HGH Supplements
HGH Supplements - Facts and Fiction
Now things start to get fun. It is time to separate
fact from fiction and look at some of the products out
on the market today. Is it possible to increase HGH
levels by taking dietary supplements? Let's find out...
Every web site claims they have a simple supplement
that will cause my HGH levels to skyrocket. Do these
supplements work?
For the most part - no! I hate to be the one to break
the news to you, but most companies in the HGH market
are out to make a quick buck with exaggerated claims.
Here are some claims you will see on the web and our
feeling on their accuracy...
Claim: HGH will give you a 8.8% increase in muscle
mass and a 14.4% loss of fat - without dieting or
exercise!
This is the old bait and switch. Technically, they are
not lying when they quote Dr. Rudman's number. With HGH
Injections, Dr. Rudman did see a 8.8% increase in muscle
mass and a 14.4% loss of fat. The problem is, they are
not selling HGH Injections! These companies do not
provide any evidence that their pill, powder or spray
will have the same results as HGH Injections. So,
they bait you with all the positives of HGH injections
and then switch you to their untested supplement.
Claim: Our spray/ pill/ powder contains real HGH!
This statement is at best a tremendous exaggeration and
at worst a complete lie. There are a couple of reasons
why companies who claim to have a significant amount of
HGH in their products are not being truthful. First, HGH
is a prescription drug. If you put significant amounts
of HGH in a dietary supplement it is no longer a
supplement - it is a drug. As a drug it must meet FDA
approval and only sold with prescription. So, the phrase
HGH dietary supplement is an oxymoron. If a product has
a significant amount of HGH, it is a drug.
If you remember from our HGH definitions page, HGH is a
delicate and complex 191 amino acid hormone. This brings
up the second problem with the above claim - you can not
take HGH orally. So, even if a company wanted to break
the law and sell HGH as a pill/spray or powder - it
would not work because the HGH would break down before
it ever reaches the bloodstream.
Finally, you have a financial problem with the above
claim. Give Eli Lilly a call and see how much 200
micrograms (the amount a 40 year old secretes each day)
of recombinant GH cost. You will quickly find out that
the math just doesn't work. How can they sell a 1 month
supply for $100 when the raw material would cost over
$1,000 a month?
There is a case when the above claim can be true - but
very exaggerated. The FDA has determined that if there
is less than 2001 nanograms (ng) of the HGH drug present
in a supplement - it is NOT considered a drug. The
theory is that in such small trace amounts, the drug has
no impact so it is not classified as a drug. Let's look
at what a nanogram is...
1,000 nanograms (ng) = 1 microgram (µg)
1,000,000 micrograms = 1 gram
So, even a product that had the highest legal amount of
HGH would only have 2 micrograms. Dr. Rudman gave his
patients 49,500 microgram - three times a week! What
this means is that technically and legally you could
make the claim that your product contains real HGH. The
problem is, that claim is pure marketing hype. It is not
a significant source of HGH.
We defined homeopathic medicine back on the definitions
page. As you recall, the homeopathic approach works by
using miniscule amounts of a substance. So, some
homeopathic HGH remedies could contain up to 2000 ng of
real HGH. In honest homeopathic products the goal is not
to replace your HGH with the HGH in the bottle (this
would be impossible). The theory is that even the
smallest amount of HGH can stimulate your own body to
produce more HGH. This stimulation theory may be valid
and we will discuss it more on our HGH enhancer article.
Claim: Our product is FDA approved!
There are no FDA Approved Dietary Supplements. The
simple truth is that the FDA does not approve or
disapprove of Dietary Supplements. The Dietary
Supplements Health and Education Act (DSHEA) of 1994
says that Dietary Supplements do not need FDA approval.
This is why there are so many supplements on the market
- there is no approval process. The best advice is buyer
beware.
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