| Growth Hormone (also known as GH) has been | | | | smart idea as it is illegal and the quality and purity of |
| getting much attention in the news lately as many | | | | the drug cannot be confirmed. So as good as growth |
| professional athletes and celebrities have been | | | | hormone sounds it requires a prescription and your |
| rumored to be using it, and some have been caught | | | | physician to test and confirm that it is something you |
| red handed. So why would anyone want to take | | | | would need. And as far as I know doctors are not just |
| growth hormone anyway? | | | | handing out GH prescriptions to anyone who walks |
| Research has shown that growth hormone injections | | | | into their offices that wish they could recapture the |
| can cause increases in lean mass and decreases in | | | | body and looks they had in their 20's. |
| fat mass! Increases in lean mass are associated with | | | | So far we have discussed one of the ways to |
| an increase in metabolic rate, which means you will | | | | increase growth hormone by injecting it as a drug, |
| burn more calories. A decrease in fat mass needs no | | | | however there are two easier and cheaper ways to |
| explanation as to why that would interest any and all | | | | increase growth hormone that do not require a doctor |
| people! Rumors out of Hollywood even suggest that | | | | or a prescription: Intense exercise and Fasting! |
| GH injections can also make your skin appear younger | | | | Yes you read that right, using short term fasting for |
| looking. In short this hormone is the proverbial fountain | | | | weight loss has been shown to dramatically increase |
| of youth. | | | | growth hormone levels by as much as 6 fold! This |
| Natural growth hormone levels begin to decline | | | | increase is even higher than the levels researchers |
| dramatically during your late 20's in both men and | | | | injected into people to study muscle mass gains. |
| women. It is thought that this decrease is GH is partly | | | | Growth hormone is gaining much attention because of |
| what makes us look and feel older as we age. | | | | its purported ability to slow the aging process and help |
| Those people that have the financial means and a | | | | people feel and look younger. Short term intermittent |
| doctor that is willing to prescribe it may be looking to | | | | fasting and intense exercise are proving to be very |
| use GH as their way to stay young. Some | | | | effective ways to safely and regularly increase |
| professional athletes and bodybuilders may be turning | | | | growth hormone levels. |
| to the black market to find GH, however this is not a | | | | |
