Human Growth Hormone
Aside from the adrenal, sex and thyroid hormones, one other hormone is critical — the most important one, in fact — since it is the most influential one when it comes to changes associated with aging, and that hormone is human growth hormone, or simply HGH. HGH is one of the hormones produced in our brains by the pituitary gland (which controls our whole system for hormones). A large number of cells in this gland are “somatocytes”, which are devoted to creating HGH. With such a high percentage being used for HGH, it must be something of vital importance.
HGH functions during childhood by stimulating long bone growth to eventually cause a person to reach a final body height. In times past, scientists believed this was the only function of HGH. According to the results of new studies, HGH receptors are present in each cell in the body, and HGH performs multiple functions involving human metabolism in each bodily organ. Receptors are even present in the brain that, once activated, produce endorphins, molecules which help regulate our moods and keep us optimistic. HGH affects the texture of our skin, which is why a child’s skin feels so smooth; the skin cells are being taught by HGH to grow evenly. Brain cells respond by actually coming back to life — approximately 10% of our brain cells cease to function as each decade of life passes. Therefore, even though big double-blind clinical trials have not yet been completed, HGH is the latest and most effective treatment for Alzheimer’s disease.
Irritability is a consistent effect of HGH deficiency; when replacement therapy is administered, the irritability is replaced with a profound sense of well-being. The response of bone cells is to generate new bone, which results in a reversal of osteoporosis, although this process takes at least two years to transpire. Fat cells disappear as they are burned for energy. A lack of HGH causes a build up of fat cells around the middle; this virtually disappears within a couple of months. The response of muscle cells is to become larger and stronger, particularly those in the upper body. One becomes stronger and able to endure as they did when they were young. Many people no longer have to rely on glasses to help them read as the ciliary muscle of the eye strengthens.
Because HGH has so many functions, it has more effect than any other hormone on the physical changes that are associated with aging. Predictably, as we age, our levels of HGH continually decline. In fact, HGH has so many important functions, we should replace the “G” with “V” for vitality.
Total Hormone Rejuvenation Therapy
The goal is to return your hormone levels to the levels available when you were between the ages of 20 and 25. Since that time, it is all but certain that your hormone levels have been steadily decreasing. Most likely you thought of it as “normal aging,” but it could also be referred to as “multiple system degenerative disease.” Why suffer with the problems and symptoms that result from the disease we call aging, if you don’t have to do so?
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