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Note: HGH cannot be prescribed for anti-aging, athletic performance enhancement, or body building. What are hormones? Hormone, secretory substance carried from one gland or organ of the body via the bloodstream to more or less specific tissues, where it exerts some influence upon the metabolism of the target tissue. Normally, various hormones are produced and secreted by the endocrine glands (see endocrine system), including the pituitary, thyroid, parathyroids, adrenals, ovaries, testes, pancreatic islets, certain portions of the gastrointestinal tract, and the placenta, among the mammalian species. As lack of any one of them may cause serious disorders, many hormones are now produced synthetically and used in treatment where a deficiency exists. The hormones of the anterior pituitary include thyrotropin, adrenocorticotropic hormone, the gonadotropic hormones, and growth hormone; the posterior pituitary secretes antidiuretic hormone, prolactin, and oxytocin. The thyroids secrete thyroxine and calcitonin, and the parathyroids secrete parathyroid hormone. The adrenal medulla secretes epinephrine and norepinephrine while the cortex of the same gland releases aldosterone, corticosterone, cortisol, and cortisone. The ovaries primarily secrete estrogen and progesterone and the testes testosterone. The adrenal cortex, ovaries, and testes in fact produce at least small amounts of all of the steroid hormones. The islets of Langerhans in the pancreas secrete insulin, glucagon, and somatostatin. The kidneys also produce erythropoietin, which produces erythrocytes (red blood cells). The passage of chyme (see digestive system) from the stomach to the duodenum causes the latter to release secretin, which stimulates the flow of pancreatic juice. The duodenum can also be stimulated by the presence of fats in the chyme to secrete cholecystokinin, a hormone that stimulates the gall bladder to contract and release bile. There is evidence that the upper intestine secretes pancreatozymin, which enhances the amount of digestive enzymes in the pancreatic juice. In addition, the pyloric region of the stomach secretes gastrin, a hormone that increases the secretion of hydrochloric acid into the stomach. The placenta has been shown to secrete progesterone and chorionic gonadotropin. There is evidence that it even contains a substance similar to growth hormone. Insects have a unique hormonal system that includes ecdysone, a steroid that influences molting and metamorphosis, and juvenile hormone, needed for early development. Plants, too, have a hormonal system, which includes the auxins, the gibberellins, the cytokinins, and substances associated with the formation of flowers, tubers, bulbs, and buds. Ethylene is said to function as a hormone in plants, acting to hasten the ripening of fruits.
Growth Hormone levels? The hormone most often said to affect aging and promote anti-aging is growth hormone. Growth hormone plays a pivotal but ³intermediate² role in the anti- aging process. The lack of this hormone doesn¹t bring about aging, but rather, the hormone lies in the middle of the aging cascade. Giving supplemental growth hormone to the aging body will restore some lost muscle mass and redistribute fat within the body, however it will not affect many other common aging changes, such as hair loss.
Researchers had long noticed that growth hormone hits its peak when the body goes through the rapid growth phase during adolescence. Hence the hormone¹s name. Most growth hormone secretion takes place in brief bursts called pulses that occur during the early hours of the deepest sleep. Indeed the old adage that you grow while you sleep appears to have a basis in fact. Interestingly, growth hormone hangs around in the bloodstream for a very few minutes. However, this is long enough to stimulate its uptake into the liver, where it is converted into growth factors. Regulation of Growth Hormone is complex and comes under the control of many factors that regulate its release and function. Growth hormone declines with age in every animal species that has been tested to date. In humans, the amount of growth hormone after the age of twenty-one to thirty-one falls about 14 percent per decade, so that the total twenty-four-hour growth hormone production rate is reduced by half by the age of sixty.
Effects of Human Growth Hormone decline The decline in human growth hormone is directly tied to the bulging, wrinkling, saggy, flabby, draggy creatures that we all sooner or later start to see in the mirror. Those of us with naturally lower amounts of hormone age much faster and more visibly that those of us who by reason of genes or high exercise level maintain a higher level of secretion for a longer period of time. The loss of the hormone with age is similar to that seen with menopause. And it has been given a similar name, the somatopause.
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Is Growth Hormone Replacement for Normal Aging Safe?:
Analysis of Current Medical Literature Anti-Aging Therapeutics, volume 6, Chapter 3, 2004 American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine |
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