HGH Facts - Human Growth Hormone

What is HGH?

Human Growth Hormone(HGH) is a hormone present in human beings which stimulates the growth and cell reproduction. It is highly present in children and young adults .It contains a protein called somatrophin , which contains 191 amino acids

The main uses of HGH

• helps anti-aging
• Increase height
• Increase muscle mass
• Helps in calcium retention in our body
• Helps in keeping bones healthy
• Reduces fat in the body
• Helps in controlling sugar and insulin levels
• Helps with immunity
• It is used mainly for the growth of body tissues

Need of HGH

As the age advances the secretion of human growth hormone decreases and as our age nears 30’s and as we grow older, the pituitary gland produces lesser and lesser amount of this most important hormone. The secretion of this hormone is high in childhood and is maximum at the time of puberty. The decrease in the secretion of this hormone also reduces the growth of blood tissues and makes us look older, have problems like diabetes, depression, loss of energy, loss of muscle mass and every other problem associated with aging.

Does the body always produce HGH?

Yes, our body always produces hgh and as age gets past about 20 years old, our body produces less and less HGH each year. By age 60 our body will probably have lost 75% of the HGH that our body produces.

Here are some average HGH secretion levels:

AGE AMOUNT OF HGH SECRETED

20 years old ………… 500 micrograms/day
40 years old…………. 200 micrograms/day
80 years old………….. 25 micrograms/day

Why does the body produce less amount of HGH as we get older?

It was originally believed that the pituitary gland just didn’t have the capacity to produce large amounts of HGH as we get older. However, recent studies have shown that aging pituitary glands are capable of producing as much HGH as young pituitary glands, if it is adequately stimulated.

How to maintain HGH levels as the age advances

The HGH levels can be maintained in the human body by stimulating them by external means. Recombinant growth hormone is the hormone which is used in stimulating the HGH. Recombinant Growth Hormone is GH that is synthesized in the lab. It is a biosynthetic hormone that is identical to human growth hormone, but it is synthesized in the lab.

First scientist needed to isolate HGH. Once they achieved this step they could study the DNA make-up of the protein .Scientists from the major drug companies raced to produce the 191 amino acid hormone in a test tube. Though Genentech was the first Pharmaceutical company that claimed victory in 1985, but it was not that successful. The recombinant GH they made was almost similar to 190 amino acid. Later Eli Lilly, who in 1986 created a 191 amino acid hormone that was an identical match to the HGH produced by the pituitary gland. The drug is called Humatrope and is the most widely used recombinant growth hormone today.

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