Human Growth Hormone (HGH)
Month 1: HGH 2 IU one injection every other day
Months 2-4: HGH 3 IU one injection five days a week
Months 5-6: HGH 4 IU one injection five days a week
4-6 month cycles are optimal, year round if you are over age 35.
Human Growth Hormone (rHGH, HGH, or
GH) is a protein molecule consisting of 191 amino acids. Genetically engineered recombinant human growth
hormone is completely identical to the growth hormone made by the human
pituitary gland. Researchers have proven growth hormone therapy can
reverse the biological effects of aging. HGH is widely appreciated for aesthetics, not necessarily as a performance enhancer.
HGH is released
in pulses that take place during the day. Growth hormone is rapidly converted
in the liver to its powerful growth promoting metabolite, Insulin like Growth
Factor. IGF-1 is measured in the blood to determine the level of growth hormone
secretion. Most of the beneficial effects of human growth hormone are directly
attributable to IGF-1. Growth
hormone replacement/stimulation is the most effective therapy to reverse the effects
of aging.
At age 30 people have people have spent most of their lives with relatively high levels of HGH. HGH is responsible for growth during childhood as well as for repair and regeneration of tissue. By the time we are 30 our bodies no longer naturally produce enough GH to handle the damage that is taking place. As this continues, we age. Increasing HGH in our bodies, we can slow, or even reverse many of the manifestations of aging.
What HGH can
do:
- Reduce excess body fat, especially abdominal fat. (The
reduction of abdominal fat is the single most profound effect of
HGH
replacement in many people)
- Decrease in the waist to hip ratio. (Meaning fat is removed primarily from around the waist where it is associated with a high risk of coronary disease)
- Increase
muscle mass. (and physical strength if combined with
moderate exercise)
- Reduce wrinkling of the
skin and some other effects of skin
aging. (Compliments can
be Melanotan
and MT-II)
- Re-grow
certain internal organs that have atrophied with age.
- Increase
bone density.
- Strengthen the immune system.
- Enhanced feeling of well being.
- Reverse
cognitive decline.
- Stimulate production of the
bone marrow cells that produce red
blood cells.
- Reduce the probability that you will
spend the last years of your
life in a nursing home.
- HGH slows
the progression of cardiovascular disease, and reduces
the risk of death from cardiovascular disease, in individuals with
natural
growth hormone levels that are below average for the age of the
individual. HGH can also slow the progression of cardiovascular
disease by improving one's cholesterol profile. There is
increasing
evidence over the past year or two that maintaining healthy growth
hormone
levels results in a stronger heart. Individuals with low growth
hormone levels have an overall increased risk of death due to
cardiovascular disease. Low growth hormone levels cause a
particularly large increase in the risk of stroke as compared with
individuals receiving growth hormone replacement.
HGH takes
several weeks to months
of use benefit from its effects. There are a number of substances that
increase the natural secretion of HGH. Some of them are amino
acids. The relationship of certain amino acids to growth hormone is
complex and varies greatly among different individuals and among individuals of
different ages. All absolute and universal statements made about this
subject are clearly false.
HGH is a peptide that comes in the form of lyophilized powder. Any other form that you see advertised or run across is likely NOT the real deal. The only way to administer true HGH is by sub-q or intramuscular injection. Be aware that HGH is not anabolic by itself. Careful measures need to be in place during reconstitution.
Reconstituting common HGH, one vial contains powdered freeze-dried
HGH and the other vial contains sterile water with a bacteriostatic
preservative. When the user is ready to begin, a certain amount of the sterile water is drawn out of the
second vial (with a needle and syringe) and injected into the first vial to
dissolve the powdered HGH. The solution is then ready for
injection. The unused portion is to be kept
refrigerated. Use reconstituted HGH within 3 or 4 weeks.
HGH peptide is dissolved by the user because HGH powder is much more durable. The dissolved HGH is very susceptible to being attacked by bacteria and degraded by enzymes. HGH is normally refrigerated, but if HGH powder is is left at room temperature for a few hours, no harm is done as long as the room is not too warm. Sterile powdered HGH can even be left in a cool room for days or weeks, but this is not a good idea. Even the powdered HGH can deteriorate if the temperature rises slightly above normal room temperature for any significant period of time.
The best way to begin HGH is to start with a low dose and ease your way into higher doses. This will allow you to avoid (or at least minimize) many of the more common sides of HGH such as bloating and joint pain. Most can tolerate 1-2 IU per day with few sides. HGH administration should be done on an empty stomach as fats and carbohydrates blunt release. Natural production of GH is 1 IU, give or take a half. For results in athletes the dosing should attempt to duplicate how the body releases the hormone naturally. Learning how much and when to best dose is very individual. My apologies for the dosing chart above.
For bodybuilders growth hormone is best taken in conjunction with insulin, anabolics/androgens, and thyroid hormone. Insulin is extremely effective with HGH as the injections cause a down regulation of insulin sensitivity in the body.
Half life of HGH is 2 hours when injected sub-q with a four hour period which there is a suppression of naturally produced GH. Intramuscular injections shorten the half life. Subcutaneous injections over the long term can lead to spot reduction. Whether or not HGH has any localized benefit from IM injection is unknown, but speculated.