In the 1950s, Human Growth Hormone injections were used to help children who had growth problems. It was only in the 1990s that Human Growth Hormone injections were used for antiaging reasons. This turn in events came about when a 6-month-test conducted on just 12 men, giving these men daily injections of human growth hormones cause them to reduce 14.4% body fat and gain 8% lean muscle mass.
That interesting effect was enough to make it popular with bodybuilders. Isn't that the goal of body builders? To build muscle and reduce fat. Human Growth Hormones have that effect on men.
Athletes too were interested in boosting their performance with the use of growth hormone injections. Besides building lean muscle and trimming off the fat, human growth hormones (HGH) helps the body manufacture red blood cells. That boosts the endurance levels of athletes. When competition is that keen, every advantage helps and HGH gives them that competitive edge.
Besides, growth hormone injections are safer than steroids, or are they?
Human growth hormones are produced by the pituitary gland found at the base of your brain.
Growth hormones promote cell growth. Unfortunately cancer happens when cell growth becomes uninhibited. Is there a link between Human Growth Hormones and cancer? So far, mice given far higher doses relative to body weight than what a human may use die younger than their counterparts who have low growth hormone levels.
Possible side effects with the use of HGH injections include edema, joint pain, diabetes and carpal tunnel syndrome. Not enough is known yet about the long term side effects of HGH injections to declare how safe they really are.
HGH injections don't come cheap either? They can cost $500 to $1000 a month to even more than $15,000 a year. Yet many older people are flocking to clinics for HGH jabs in a bid to regain their youth. THese jabs may be given as medical treatment to people who are really deficient in that hormone.
It is not just the men who are interested in growth hormone injections. Women too are turning to HGH to boost bone density, to lower their body fat, and basically, to regain the health of their youth.
There are other ways to boost your body's human growth hormones levels other than exercise. Swallowing the hormone wouldn't help as it cannot get past your digestive system. Instead of injections, you could get your body to produce more growth hormones through exercise and enough sleep.
