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various types of hgh products
One of
the most common (and most misleading) methods of "hgh information
twisting" found on the internet and from salespeople, is using quotes from medical
research that was conducted using high dosage prescription hgh injections.
They use that information that was only proven to be true for the pure
injectable form, to try and get the public to believe that the product
they're selling has the same results. They even quote the exact words from
that research.
Legitimate
clinical research is exhaustive and expensive, and often hard to find
researchers for. But for whatever reason, there
just isn't major clinical research completed on any other hgh product.
So
all we're left with is anecdotal
evidence (testimonials)
that don't take placebos into consideration, may or may not be accurate,
or even true.
The
whole concept of "placebos" is often misunderstood. Many people
think of it as meaning to be "false" or "doesn't
work". But the reason real research includes a control group
who only takes a "placebo" or "sugar pill", is that
the power of the mind is so powerful, it can have nearly the same powerful
effects as a real drug itself. In other words, if you believe you are
taking a real drug that will have certain effects on you, your mind may
create those effects, with or without the real drug. That's why I also
have a site that offers hypnosis tapes & CDs - because it's one of the
most powerful ways to put the power of your own mind to work for you.
With that
in mind, I personally believe that some hgh products can be helpful,
use one myself (Beyond HGH), and am working on developing even more
powerful forms and doing legitimate clinical studies for it.
Even
if all someone can come up with about their product is legitimate
testimonials (anecdotal evidence), or the results are primarily the result of
the placebo effect, it shouldn't just be "dismissed" as worthless. But
it should be reviewed with a skeptical scientific mind - along with an
"open mind". Why? Many "testimonials" are just faked,
but some are real. That's why the word "evidence" is part of the
phrase "anecdotal evidence". If you have a closed mind though, you
won't be able to see the value of what someone is really experiencing, just
because it lacks clinical research.
I
remember an old saying by an MD, that went something like this: "What you
believe to be true, is true, within the realms to be found experientially".
That essentially means that if you are experiencing something, it is real to
you, thus it is real as far as your experience goes, regardless of
"clinical proof". Of course, when we develop new drugs to be approved
by the FDA, we must have far more strict standards of research, so we can see
how much the drug really works, as opposed to how much the placebo effect (power
of belief or the mind) is involved.
Remember,
the placebo effect doesn't mean that something does or doesn't work, or
that "it's all in your head". It shows just how powerful the
mind is. When the mind is combined with a truly effective drug or
supplement, then you have quite a powerful combo.
That
being said, there are
four basic types of HGH-type products, click to read more:
hgh injections:
The "tried and true" form of human growth hormone is a
prescription taken by injection. It was what most of the research was
conducted on, and has been around for decades.
Most major pharmaceutical companies make human growth hormone
for hgh injections. But it was originally developed for children with growing disorders that involved a lack of the
hormone, because their pituitary gland wasn't manufacturing as much as was
required. And it still is the primary reason for it's existence and
use.
Then
doctors started
studying the effects on health and aging. The research
was generally very impressive. But it wasn't going to be available to the
general public for quite some time. At least legally.
For a while, hgh injections were illegal in the
United States. If someone was intent on using it, they had to get it
illegally from some other country. Now, it is legal. But if you are
going to use hgh injections, you will need a prescription, or go to an
anti-aging specialist or clinic. Using it for "anti-aging" and
longevity purposes was essentially a "side-effect" discovery, and is
still in the realm of what is called "off label" usage.
Hgh injections are
usually given/taken on a
daily basis, or several times a week. Some doctors will want you to come into the office or a
clinic to get your injection every day. Others may prescribe
self-administration, and teach you how to do it yourself. It is very
similar to a diabetic giving themselves daily insulin injections, and in fact,
uses the same fine, tiny needles/syringes. The invention of
the hgh injection "pen" has made self administration less
complicated.
In the past, hgh injections were the only way you could absorb
human growth hormone. And it was VERY expensive. It can still cost
between 4 or 5 hundred to thousands a month, depending on where you buy it, and
if you have a clinic administer it and monitor your results.
hgh spray:
Now there are
claims that oral products can make HGH absorbable. That may or may not be true. I
know of no research yet that proves it, but I have seen strong anecdotal
evidence that suggests it. But it may have little or nothing to do with gh
itself, but other ingredients. I personally believe that the "Beyond HGH"
"hgh
human growth hormone" type spray I use, does work, and is more than a
placebo (the link above is to a trusted source, "Youth Hormone"). But
that is just my opinion, personal experience, and thus just "anecdotal
evidence". I have even given the company a testimonial as to my personal
experiences with it.
An ever growing popular way
of supplementing hgh at lower levels (more natural levels), is either through precursor
supplements, or oral sprays that may or may not be based on real synthesized human growth
hormone, or a molecularly modified form of HGH.
A great deal of confusion exists
here.
MOST SPRAYS/pills/powders, do NOT
even contain any form of hgh - or molecularly modified variations. But some
do.
The
regular human growth hormone molecule is so large, that it normally must be
injected. The question still remains, has anyone discovered a way to make hgh orally
absorbable? Or absorbable through the stomach? They are very close to
various alternatives such as those, for insulin. So gh may not be far behind.
Some
of the spray manufacturers who claim to use real human growth
hormone, just add some other substance to their mix, claiming it
makes it absorbable. This is highly questionable.
Even though there isn't
substantial clinical proof of this yet, like I said, after researching
VIRTUALLY EVERYTHING out there, I've chosen Beyond HGH for myself, and am very
happy with the results I appear to be getting. And I'm hoping to develop an
even better form of my own someday, or in conjunction with a major
pharmaceutical company, and do at least minor clinical trials or
tests to prove it's effective beyond the placebo percentages of success.
Some websites have claimed that
NO oral spray has real hgh in it. Well, that may be technically true,
but...
The
pharmaceutical or "generic" name of human growth hormone, is
Somatropin. However, if it has been molecularly bound to a "delivery
system" to make it orally absorbable, then technically, you could say
it isn't Somatropin anymore. But for all practical purposes, might it be? If
you take minced garlic and create a spaghetti sauce with it, while it
isn't technically "minced garlic" anymore, you are still getting
the minced garlic in your sauce, right?
Drug companies often
trademark a
"brand" of a drug, even though that's not the drugs "real",
or "generic" name. For instance, Valium®
is a registered trademark name for the drug diazepam. Somatropin is the actual
name of hgh human growth hormone. One of the big drug companies calls their
"brand" of hgh injectable, Nutropin®.
Another calls theirs "Humatrope®".
So
a spray with real hgh that has been molecularly modified, would be called
whatever they trademark it as. We'll have to wait and see.
hgh
spray "delivery systems":
While some sprays may also contain some real un-modified hgh, the human growth hormone can't make it
into your body orally, at least in my opinion and those of every doctor and
scientist I've spoken to. The pharmaceutical companies are working on
this, and there may be a breakthrough someday, but so far, it hasn't happened. Such
work is primarily being focused on for an alternative to insulin injections for
diabetics, but because of the molecular similarities to HGH, if they can make
insulin deliverable in a non injectable, they should be able to do the same for
GH.
Some brands of hgh spray contend that they use
alcohol or MSM as a delivery system. Expert consensus is that no amount of
alcohol, MSM or similar derivatives, will work as a carrier.
hgh
spray doses:
The doses of hgh in the spray I use are in nanograms - far less than
typical injection dosages.
Hgh
supplementation therapy dosage requirements will vary from person to
person. I believe you should use the lowest dosage that will work for you.
The best way to determine this, is by analysis of "before and after"
lab testing by your
doctor. You
should only be supplementing hgh, if you have an hgh deficiency (which
usually slowly begins to develop around age 30, and continues to get worse
as you grow older).
"Precursor"
& "Releaser" supplements:
These sprays, pills and powders claim to make your own body produce more of its own
hgh. If the product is legitimate and really works, it is
the most natural and safest way to go in my opinion. I like the idea of getting
your body to gently produce a little more, and getting your body back up to the
levels it had when you were younger, rather than giving it levels that are
higher than you had in your late teens or twenties -
as long as your body is "up to" producing
more. It is one of the reasons I like Beyond HGH.
Homeopathic
supplements:
Finally, there are
the "homeopathic" forms. We are
still looking into these, but again, they lack solid unbiased research, and
experts in the field I've discussed it with say it absolutely cannot be done because
of the
way homeopathy allegedly works - by giving you very minute dilutions of the
"hair of the dog that bit you". So I don't recommend these at
this time.
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