Risks associated with low Human Growth Hormone for Men and Women
Dr. Larry Sosna N.D. PhD HHP
Men and women who suffer from low human growth hormone (HGH) can have extremely severe symptoms.
Please understand that the pituitary gland is called the master gland of the entire Endocrine System…that essentially means the pituitary is responsible one way or another for how all the hormones are produced and how they function.
The human body has a communication system called homeostasis which is designed to keep all structures and functions within the human body at a so called normal range. Average normal temperature is 98.6 and blood pressure is well functioning at 120/80. There is according to the laws of homeostasis a normal for virtually everything in the human body.
There is a key involved in all this homeostasis. Obviously my toe is not as important as my heart or brain so in moments of stress ones tow may forego for a few minutes some blood flow while the heart is instructed to beat somewhere between 60 and 98 beats per min.
The key most important key in homeostasis is called the Adrenal, Hypothalamic, Pituitary Axis.
Many scientists will argue this is the control panel for the entire human body just the way an advanced jet plane has a sophisticated control panel and if it does not work correctly we might not safely get back to the ground.
Think of all this as you’re potential for superb excellent health as scientists have learned much about helping out the human control panel to work and function in a greatly improved manner.
Conversely, if the anterior pituitary is not making enough (HGH) human growth hormone a massive aspect of the human control panel is malfunctioning.
We know this by a set of symptoms and by seeing a blood count of IGF-1 too low.
Sometimes, symptoms are very pronounced but IGF-1 levels seem ok….Research doctors in the field virtually always agree that vast symptoms trump a number on a test.
HGH is so important it takes up one half of the entire pituitary gland and in that half the anterior section HGH and only HGH is made. Established high level of Importance.
Functions:
Proper levels of HGH allow for all cell repair and regeneration.
It does this by activating and instructing each type of tissue like heart tissue
Or lung tissue or skin tissue to find the tissue growth factor in each type of tissue
And HGH tells all of those super important tissue growth factors to get ready and gear up to repair and regenerate.
When we get older HGH falls and once it falls too low and that can even happen to a 35 year old
If they have had way too much stress and illness in life.
So it is a great THREAT to the body not to able to complete tissue repair and regeneration.
In time scientists know that can lead to smaller organs and age related diseases of all kinds.
There are special symptoms and threats from Low HGH that apply to Women:
Women are very special in that they can carry on and bring forth new children. To be capable of doing such a daunting task nature gave women under her skin 2 layers of fat tissue. Fat is a living tissue. Nature gave women this extra layer that men do not have to preserve our species the human family…for in times when food is scarce and a woman is with child she may have to give up the entire second layer which surrounds the entire body just to give the baby a chance of living.
When women become low in HGH they are usually at an age when their other hormones are getting too low as well. Low HGH in women causes the second layer of fat to thicken and that is not good for the cardiovascular system, blood pressure and can even start the beginning of what is known as fatty liver disease.
Unfortunately, women lose progesterone 12 years before she starts to lose estrogen. A women losing both progesterone, and is say 40 and also losing estrogen is in all likelihood low in HGH and when proven so she is at much greater risk from cardiac issues then a man.
After menopause it has been well documented that women are at a higher rate for both heart attacks and strokes, one of the reasons why is low HGH which is highly protective of the heart and brain when HGH is optimized to more youthful levels by the addition of HGH therapy. One can avail themselves of much greater cardiovascular protection.
It may sound like a small thing but low HGH in women can be responsible for thinning hair, dry hair and dry skin. Also with low HGH women cannot grow longer nails….again to most women that is not a joke or a small matter.
Originally women in the course of life made a bit more HGH from their pituitary gland but even perimenopause will create a homeostatic signal to make less HGH and thus women start to lose collagen and elastin so needed for healthy arteries as well as joint function.
Another aspect, is when women have low HGH, there is a decline in L-Dopamine. This neurotransmitter is vital for the pleasure response, including the ability to enjoy sexual activity. Why? Because L-Dopamine levels need to be high enough to make Oxytocin, which most definitely is needed for mood elevation and sexual desire.
Low HGH in women means they are subject to early bone loss as it is HGH that creates new bone cells, osteoporosis is a terrible burden, it is very painful and once it starts the only thing that can change it course fully is to restore HGH levels, back to a more youthful level. When it is has gone too far and HGH has been too low for too long that is when women get that hump curved shape to the upper spine. Women this is 100% avoidable with restored youthful levels of HGH but one must start at the correct time.
Women, who start just before perimenopause say at age 36, are so different looking than their counterparts who have not done this. They have wonderful muscle tonality, their skin looks youthful, and there is an undefinable ineffable golden glow that shows in their face…after all these years I can almost always spot women who took action and availed herself of HGH before premature aging.