Items Listed In The HGH Category:IGF-1 and Growth Hormone - Good News - Bad NewsIn a study of laboratory rats, growth hormone and insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) deficiency was shown to reduce cancer and kidney disease, but increase cartilage degeneration and impaired memory and learning functions. Since many people seek to increase HGH (human growth hormone) and IGF-1 later in life, this study raises the fear that such supplementation could lead to higher cancer risk. MORE... Description of Human Growth Hormone (hGH)Human Growth Hormone (hGH) description, including effects, natural levels, tests for measurement, and associated chemicals and their interactions. This site does not go into great detail regarding the effects of hGH supplementation to retard aging, but gives a good overview of the hormone and its relationships to other hormones and nutrients. MORE... Human Growth HormoneThe full story on aging is as yet incompletely known. Why do we age? What changes us, and what can we do about it to halt, reverse, or at least slow down this process? One factor which is important in the aging process, is the hormonal system, particularly the adrenal glands and the thyroid gland. Human growth hormone (abbreviated HGH) is produced in the pituitary gland, a tiny gland at the base of the brain which regulates the endocrine glands. MORE... |
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