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HGH production is at it's highest during childhood,
peaks throughout the years of adolescence and then starts
to decline as we age starting after our 20's. This decline
activates the aging process.
It is responsible for determining a child's
height and controls the protein metabolism in adults.
If children have a deficiency of HGH their growth
and development will be delayed and if not corrected they
will not grow normally.
Every organ and system in the body is dependent
on HGH for proper growth, body function and development.

As we age the amount of HGH the pituitary gland releases into
the bloodstream is decreased, therefore, as we become older
the body has less and less HGH to use to maintain good health.
Even though HGH secretion declines with age,
the body still produces the same equal amounts of HGH as someone
in their 20's. The problem lies
in releasing the HGH from the aging pituitary glands.
HGH therapy cannot only slow down and delay
the aging process, it can even reverse many of the symptoms
of aging that have already occurred.
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At age 40, our HGH production is only 40% of
what it was at age 20.
By the age of 60-70 our bodies have access to
only 15% to 20% of the HGH that we used in our youth.
By ages 70 to 80 virtually everyone is deficient
in HGH, resulting in SDS,
or Somatotropin (growth hormone)
Deficiency Syndrome.
HGH is released in a pulsatile way into the
bloodstream at various times, mostly during sleep or following
strenuous physical activity.
Once in the bloodstream, HGH stays there briefly,
just long enough to stimulate its uptake into the liver where
it is quickly converted to a powerful growth-promoting metabolite
known as IGF-1 (Insulin-like Growth Factor-1). IGF-1 is the
primary youth-promoting factor of HGH.
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