The human growth hormone (HGH) is a hormone that is made by your body in the pituitary gland and many claim have anti-aging properties. It is often marketed as an anti-aging hormone for adults. In children, it is important for normal growth. In adults, HGH helps regulate and maintain your tissues and organs. Children sometimes receive HGH injections because a lack of the hormone in their body is impacting their growth rate.
Do some adults need human growth hormone?
Yes. Adults who have true growth hormone deficiency — not the expected decline in growth hormone due to aging — might be prescribed synthetic human growth hormone by their doctors. Growth hormone deficiency might be caused by a benign tumor on the pituitary gland (pituitary adenoma). It also might be caused by treatment of an adenoma with surgery or radiotherapy.
For adults who have a growth hormone deficiency, injections of human growth hormone can:
Increase exercise capacity
Increase bone density
Increase muscle mass
Decrease body fat
Human growth hormone is also approved to treat adults with AIDS- or HIV-related muscle wasting.
Physiological effect:
1. Promotes growth,regulates bone metabolism 2. Regulates substance metabolism 3. Promotes tissue growth 4. GH Promotes protein synthesis 5. GH is good for fat-burning 6. Reduces the use of glucose 7. Promotion water and mineral metabolism 8. Anti-aging, brain functional promotion, increasing myocardial and immune functions.
Having Optimal HGH Levels is Important
As with other key hormones — such as testosterone and estrogen — having healthy levels of growth hormone is important. HGH helps your body with metabolism, cell repair and other vital functions.