I'm cutting with 175mg Test E per day. The thought of adding a low dosage of HGH has crossed my mind several times. You always hear about how well it works for fat loss. Better sleep and quicker recovery sounds awesome as well.
However at the end of the day, isn't a 500 calorie deficit is still going to be a 500 calorie deficit, no matter how much HGH you add? I understand how drugs like DNP, T3 or Clen help with fat loss, but HGH is confusing to me. Sorry for my lack of knowledge, I would appreciate any help.
Your question is too general.
For example, how old are you?
How much hgh can you afford to run for 6 months at a time?
If you are 19 and are going to run 2 iu, then do not bother.
Also, are you already losing weight? Growth hormone is not going to just melt away fat while you are eating too much.
Do you have a 500 calorie deficit? How do you know?
Did you know that in 4 weeks eating the same calories, that you will no longer have a 500 calorie deficit, even if you were accurate about your estimate of a 500 calorie deficit to begin with?
I do not know how it works. But it accelerates fat loss.
Growth hormone (GH) can induce an accelerated lipolysis. Impaired secretion of GH in obesity results in the consequent loss of the lipolytic effect of GH. Dietary restriction as a basic treatment for obesity is complicated by poor compliance, protein catabolism, and slow rates or weight loss. GH...
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
So say the guys in white coats, who stayed at a Holiday Inn last night.
I also know that my own experience is that it makes body recomposition easier for me, but I am an old dude with very low natty levels of IGF-1, so that may not apply to you.
My muscles also stay fuller while losing fat, if that makes sense (water retention?). It has been beneficial for me, but it does not replace the basics, calorie restriction, cardio, strength training, and so on. As somebody above said, icing on the cake. I think it is better than just icing on the cake, but the basics have to be in place already.
From the link:
"24 obese subjects (22 women and 2 men; 22-46 years old) were fed a diet of 25 kcal/kg ideal body weight (IBW) with 1.2 g protein/kg IBW daily and were treated with recombinant human GH (n = 12, 0.18 U/kg IBW/week) or placebo (n = 12, vehicle injection) in a 12-week randomized, double-blind and placebo-controlled trial. GH treatment
caused a 1.6-fold increase in the fraction of body weight lost as fat and a greater loss of visceral fat area than placebo treatment (35.3 vs. 28.5%, p < 0.05)."
