Comments on: Can Growth Hormone Treatment Make Me Taller?

By: Pat

Pat — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 08:12:23 +0000

Can a healthy 19 year old male benefit from growth hormone treatment for increased height?

By: Dr. G. Pepper

Dr. G. Pepper — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 21:42:05 +0000

Hi Hank

Thanks for the thoughtful question. Arginine is an amino acid that can raise growth hormone. but to do so it has to be given intravenously. In fact, intravenous arginine is a standardized test to determine if children are growth hormone deficient. In 1981 a group from Italy showed that taken together oral arginine with oral lysine can cause growth hormone elevation. Whether the effect is strong enough to have a clinical effect, I don’t know. I agree that as we age nature strips us of the hormones and other factors that keep us strong and healthy. I’m with you about fighting that. The trick is to avoid the “dark side” of efforts to stimulate growth hormone and similar anabolic substances.

Gary Pepper, M.D.

By: hank frier

hank frier — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 12:08:16 +0000

Oops I see the answer below but would be interested in any nutritional supplements that might enhance secretion of GH.

Hank

By: hank frier

hank frier — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 12:06:32 +0000

This allows me to segue into the question on alot of older adults minds. Is it advisable to put older adults on a regime of HGH to perserve or increase muscle mass and decrease fat mass. As we age we lose lean body mass (sarcopenia) and the body composition changes demonstrating an increase in body fat. Also I heard certain amino acids such as arginine and glutamine can stimulate GH production naturally. What is the real scoop?

By: dowcipy

dowcipy — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:24:53 +0000

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