Bioidentical Hormone Resource Center

When it comes to the subjects of hormones and Hollywood, well there’s a lot to be said! At first you probably flash to a mental image of Suzanne Somers sitting on Oprah’s couch that Tom Cruise animatedly jumped on professing what seemed like a hormone induced confession of love for Katie Holmes!

But were talking about a specific hormone here today. One that seems to be replacing viagra and botox in the elite Hollywood circles. This hormone is called HGH-short for Human Growth Hormone. This is a hormone that is produced by the pituitary gland that promotes growth in the early stages of development. HGH also maintains our tissues and organs.

In the past, HGH made its debut in the world of sports, specifically baseball, where users were found to have an uncanny edge to their abilities. It was banned by Major League Baseball in 2005 mostly for financial reasons (MLB feared that fans would misinterpret its use in a negative way and assume all players were using it).

But it’s returned for its comeback role.  In the next issue of Vanity Fair the hormone and its use in Hollywood is further explored. A talent manager says “any actor over 50 you’re still seeing with a ripped stomach and veins in his forearms is probably taking HGH.”  It is further described as a “fountain of youth in a syringe.”

HGH users boast firmer skin, stronger libidos, better sleep, the elimination of gray hairs, and feel decades younger.

Hollywood supporters of HGH include: Nick Nolte, Suzanne Somers, Alana Stewart and Sylvester Stallone.

HGH is available by prescription for those that have a deficiency of the hormone.

If you are concerned you may be suffering from a decline in HGH, please contact one of our bioidentical hormone replacement therapy specialists at: www.bioidenticaldoctors.com.

Human Growth Hormone. It is a metabolic hormone with many benefits.  In Suzanne Somer’s book, Ageless, Dr. Michael Galitzer claims these positive benefits from human growth hormone:  Promotion of wound healing, improvement in vitality and energy, reduces body fat (Suzanne mentions that her son now has a six-pack abdomen since taking it), increases lean body mass, strengthens muscles, improves skin elasticity and sometimes reverses the graying of hair.

It is also a hormone that is considered brain food. The higher the levels the sharper the brain. Also, higher HGH levels support the immune system more efficiently and it also reverses atherosclerosis in the cartoid arteries. Other benefits are: the control of chronic inflammation, increases aerobic capacity, protects the bone, lowers blood pressure, improves memory, improves vision, is responsible for growth, improves ability to sleep and to handle stress.

Like all hormones, HGH lessens with age. However, it should only be used in hormone replacement therapy if there is a serious deficiency and should not be replaced if not necessary (hence the sudden media attention every time an otherwise healthy athlete is found to be injecting it).

If you believe you may be suffering from a deficiency of this profound hormone, get your levels checked, please visit our list of bioidentical hormone replacement therapy specialists who may be able to assist you at:  www.bioidenticaldoctors.com.

NEW YORK — The NFL players’ union proposed Thursday conducting a study of players that accurately reflects the natural level of HGH in their systems.

The union has claimed its players might have a higher natural level of human growth hormone than the general population, and it also has balked at testing procedures approved by the World Anti-Doping Agency WADA that the league has recommended.

Instead, the NFLPA is proposing “a comprehensive HGH testing program that begins with a population study” of players to establish a test standard “that accurately reflects the population of NFL players.”

“The players of the National Football League are unequivocally committed to ensuring that football is played by men who do not use performance-enhancing drugs,” the union said in a statement. “The health and safety of the players, maintaining the integrity of the game, and utilization of a fair system to ensure the integrity of the game are unquestioned priorities for the players.”

When the lockout ended last summer, the collective bargaining agreement included provisions for HGH testing if the union approved the process. Instead, the NFLPA has asked for more information, which it says it has not received.

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WASHINGTON — Two key congressman emerged from an hour-long meeting with the NFL and players union and announced a deal to begin blood-testing players for human growth hormone. Minutes later, union officials would commit only to testing when a fair and safe system is in place — what they’ve been saying all along.

After Friday’s high-profile mix of sports and politics, HGH testing in pro football didn’t seem closer to reality.”We’re not guaranteeing any outcomes except there was an agreement to begin testing immediately,” Rep. Darrell Issa, a California Republican and chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, told reporters after the meeting.

“The other aspects of what you do with the tests will be resolved over the next many weeks, and we’ve agreed on a bipartisan basis to have the committee play a role if necessary” to bring the sides together again.”

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HGH may become to football what steroids became to the baseball world. So last week HGH made headlines as the NFL ratified a contract allowing the sports league to test players for the human growth hormone for fear of the performance enhancing substance becoming rampant. The NFL may wind up being the leader in a controversial area in the sports world as it will become the first pro sports league in the U.S. to test for the substance with union consent. However, let’s be clear that HGH is extremely hard to test for and this idea is clearly in its infancy stage. Experts have always been suspicious that players use the hormone but HGH reduces to half every 20 to 30 minutes making it unlikely to detect unless done with extreme frequency. And no footballer is going to want to be used as a pin cushion. But what the contract mentioned above will set out to do is to blood test footballers once a year for the performance enhancer and during a season a player can be tested any number of times. On off seasons they can be tested up to six times.

Reporters state that HGH is even used regularly by American high school football players and has been in practice for a long time. Its evidence is revealed by the players enhanced endurance and explicit muscle mass. Because of the obvious advantages that players in the NFL who were under suspicion were showing such as unaccounted for increase in speed and pumped up bodies, eyebrows were raised by those that were not using the hormone as they were clearly at an unfair disadvantage.

These days HGH is used by everyday people as an energy booster and muscle builder. It is used by non athletes to increase bone density, exercise capacity and to decrease body fat. It is also FDA pre-approved for AIDS and HIV patients for muscle wasting. Among others who may be in need of its properties are people with growth problems, and the aging. Some other benefits are: Increased immune system function, lower blood pressure, improved sexual libido and performance, improved cardiac and cholesterol function, reverses aging changes in skin and promotes thicker hair growth, improves mood and sleep patterns, reduces the risk of developing type II adult-onset diabetes, and may be helpful in treating Chrohn’s disease.

If you think you may benefit from the use of HGH please consult with any one of our specialists at www.bioidenticalhormonedoctors.org. Our list of preferred specialists will offer their expertise in prescibing what is right for you if you are indeed a candidate.