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The Vitality Boost

There must have been countless times when you have put off several activities such as exercise, sex and even playing with the kids. You always have the same alibi, that is, “I don’t have the energy”.

It is understandable if you hear this statement from someone who has done a wearisome task or has been from a strenuous exercise.

However, there are times when some people especially those over 40 feel weary even when there is no valid reason.

This is the common complaint of patients as they consult their doctors, even if all they did the whole day was sit in front of a desk. After a series of tests, doctors disregard a cause related to disease and just say “it comes with age”.

There must be an explanation why people feel fatigue. After all, there is no scientific evidence that lack of energy is caused by old age. This may be the doctor’s findings because they, also, go through the same situation. When most people have a common condition, we tend to consider it as normal.

This feeling of exhaustion usually accompanied with aging is caused by 2 factors – decrease in HGH levels and lack of proper nutrition.

Actually there is a group of natural substances that have been studied and proven to be important to the energy produced by the body.

Problem is they are not present in required amount in an average American diet. This, therefore, results to fatigue, slow metabolism, poor tolerance to exercise and mood swings. These nutrient deficiencies make it hard to lose and maintain weight.

It is not normal to experience fatigue when you are not sick of any disease or you do not do strenuous work. Most of all, you don’t say that you will just “learn to live with it.”

So, boosting your energy and overall quality of life, you need to tackle these 2 problems. These 2 problems can be tackled with a smart “anti aging supplements” intake plan which should contain natural hgh releasers, multivitamins, antioxidants etc.

For ease, I have put them all in 2 groups – “hgh releasers” and “The HGH Plan nutrients”. Some of these products are meant to supplement a widely varied natural foods diet, (not replace it). In this context, health experts generally agree that supplements can play an important role in a health and longevity program.

Why you need to read the following list of nutrients ?

Don’t take this list of nutrients lightly. This is a comprehensive list and actually meant to benefit you in many ways.

Which products you decide to be part of your anti-aging team would depend largely on your needs and your lifestyle preferences. What they have in common is their capacity to alter your biochemistry and help you live longer.

When you replace or supplement your missing human growth hormone using the miraculous, natural anti-aging hgh releasers pointed out here, practically everyone who does so experiences some or most of the following age-reversal effects.

• For most people, within a matter of months, if not weeks, their skin tightens, gets thicker and more elastic, and those unsightly wrinkles begin to go away.

• Men and women, but especially women who have observed bone thinning, will notice a steady improvement in bone density. That should help to prevent fractures and osteoporosis.

• Stamina improves. Chronic fatigue disappears completely. With the newfound physical vitality comes an improvement in motivation and outlook on life.

• Optimism goes up; depression goes down.

• Mental clarity and sharpness return. Memory improves.

• Sleep quality grows more consistent. Things like obstructive sleep apnea, common in men over the age of fifty, where they stop breathing at night-becomes less intense and may disappear completely.

• Immune system functions strengthen. Natural killer cell activity, a key to resisting viruses and infections-intensifies. Your system is able to heal itself faster and you get sick less often.

• Metabolism goes up, muscle reappears and gets stronger, and fat actually starts to disappear.

• Hair thinning stops and hair color can even return to its natural shade.

• Heart function gets enhanced and strengthened. The heart muscle gets stronger, beats with more force, which is important to cardiovascular health. Sex drive goes up dramatically, as does sexual performance, and with it, your pleasure and sexual satisfaction.

Those who are now in their forties, fifties, sixties, and beyond, will start looking younger and feeling younger as a result of using these natural substances.

That’s why these products are true anti-aging miracles, a veritable fountain of youth. The overall quality of life for users goes up dramatically. They prefer fewer pharmaceutical drugs. They encounter fewer illnesses. They’re hospitalized less.

All of this collectively makes taking these anti-aging miracles a cost-saving medical method that will not only save you money in the long term, but will lower the overall medical bills for society as a whole. That should count for a lot in this day and age when Medicare and Medicaid costs are out of control.

Also think about this: Most of us see our parents, grandparents, and other relatives who are in their seventies, eighties, and nineties languishing in nursing homes.

These are human warehouses, for the most part. The people out there exist on a steady diet of prescription drugs and have got little or no hope about the future. These are some of the very people for whom these nutrients would provide the most dramatic new lease on life.

VITALITY SELF-EVALUATION

If you’re wondering whether you need to supplement your diet with these supplements, the following self-evaluation can help you determine your level of energy and vitality.

Exercise frequency (weekly) 0-1 2-4 5
Exercise intensity easy medium hard
Exercise duration (minutes) 10-15 15-30 30+
Feelings after exercise exhausted tired invigorated
Caffeine intake (weekly) cups of coffee/tea 4+ 2-3 0-1
caffeine sodas 4+ 2-3 0-1
Energy level generally low medium high
Energy slumps(especially after lunch) frequently sometimes never
Alert on awakening never sometimes often
Sugar cravings frequently sometimes never
Ability to cope with stress low medium high
Clarity of mind low medium high
Consistency of energy erratic medium good

List of natural hgh releasers and “The HGH Plan nutrients” (anti aging nutrients)

HGH RELEASERS

The essential part of the Growth Hormone Increasing Program is the usage of GH releasers or stimulators, chemicals that stimulates the production of growth hormone from the pituitary. With such agonists(or stimulators), you are able to stimulate your pituitary for secreting more GH, which you may then boost to full potential with the Growth Hormone Enhancement Program, dietary adjustment as well as GH-releasing exercises.

The latest scientific research says that aging pituitary cells also secrete as much Hgh as a person in his 20s, when they are properly stimulated to do so.

Here we are discussing the natural substances that have been proven to raise the levels of GH and IGF-1, as well as a number of new products which have been uniquely formulated with the aim of elevating GH level. Most of these can be obtained from your nearby local health store as well as from online vendors.

Ornithine

Ornithine – a non-essential amino acid, by non-essential it means that our body can synthesize it from other food sources. Ornithine can be produced from arginine and is also quite similar in structure.

Dosage

2 to 5 grams at bedtime.

Side effects

If you have taken high dosage of arginine ( approximately 170 mg per Kg), it can probably cause runny, watery diarrhea.

Arginine

Arginine causes stimulation of GH simply by preventing the release of the growth-hormone inhibitor somatostatin. Furthermore, it significantly improves the effect of growth hormone-releasing hormone if they are provided together.

Dosage

2 to 5 grams with empty stomach 1 hour prior to exercise and prior to sleeping.

Side effects

The dosage necessary to significantly stimulate GH can result in stomach trouble and also nausea or vomiting on an empty stomach, which unfortunately is the way it must be consumed. This could be reduced or even removed simply by starting with a low dose of 1 gram and increasing gradually.

Pycnogenol Plus L-arginine

Great sex requires a strong erection: which relies on the relaxation of the cavernous smooth muscle and dilation of blood vessels, which are triggered by the chemical nitric oxide (NO). Pycnogenol, a natural plant extract from the bark of the maritime pine tree, increases the production of your own nitric oxide.

When Pycnogenol is combined with L-arginine: the supplement formed has been shown to produce a significant improvement in sexual function in men with erectile dysfunction, without any side effects. The best dose is 40 milligrams of Pycnogenol„ two times a day, and 2 grams of L-arginine once a day. I have personally used this combination of supplements and can attest to its effectiveness for men with or without erectile dysfunction.

Niacin

Niacin is a potent GH-releaser. A couple of clinical tests demonstrate that 200 milligrams of niacin provided intravenously elevated GH levels eight-fold with the GH peak manifesting a couple of hours following the administration. It did not stimulate GH in people who were one and a half to twice their ideal weight, which is not surprising since obesity blocks GH release . Pearson and Shaw state that a 200-milligram dose of niacin “will cause a mild GH release – about the same as a non-exercising teenager.”

Dosage

200 milligrams to 1 gram

Side effects

Niacin can cause a harmless, though initially scary, reaction known as flushing, when the skin turns red, feels very hot, and may itch or tingle. This can happen in doses as low as 100 milligrams taken on an empty stomach and is caused by dilation of the arteries and a release of histamine. The reaction is harmless, generally subsiding within twenty minutes.

To minimize flushing, start with small doses and slowly build to 1 gram. Tolerance to flushing usually develops within one week. If niacin is used alone as a GH-releaser, taking it with food will also minimize flushing.

If using it in a stack with arginine, take it on an empty stomach at bedtime. You may be asleep by the time the flushing occurs. If not, lie back and enjoy it! The niacin flush is basically the same as the “sex flush” documented by Masters and Johnson that occurs with histamine release during orgasm.

Glutamine

Glutamine is one of the most abundant amino acid in your body. This is a conditionally essential amino acid, that means our bodies might not be capable of synthesizing all it requires if it is under physical stress.

Effects on GH

Glutamine stands out as the most recent amino acid to be treated as a GH-releaser. One research revealed that a very small oral dose of around 2 grams of glutamine elevated the growth hormone levels even more than 4 times above those of the placebo. Much more interesting, age didn’t reduce the effect.

Dosage

2 grams Bed time.

Side effects

If you go with the suggested dosages there are virtually no side or adverse effect and is also low in toxicity.

Tryptophan

Tryptophan is an important amino acid which is a precursor(precedes) to serotonin- the neurotransmitter which helps to bring about sleep.

Gaba

GABA, an HGH releaser influences the brain environment in a productive fashion to stimulate the production and release of growth hormone.

Effect on GH

All the five studies or researches reported that there is a small rise in the growth hormone level with doses of about 5 grams.

In one research, an injection into vein a solution of about 5 to 7 grams during the period of fifteen minutes induced reasonable increase of serum GH between thirty to ninety minutes after administration.

In the studies, approximately fifty percent of the subjects responded and rest all became sleepy. Tryptophan is actually transformed to serotonin, which in turn raises growth hormone during sleep.

Dosage:

500 mg to 2 grams at bed time.

Side effects:

Sleepiness, throbbing headache, nose blockage, bowel problems. Must not be used before driving.

The HGH Plan NUTRIENTS

I have identified the following vital nutrients that are the keys to metabolic efficiency and will help in regaining the vigor and vitality.

Some of these nutrients are required for the efficient production of energy in the body. When they are present at optimal levels: the body produces all the energy you need to work, play, and enjoy life. The nutrients needed to fuel the energy cycle are:

1- ALPHA-KETOGLUTARIC ACID (AKG) – Though the name suggests something which can be found in the lab of a chemist, AKG is actually a very essential nutrient which is found to be present in every human body.

AKG is considered to be an important constituent of the energy producing cycle and therefore its levels also help decide the metabolic efficiency in a human body.

During a routine study with volunteers it was found that AKG supplementation developed in increasing oxygen delivery and even improved a human being’s tolerance during exercise. AKG is required to get the optimum metabolism of fats (hence it also helps in weight loss), carbohydrates and proteins. Its recommended dosage is 200 to 400 mg every day.

2- Comprehensive Multivitamin and Mineral Supplement

Every human being requires a complete multivitamin and mineral supplement on a daily basis. Daily dosage of multivitamin minerals will help increase the micronutrient profiles upto 35%.

While purchasing multivitamin minerals, you must ensure that there is a minimum of at least 100% of all the Recommended Dietary Allowance or RDA such as B1 (Thiamin), B2 (Riboflavin), B3 (Niacin), Vitamin B6, Vitamin B12, Vitamin E and folic acid. You will also require having 2000 milligrams Vitamin C, about 400 mg Vitamin E, about 100 milligrams magnesium.

Your complete multivitamin must contain a minimum of about 20 micrograms Vitamin K along with other minerals such as Copper, Zinc and Selenium (15 mg). In case you are on a blood thinner (like Coumadin or Warfarin Sodium), it is best advised to discuss with your doctor and find out the requirement of Vitamin K that you can consume under such circumstances.

It is advised to read and go through the labels of your medicines very carefully which will provide you with the exact quantity of Vitamin A that you must consume.

Excess intake of Vitamin A will lead to bone loss and toxicity. Patients can also avoid toxicity caused due to Vitamin A by consuming Beta-Carotene, whereby your body automatically changes to Vitamin A.

A good multi vitamin product I like is from a company Fushi called Fushi Multi Essentials Vitamin Complex.

Fushi offers 100 per cent natural and suitable products for vegetarians. They have no pesticides, harmful detergents or chemicals and are sustainably and fairly sourced, employing organic ingredients wherever possible. You may read below why is that important!

Their supplements also do not have any bulking, binding agents and fillers and are made from pure herb extract and nothing else.

3- VITAMIN B6 – This is a key metabolic nutrient vitamin. Vitamin B6 is required for both anaerobic and aerobic energy creation.

Vitamin B6 is also considered to be a building bar for various bio chemicals which even includes the enzyme that is required for the production of DHEA and it also plays a very important role in the metabolism of carbohydrates.

This is the type of vitamin having nutrients which are very likely to get destroyed through high heat cooking or food processing. The mixture of Vitamin B and AKG has proved to reduce the amassing of lactic acid in working muscles.

As we all know that lactic acid also contributes to muscle soreness which causes a lot of people stop their exercise regime for a temporary period. Hence, controlling the level of all these nutrients will help our exercise enjoyable and easy. Dosage request is 15 to 20 mg every day.

It is recommended that you use nutritional supplements found in nature rather than synthetic drugs to stimulate growth hormone release. But there are a number of prescription drugs that can enhance the growth hormone response. These are drugs that thousands of people have used for many years for anti-aging purposes without any serious side effects.

While these are all FDA-approved drugs whose safety and reliability has been confirmed in hundreds of thousands of patients, none of them has been approved for the purpose of raising GH levels.

And because prescription drugs are usually synthetic and not found in nature like the nutrients listed above, they tend to have more side effects and more serious ones. But let’s discuss them here for several reasons.

First, some of them are quite effective in raising GH levels. Second, you may have read about their use elsewhere. Last, but not least, we believe that you should know what all your options are and make up your own mind based on the best available information. The goal is to stimulate replacement levels, not superphysiologic levels, of growth hormone.

Remember, none of this should be tried without close monitoring by a physician specializing in anti-aging medicine. It is imperative that you read carefully the dosage levels, side effects, cautions, and risks associated with their use.

FOUR GH-RELEASING ANTI-AGING DRUGS

The following four drugs have long been used worldwide for life extension purposes. Recent studies have shown that all four significantly raise growth hormone levels in people, and in some cases restore the release of GH in elderly people back to youthful values. At the low dosages in which they are used for GH stimulation and anti-aging, no serious side effects are associated with their use. And while there are risks involved in chronic use even chronic use of low-dose aspirin can be injurious to health – the benefits in terms of GH release appear to outweigh the risks.

L-dopa or Levadopa (Sinemet: The Longevity Awakener)

This is actually an amino acid that occurs naturally in the human body. It is available only by prescription for use in Parkinson’s disease. The metabolic precursor of dopamine, is converted in the brain to dopamine

Effects on GH

L-dopa is one of the most effective GH-stimulators in both animals and humans. A 1976 National Institute on Aging study by Joseph Meites, one of the most distinguished researchers in hormones and aging, found that .5 gram of the drug per day increased the GH output of men over sixty who did not have Parkinson’s to levels approaching that of young adults! And there were no adverse effects at this dosage.

How it works

L-dopa is a precursor of dopamine, one of the important neurotransmitters in regulation of growth hormone. Drugs that raise the levels of dopamine in the brain are among the most powerful stimulants of GH release. It is also a building block for the transmitters norepinephrine and epinephrine, which have all been shown to increase GH secretion.

Anti-aging benefits

L-dopa attained cinematic fame in Awakenings as the drug that jolted patients out of their fifty-year trance caused by a form of sleeping sickness. It may also serve to awaken although not as dramatically older people from the lethargy of aging. A number of studies in animals reveal that L-dopa has remarkable anti-aging and life-extending effects. In a classic longevity study, Dr. George Cotzias, the developer of L-dopa for Parkinson’s disease, fed three groups of mice varying amounts of L-dopa one milligram, 20 milligrams, and 40 milligrams, respectively, per gram of diet. A control group had no L-dopa in their diet. The group on the highest dosage 40 milligrams lived the longest, with almost twice the number of animals in this group still alive at 18 months compared with the untreated controls (73 percent versus 39 percent).

L-dopa helps restore the sensitivity of hypothalamus to feedback from the hormonal signals from the rest of the body, which is impaired with age. This in turn improves the homeostasis of the body. Since lack of responsiveness to hormonal signals could be involved in the decreased secretion of GH with age, the use of L-dopa may reverse this communication breakdown.

Some people who have used L-dopa as a GH-releaser and for life extension purposes claim that it is a great sexual stimulant, another well-known effect of GH.

Clinical usage

In low doses, far under those used for Parkinson’s patients, L-dopa is effective in raising GH levels without side effects. Since it works through a different mechanism from arginine and ornithine, it may be a useful addition to amino acid stacks.

Dosage

125 to 500 milligrams at bedtime as directed by a physician; best taken as carbidopa (sinemet).

Side effects

This is a serious prescription drug that must be used with medical supervision. Side effects mostly seen at doses higher than 500 milligrams include dizziness, nausea, vomiting, involuntary body movements, orthostatic hypotension, high blood pressure, arrhythmia, confusion, psychosis, depression, and gastrointestinal bleeding.

Cautions

Greater adverse effects with pure forms (not carbidopa) or at high doses.

Hydergine

Hydergine is an ergot derivative closely related to bromocriptine, hydergine is prescribed for age-related decline in mental capacity, Alzheimer’s, and other dementing conditions.

Effects on GH

Hydergine is one of the few GH-releasers that has actually been shown in clinical testing to be active in elderly people.

How it works

It is believed to work through its stimulation of dopamine, but it also affects noradrenalin, another neurotransmitter that stimulates GH. The drug is actually a mixture of ergot derivatives, one of which, dihydroergocornine, is one of the strongest GH-releasers of the various ergots.

Anti-aging benefits

Hydergine gained wide popularity after Pearson and Shaw touted it in their book as a “smart” drug. According to them, it helps prevent or correct aging in the brain by increasing protein synthesis in the brain, which is required for memory; stabilizing brain EEG energies under conditions of low oxygen supply; slowing the rate at which the age pigment lipofuscin accumulates in the brain; improving memory and learning; and stimulating the growth of neurites (nerve-cell connections required for forming new memories, which are lost with age).

People who have used it for anti-aging purposes report that it increased feelings of well-being, energy levels, and fat loss. Considering that almost all these changes are similar to the ones seen with GH replacement, it is likely that many of the effects attributed to hydergine are due, at least in part, to the restoration of youthful growth hormone levels in later life.

Clinical usage

This is a “best bet” for prescription drugs used to stimulate growth hormone. It is extremely safe and has been used on a daily basis for decades by older people in Europe to preserve brain function and increase energy levels. Hydergine, like L-dopa, seems to have significant effects for several months, although there are no long-term studies on people to see if the effect is sustained for a longer period of time.

Dosage

One milligram 3 times a day for memory enhancement. Six milligrams found effective for GH release. Can increase up to 12 milligrams as directed by a physician.

Side effects

Rare, but may include nausea, drowsiness, slow heart rate, rash. Can potentiate the effect of caffeine, causing headache and insomnia. Build up dosage level slowly.

Clonidine

Clonidine (Catapres) is a blood pressure-lowering drug that is also used for many diverse conditions, including Tourette’s syndrome, migraines, ulcerative colitis, painful or difficult menstruation, and hot flashes from menopause, and to promote growth in children whose growth is delayed.

Effects on GH

In animal and human studies of the acute response to clonidine, it effectively stimulates GH secretion. When the Italian scientists gave injections of clonidine to old beagle dogs along with growth hormone-releasing hormone (GHRH), the GH peaks were more frequent and higher than with GHRH alone. And this response was only slightly reduced in old dogs compared with young adult ones.

The Florida scientists also note that in animal studies chronic use of clonidine raised pulsatile GH levels. Two groups reported increased pulsatile GH secretion in rats. And the University of Milan scientists found that in old dogs, fourteen days of clonidine administration increased the frequency and amplitude of the spontaneous growth hormone bursts as well as the overall GH secretion. In fact, the secretory patterns of growth hormone, say the researchers, was indistinguishable from that of untreated young dogs. In other words, clonidine completely reversed the loss of GH release that occurs with age!

Anti-aging benefits

It appears to have some potential as a “smart” drug. In one study it improved the mental function of some alcoholics with Korsakoff’s psychosis, alcohol-induced brain damage; patients had better recall, were mofe alert, and had improved learning ability.

Clinical usage

Clonidine works to lower blood pressure by another route, stimulating a set of nerve endings called alpha-adrenergic blockers. While its effectiveness in raising GH has not yet been established in clinical studies, the Milan studies in animals show that it may have the potential for reversing the loss of GH pulsatility with age.

Dosage

0.1 to 2.4 milligrams as directed by physician.

Side effects

In dosages that are in the clinical range, it is safe and well tolerated. Most common side effects are dry mouth, drowsiness, and sedation. Other common side effects include constipation, dizziness, headache, and fatigue. Less frequently reported are orthostatic hypotension (low blood pressure upon standing), loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, weight gain, pain or swelling of glands in the throat, breast pain or swelling, arrhythmia, rapid heart rate, EKG changes, painful blood vessel spasm, diminished libido, elevated blood sugar, and general feelings of ill health.

Cautions

It can not be taken with a beta blocker as the combination has caused blood pressure to rise in some people. Abrupt withdrawal from clonidine may cause rebound high blood pressure.

Dilantin

Dilantin is an anticonvulsant drug, related to barbiturates, used to prevent seizures in epileptics.

Effects on GH

The studies on Dilantin show varied results from no change to a significant elevation of growth hormone. A 1984 Italian study showed that Dilantin probably affects the hypothalamus-pituitary regulation of growth hormone. In this study five epileptic patients had a higher growth hormone response to L-dopa after one month of treatment with Dilantin.

In the most interesting study from the point of view of using Dilantin as a GH-releaser, a group of New Zealand researchers gave six healthy subjects 500 milligrams of the drug at night and then had them exercise on a stationary bicycle at 100 watts for forty minutes the following morning. The researchers also measured the GH levels of the same subjects doing the same exercise at the same intensity without Dilantin. Both times, their growth hormone concentrations rose at the end of the exercise, but after Dilantin, the peak was considerably higher. The study also found that Dilantin plus exercise caused an increase in free fatty acids and glycerol, which suggests, say the investigators, that Dilantin increases lipolysis, or the destruction of fat cells.

Clinical usage

Side effects do not appear to be a problem in the very low dosages used for increasing intelligence, altering mood, or anti-aging purposes. It may be particularly helpful as a GH-releaser before exercising.

Dosage

50 to 400 milligrams a half hour to one hour before exercise as directed by physician.

Side effects

Although Dilantin appears to be safe at low dosages, it is still a drug and should be used with caution. The drug is usually well tolerated, and the Dreyfus Medical Reasearch Foundation reports that the few side effects associated with this drug are reversed when the drug is stopped. The following side effects have been reported in the Physician’s Desk Reference: unusual growth of gums, nystagmus (uncontrolled eye movement), uncontrolled twitching, double vision, headaches, dizziness, insomnia, nervousness, confusion, slurred speech, fatigue, depression, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, constipation, fever, rashes, hair loss, weight gain, joint pain, elevated blood sugar, coarsening of facial features, lip enlargement, hirsutism, Peyronie’s disease, liver damage, blood disorders.

Ornithine – a non-essential amino acid, by non-essential it means that our body can synthesize it from other food sources. Ornithine can be produced from arginine and is also quite similar in structure.

Influences on GH

As per Pearson and Shaw, on the per gram basis, ornithine is approximately double the efficiency and price of arginine. These people report that 5 to 10 grams of L-arginine and 2.5 to 5 grams of ornithine taken on an empty stomach at night induce GH release. Research of ornithine have demostrated the same variation in individual responses as occurs with arginine.

Anti-aging advantages

Ornithine possesses much of the qualities of arginine, however it has been proven to regrow the liver in animals.

Medical usage

It can be best used as a collection along with other amino acids such as arginine, lysine, or glutamine.

The combination of L-ornithine and Acetyl-LCarnitine (ALCAR) could possibly be the most effective option to naturally release Hgh. It’s so powerful that several cautions are to be taken into account that will be mentioned momentarily. Below is a short description of every component involved:

ALCAR is a nutrient produced in our body from the amino acids lysine along with methionine. Clinical tests reveals that ALCAR may possibly delay cognitive drop as well as enhance overall cognitive performance in the elderly. It can furthermore delay the oncoming of Alzheimer’s disease.

L-ornithine is definitely an amino acid which by itself is approximately two times as powerful for releasing Hgh as L-arginine. Consumed collectively in just the proper amounts at the correct time this combination of ALCAR and L-ornithine naturally raises Hgh in your body. The Ornithine eliminates somatropin (a HGH inhibitor) while the ALCAR boosts the energy capacity of cells in your brain. Simple fact is that combination of these two working releases human growth hormone.

Dosage

2 to 5 grams at bedtime.

Side effects

If you have taken high dosage of arginine ( approximately 170 mg per Kg), it can probably cause runny, watery diarrhea.

An essential amino acid, which means that our bodies are unable to produce this amino acid by itself but must obtain it from the foods we all eat.

Effects on GH

No doubt that arginine leads to the release of growth hormone. A 15- to 30-gram intravenous(injecting into viens) solution in water of arginine can be used as a regular endocrinological test to stimulate the pituitary to release growth hormone. Dirk Pearson and Sandy Shaw suggested arginine as well as ornithine as GH-releasers in their very first book, Life Extension: A Practical Scientific Approach, making these amino acids into best-selling nutrients. Shaw took 10 grams of arginine per day before eating anything as the GH-releaser to speed up healing after breaking her foot. About forty-five minutes to one hour right after consuming arginine, the lady did about three minutes of bench presses while lying down on her back. With this regime, she shed twenty five pounds of body fat and put on five pounds of muscle in about six weeks.

Numerous clinical studies on different dosages of arginine and arginine in combination with lysine have demonstrated extensively varying results on growth hormone from simply no effect to a significant synergistic rise in GH. In one research by Mathieni in 1980, even200 mg was in fact sufficient to bring about a substantial increase in GH discharge.

It continues functioning even in the old age. A survey at the University of Turin, Italy, revealed that despite the fact that people in their 70’s experienced lower effect as compared to both children and young adults to arginine, the nutrient even now raised their level of GH in their blood to triple the normal for their age group!

Arginine also helps to enhance exercise efficiency, because it’s one of the primary ingredients, along with glycine, which the liver utilizes to produce creatine. Dietary supplements of creatine monohydrate are extremely hot today in the body building community simply because they enhance the level of high-energy creatine phosphates inside the muscle and nerve cells essential for high-intensity, short-duration workouts. So along with arginine you obtain much more return for your money- greater growth hormone levels and also the raw materials to your cellular batteries.

How it works

Arginine causes stimulation of GH simply by preventing the release of the growth-hormone inhibitor somatostatin. Furthermore, it significantly improves the effect of growth hormone-releasing hormone if they are provided together.

Anti-aging benefits

Positive remarks for arginine involves increase in fat burning and building muscle tissues possibly through the release of growth hormone, increasing the weight as well as activity of the thymus gland, improving immunity, combating cancer, supporting healing of burns as well as other wounds, safeguarding the liver and also detoxing harmful materials, and boosting male potency (vast majority of which are improved upon by GH). Furthermore, it restores sexual purpose in impotent males. The researchers think that arginine works because it is just a precursor of nitric oxide supplement, that performs a vital function in triggering and maintaining an erection.

Studies have shown that arginine possesses the benefit of inducing the secretion of growth hormone. A 15-to 30-gram intravenous infusion (injecting directly into the viens) of arginine can be used as a common endocrinological check to stimulate the pituitary to release growth hormone.

Beneficial study on arginine regarding raising Human growth hormone consist of improving fat loss and building muscle tissues possibly with the stimulation of growth hormone, enhancing the weight and actions of the thymus gland, improving immunity, combating cancer, encouraging healing of burns as well as other wounds, safeguarding the liver and detoxing harmful materials, as well as boosting male fertility (the vast majority of which are improved by GH).

Clinical usage

Arginine health supplements needs to be efficient in increasing growth hormone levels, particularly in people below fifty. You can even take it as a stack (muscle builder’s lingo for blend of drugs or nutrients) along with other amino acids, for instance ornithine, lysine, and glutamine.

Dosage

2 to 5 grams with empty stomach 1 hour prior to exercise and prior to sleeping.

Side effects

The dosage necessary to significantly stimulate GH can result in stomach trouble and also nausea or vomiting on an empty stomach, which unfortunately is the way it must be consumed. This could be reduced or even removed simply by starting with a low dose of 1 gram and increasing gradually.