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Human
Growth Hormone Declines with Aging
The decline of growth hormone with
age is directly associated with many of the symptoms of aging, including
cardiovascular disease, increased body fat, osteoporosis, wrinkling,
gray hair, decreased energy, reduced sexual function and interest,
and other ageing archetypal symptoms. Many of these symptoms have
been found in younger adults who have growth hormone deficiency.
Research over the last 40 years confirms the decline of HGH as we
age in our adult years and the decline of HGH production accelerates
as we it is theorized we get older, therefore as we get older after
the age of 30 our bodies are not stimulating the regenerating new
healthy cells as fast as they are dying off, and as a net result,
aging seems to be the process of our bodies slowly dying faster
than it can replace itself at first and the dying process accelerates
as we continue age.
HGH
Levels in Life
HGH is produced at a rate that peaks during adolescence when accelerated
growth occurs. Growth hormone secretion decreases with age in every
animal species tested thus far. In humans, the amount of growth
hormone after age of 25 to 30 declines about 14% per decade (or
1% to 2% per year), so that total daily growth hormone production
is reduced dramatically with age. In numerical values, we produce
on a daily basis about 500 micrograms of growth hormone at age 20,
200 micrograms at age 40, and 25 micrograms at age 80.
Age 40+
At age 40 our growth hormone production is only 40% of what we produced
at age 20. The fall in IGF-1 levels with age is identical to the
decline of growth hormone.
Another research has shown that by the age of 40, our HGH production
is down to 50% of youthful levels. By the age of 55 it sinks to
20%, which is not much more than someone in their 80's can produce.
Human Growth Hormone
Decreases Significantly after the age of 35 to 45. Scientists do
not know the exact reason why persons over the age 35 to 45 tend
to incur such a significant decrease in HGH growth hormone secretion
from the pituitary gland, with the result causing symptoms of aging,
andropause ie human growth hormone deficiency.
Some medical research
has revealed that the aging pituitary somatotroph cells can still
secrete as much growth hormone as the young somatotrophs cells if
they are properly and adequately stimulated. As a result some researchers
have come up with several theories regarding aging resulting from
HGH related deficiency.
HGH Blockers
Increase with Age
HGH “Blockers” (called Somatostatin) increase with age
Some research scientists believe the problem lies with somatostatin
(HGH “blockers”), the natural inhibitor (blocker) of
HGH Human growth hormone. Somatostatin has been found to increase
in population within the body with age and may act to block the
pituitary’s release of HGH Human Growth Hormone. When researchers
eliminated somatostatin production in old rats, they found growth
hormone secretion as great as those of young rats. This might indicate
theoretically the Pituitary Gland has a life long ability to produce
any healthy level of HGH we might desire.
HGH Stimulators Decrease with Age
Growth Hormone
Releasing Hormone
A second theory is that the precursor hormone, growth hormone-releasing
hormone (GH-RH), which stimulates hgh human growth hormone release
by the pituitary gland, becomes less sensitive to signals from the
hypothalamus. Hence, insufficient GH-RH is released resulting in
a decrease of growth hormone secretions over time and age.
Decreased Ability
to Process HGH
The Body Requires More HGH as we Age or the Body loses its ability
to utilize HGH as we age
A third theory is that, not only does the growth hormone secreted
and available to receptors in our cells decrease with aging, but
that the cell receptors become more resistant and less responsive
to the human growth hormone. Under this theory, aging can be viewed
as a disease of growth hormone resistance within our cell receptors
similar to the way in which diabetes is a disease of insulin resistance
See: HGH Deficiency Test
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