Evidence & method

Dosing GHRPs The saturation dose in most studies on the GHRPs (GHRP-6, GHRP-2, Ipamorelin & Hexarelin) is defined as either 100mcg or 1mcg/kg. What that means…

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I've tried to emphasize that Slow Wave Sleep (SW) and Growth Hormone (GH) are not merely positively correlated but are intricately bound together such that a…

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Partial explanation (Oct 21, 2009) "Cell-to-cell communication is also likely to reflect the density and proximity of adjacent cells as GH responsiveness (but not sensitivity) to…

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Growth Hormone Secretagogues In the 1980's three classes of compounds where studied to determine their effect on growth hormone release. These three compounds were: Growth Hormone…

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What is a peptide? Peptides (proteins) are present in every living cell and possess a variety of biochemical activities. Some peptides are synthesized in the ribosomes…

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Three Basic Hormones If you form a V w/ your fingers you have the basics for the GH releasing system modeled before you. One finger is…

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I understand not wanting to use exogenously administered insulin. Does this mean you would lose out on insulin's contribution to GH induced anabolism? No...you can achieve…

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Thank you for posting that up BT. MCTs, specifically caprylic acid (octonate) does much more than that. Permit me to introduce you to one of my…

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Glucose is an indispensable metabolic fuel for the brain. For the reason that the brain is unable to synthesize glucose or store more than a few…

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ESTROGEN Well DHEA conversion to estrogen has a pronounced positive effect on GH. But I wonder...if you have a big fat pad & are an older…

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In plain language, GH in certain circumstances increases glucose uptake identical to that of insulin into both muscle and adipose tissue. This involves translocations of glut…

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The following is the majority of the discussion from, EXPERIMENTAL STUDY - Effect of GHRH and GHRP-2 treatment in vitro on GH secretion and levels of…

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We have spent a lot of time in this thread discussing how GHRPs (such as GHRP-6, GHRP-2, Hexarelin & Ipamorelin) potentiate GHRH's GH releasing effect. We…

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Units of Measurement Growth Hormone (GH) like other biologically active substances is measured in International Units (abbreviated as IU) which are based on the measured biological…

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This study * caught my attention because it examined the pharmacokinetics of GHRP-2 and in so doing compared it to synthetic GH administration. Basically they found…

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Here is evidence that there are set-points for hormones which can change based on environmental factors. It is very interesting that these environmental events can shift…

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The growth hormone secretagogues (GHS) are a family of synthetic compounds originally selected for their potent and specific effects on GH release. Nonetheless, it has been…

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Let's start simply. Hypertrophy results from an enlargement. It is an increase in the size of something that exists and in regard to hypertrophy in skeletal…

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To quickly summarize the difference in function, MGF stimulates muscle stem cells (satellite cells) to reenter the cell cycle and proliferate, whereas IGF-1 is necessary for…

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I am tired of seeing the same wrong explanations on why insulin & growth hormone are anabolic so lets take a look. I don't feel like…

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Too many people have very little idea how the following factors work together in increasing proteinsynthesis and preventing protein breakdown. If they truly understood these things…

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This is an interesting study done in cattle. Apparently cattle get one 2 hour feeding a day. So one hour before the meal GHRH by itself…

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Eight healthy young Caucasian men, body mass index 25.7 +- 0.4 kg/m2 Throughout the intervention, the subjects were instructed to uphold their normal exercise habits, to…

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There are two types of sleep, rapid eye movement (REM) and non-rapid eye movement (NREM). Sleep proceeds in cycles composed of four types of stages of…

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Rexanator led me to Testosterone Blunts Feedback Inhibition of Growth Hormone Secretion by Experimentally Elevated Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I Concentration, Johannes D. Veldhuis, Stacey M. Anderson, Ali…

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"I hate people that are gurus because they usually don't know what the hell they are talking about. What I've always tried to do is point…

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Summarised entry: the full text is not hosted here. Synthetek Industries, 2009. Rights held by the manufacturer.

Summarised entry: the full text is not hosted here. Synthetek Industries, 2009. Rights held by the manufacturer.