HGH or the human growth hormone is important to our body. It helps with our growth during childhood and also helps to maintain our organs and tissues throughout our life. But unfortunately, the production of this human growth hormone deceases with our age. To help maintain the normal level of human growth hormone in our body, there are two ways that we can go; the artificial supplement way or the natural way.

Now, the artificial supplement for human growth hormone has never been approved by the Federal Drugs Administration (FDA), therefore it is dangerous not to mention illegal, if you buy these drugs off the market. There are many side effects that can ruin your life. The only approved treatment is the injection form in which the patients have to be scientifically proved to have Human Growth Hormone Deficiency. This type of treatment is also very expensive.

The other way to induce more human growth hormone from your body is to sleep and to exercise; the natural way. For the sleep method it is fairly easy but very effective. Our body will release human growth hormone during the first part of our sleep. Therefore it is very important to have a good sleeping habit, and a good sleeping routine. Have an early rest and you body will do the rest. If you cut short your sleep time, not only you will reduce the production of the human growth hormone in your body, your body will also not have enough time to rejuvenate.

As for exercise, it is probably the largest contributor to releasing the human growth hormone the natural way. Exercises will affect the release of the hormone through different types of mechanism such as the neural input, direct stimulation by catecholamines, lactic and nitric oxide, and the changes in acid-base balance.

Different types of exercises can influence the production of the human growth hormone in special ways. Resistance training, like vigorous weight lifting can cause our gland to induce the release of more human growth hormone into our body. When we lift more weights in a short frequency, our muscles will release more human growth hormone. This is because more muscles are used in this exercise.

With endurance training, the exercises performed to the point of above the lactate threshold for about 10 minutes can induce the largest amount of human growth hormone, during and for the next 24 hours of period after the exercise. But if you overdo the endurance training, you can actually cause the level of production of the human growth hormone to decrease. So please take care when doing cardio exercises and be careful not to overwork yourself.

As for aging athletes who suffer from muscle mass loss and increased fat mass, they tend to turn to the artificial supplements of human growth hormones. Even though there are those who reported to experience leaner muscle mass and decreased body fats, there is always the risk of those side effects that can ruin one person's life. By injecting human growth hormone into our body can also cause weakened glucose tolerance and this is a very good reason to avoid the supplements and the injections altogether.

It is always better to choose the healthier way to live. Exercise on its own is already an advantage to our life, doing it for whatever reason is a good choice to make.

Copyright (c) 2008 Amy Fakterowitz