Our body is an enigmatic soup of many hormones and growth factors that determine how we develop, grow and age. One of the hormones primarily responsible for much of our early growth is aptly named ‘growth hormone.’ Like most growth factors in the body, growth hormone is a secreted protein that exerts multiple effects on gene regulation, cell growth, metabolism, differentiation, … [Read more...]
Growth Hormone vs. Testosterone – A Retrospective Based on the Latest Research
I was one of the first private practitioners in the country to dispense growth hormone as part of an overall anti-program hormone replacement program for adults that fit the criteria of the "Adult Onset Growth Hormone Deficiency Syndrome". Like many other anti-aging physicians, I was extremely impressed by the initial research on growth hormone showing dramatic improvements in … [Read more...]
Growing Beyond What Nature Intended Part 2 – Combining Anabolic Steroids With hGH and IGF-1
The Role of Androgens in Growth Hormone (GH) Secretion and Insulin-like Growth Factor-1 (IGF-1) Sensitivity Warning: The following information is intended only as a hypothetical consideration of ways in which human physiology may be altered, through pharmacological means, to achieve striking muscularity. The drugs discussed in this series of articles are, by and large, … [Read more...]
Growing Beyond What Nature Intended Part 1
Mechanisms of Action for Growth Hormone (GH) and Insulin-like Growth Factor-1 (IGF-1) Warning:The following information is intended only as a hypothetical consideration of ways in which human physiology may be altered, through pharmacological means, to achieve striking muscularity. The drugs discussed in this series of articles are, by and large, prescription drugs and … [Read more...]