If you are a fan of sports, then you probably heard about HGH and its amazing benefits for women. However, did you know that HGH or Human Growth Hormone, as it names implies, is a hormone that is naturally produced by your own body? Also, there are several amazing benefits of HGH for women that you probably don’t know.
What is Human Growth Hormone and why the need?
The Human Growth Hormone plays a very important role in cell growth, regeneration, and human tissue maintenance that also includes various vital organs and the brain. It is produced by the pea-sized “master” endocrine gland hypophysis or commonly known as the pituitary gland. After the secretion of HGH, it remains active in for a few minutes in the bloodstream and allows just the right time for the liver to transform it into growth factors, particularly the IGF-1 or insulin-like growth factor. It contains the growth promoting properties for each cell in the body.
As we age, the amount of HGH produced by the pituitary gland dramatically decreases and the body suffers negative effects. The good thing is that there are many supplements that contain synthetic growth hormones available today to help provide your body the HGH supply it needs.
Below are some of the amazing benefits of HGH for women:
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1. Mood Booster and Better Cognitive Function
One of the best benefits of HGH for women is that it restores your psychological well being and improves your mood. In fact, there is a Lithuanian study that experimented with the concentration, mood and cognitive function of eighteen adult patients that are treated with human recombinant growth hormone. This study reveals that the adults who participated in the said experiment have a significant improvement of mood and increase in cognitive function prior to the six months therapy. The study also suggests administering or using growth hormone as an option to further improve mood and cognitive functioning in adults who have growth hormone deficiency.
2. Decreases the Risk of Obesity and Encourages Weight Loss
Individuals who suffer from growth hormone deficiency are an easy target for abdominal or visceral obesity and insulin resistance. Administering human growth hormone treatment to individuals lacking the right amount of needed growth hormone shows a positive result of treating obesity naturally.
The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism published a study that includes 30 individuals between the ages 48 and 66 who undergo a nine-month recombinant human growth hormone therapy. This study found out that, visceral and abdominal adipose tissues are significantly reduced. Also, insulin sensitivity improves along with the significant decrease in diastolic blood pressure.
Furthermore, HGH helps in weight loss. By pushing the liver to secrete IGF-1 it causes different metabolic effects. IGF-1 breaks down fat that is stored in the body in the form of triglycerides into energy. Sugars are then transferred to the cells from the bloodstream and the body preserves water, sodium, and phosphates.
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3. Helps regulate perimenopausal and menopausal symptoms
Irregular periods, hair loss, sleep disturbances, migraines, headaches, mood swings, dry skin, changes in body temperature, fluid retention and other symptoms of menopause is often caused by the irregular levels of hormones in the body. Doctors, often prescribe many types of pills for such symptoms but can somehow result to unwanted side effects. Additionally, medication only treats the symptoms but do not address the main problem. Human Growth Hormone significantly restores the normal balance of hormones and help manage the symptoms of menopause.
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4. Reduced Risk of Cardiovascular Disease
An individual’s risk of cardiovascular disease significantly increases when the body is lacking growth hormone. As you age, the amount of growth hormone produced by your body lowers while development or arterial plaque increases. Such factors significantly increase your risk for cardiovascular disease. In a 2004 study conducted by the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, it reveals that HGH injections can significantly reduce both levels of “bad” cholesterol and total cholesterol, which are the significant scores that are used to predict the risk of cardiovascular disease.
5. Stronger Bones and Better Fracture Healing
One of the most common benefits of HGH for Women is that it makes the bones sturdy and stronger. The growth hormone secreted by the pituitary gland is very important for bone growth regulation. HGH mainly stimulates the production of IGF-1 or insulin growth like factor. As human ages along with the significant decrease of growth hormone production, bone replacement is not made quickly and can cause weak bones. When an individual has the right amount of growth hormone and IGF-1, bone mass increases due to the stimulation of bone reabsorbing and bone reforming cells and in turn stronger bones.
Furthermore, because growth hormones are responsible for the metabolism of bones and regulating its minerals, it also helps in faster and better fracture healing. Administering growth hormone to patients with fracture bones gives a result of fast recovery since growth hormone speeds up bone regeneration that is the main key to bone healing.
6. Strengthens the Immune System
When your body produced the right amount of growth hormone levels, the immune system will be able to increase T-cells production which is our body’s infection fighters, stimulate macrophages production that helps fight bacteria, and manufactures new antibodies. Growth hormone also increases red blood cells’ production and speed up the white blood cells or neutrophils’ maturation.
7. Increase in Muscle Strength
Human growth hormone is known to improve a person’s physical capacity by stimulating synthesis of collagen in tendons and skeletal muscles, thus, an increase in muscle strength and improves performance during exercise.
In a study conducted by the International Journal of Endocrinology, 14 healthy individuals between the ages of 50 and 70 are split into two groups. Seven of them were treated with growth hormone while the rest are not administered with growth hormone. After six months of evaluation, there is a significant responsiveness of muscles on the group administered with growth hormone.
In general, the study concluded that there is an increase in muscle strength particularly in the lower body after the administration of human growth. It also improved body composition and thermoregulation, increased capacity during exercise and normalization of the muscle’s strength.
8. Improves Cell Regeneration
One important benefit of HGH for women is its ability to improve regeneration of cells. The human body goes through a process where cells of all tissue are broken down and then rebuilt. However, as you age, this process also becomes less effective and may result in visible signs of aging. The growth hormone is mainly responsible for key components of longevity, so when it is produced in low levels, the process of aging accelerates significantly. HGH therapy with adequate sleep, exercise, and proper diet can help overturn the signs of aging.
9. Enhanced Sexual Drive
Women usually achieve the peak of sexual drive in their late 30’s. By the time they reached the menopause phase, women tend to complain about dryness, stamina and low sexual drive. Human Growth Hormone helps lessen a large number of signs that are related to sexual dysfunction.
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How to Increase your HGH naturally
• Get more Zzzzzz’s
It is known that growth hormones can be secreted before sleep and continues to secrete heavily during the first hour of sleep. When you experience sleep deprivation, your production of growth hormone drastically decreases. Lacking sleep will alter the hypothalamus and pituitary secretion, therefore, altering the release time of growth hormone.
• High-Intensity Exercise
Well documented studies reveal that high-intensity exercise can increase HGH secretion naturally. An exercise for 10 minutes or more with intensity above the lactate threshold serves as a great stimulus to HGH secretion. Not only does it promotes positive training outcomes and physical health and well being, it also helps in producing the right amount of growth hormone needed by the body.
• Do not Eat a Lot before sleeping
The human body naturally releases a great amount of growth hormone during sleep and night time. Eating a lot can cause your insulin level to rise and in turn lower your HGH production. Many experts suggest that you should avoid eating heavy meals, particularly high protein or high carbs meals before bedtime.
• Vitamin C
Many studies revealed that vitamin C deficiency can significantly decrease the production of growth hormone and can increase your risk of heart disease. Consuming foods or supplements rich in vitamin C can help increase your growth hormone production.
• Avoid Anything That Can Potentially Harm Your Liver
As we now know, HGH pushes the liver to produce IGF-1 that helps in the cell production responsible for increasing energy, muscle mass, and weight loss. A person living with poor liver function, liver disease and more will never experience the benefits of HGH. So, if you are aiming to increase your HGH production, you should take care of your liver first.
Conclusion:
The Human Growth Hormone plays a very important role in our body. Many studies throughout the years already confirm its many significant benefits and amazing performances. Like any other key hormones produced by our body, optimal levels of growth hormone is a must and is very important for our well-being.
AUTHOR’S BIO:
Damian Campbell is a Co-Owner of HGH Vallarta Clinic, a Anti-Aging Clinic at Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. A Body-building & Fitness enthusiast, writer, blogger and super dad
great article, will share it to my wife