is produced at a rate that peaks during adolescence when accelerated growth occurs. Daily growth hormone secretion diminishes with age to the extent that a 60 year old may secrete 25% of the HGH secreted by a 20 year old. Growth hormone is primarily released in pulses that take place during the beginning phases of sleep then it is quickly converted in the liver to a powerful growth promoting metabolite. This elicits most of the effects associated with growth hormone.
The decline of growth hormone with age, sometimes referred to as somatopause, is directly associated with many of the 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 surpassed the chronological age. The good news is that clinical evidence demonstrates that by replacing growth hormone we may be able to dramatically reverse these symptoms to restore hair color and growth, regain bone tissue, increase energy, and significantly reduce body fat. Until recently, growth hormone therapy has only been available in the form of injections that have been prohibitively expensive and difficult to use. Now there are natural substances that have been well documented to increase the release of your body's own growth hormone. According to researchers, these cutting edge natural secretagogues may have the ability to more closely mimic the body's youthful HGH secretion patterns than any other HGH therapies previously available.
Growth hormone and GH-releasers are just the beginning. Two other hormones promise to have an equal, if not greater, benefit for the treatment of aging and age-related diseases: GHRH and IGF-1. These might be called the before and after hormones since GHRH precedes the release of growth hormone and IGF-1 follows it. Also under development are specific growth factors that are being used in healing of everything from wounds to diseases. Finally there are neurodegenerateive the true wonder drugs of the future, the secretagogues -- powerful, cheap, oral drugs that promise to release growth hormone better than injections of GH. They will put age-reversal within reach of every one of us. The first of these products should be on the market by the time this book is in your hands.
