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Friday, June 15, 2012

Growth Hormone (HGH) in the Sports and Bodybuilding

Growth hormone (somatotropin, growth hormone, HGH, growth hormone, somatropin) - a peptide hormone of the anterior pituitary gland, which is used in the sport for the formation of muscle relief. Growth hormone or somatotropin gets its name from the fact that the young people it causes a pronounced acceleration of linear growth, mainly due to the growth of long bones of the limbs.

Effects

    Anabolic effect - causes muscle growth
    Anti-catabolic effect - inhibits muscle breakdown
    Burns fat
    Causes an increase in bone growth and increases in young people under 26 years (before the closure of growth zones), strengthens bones
    Increases blood glucose levels
    Strengthens the immune system
    Some effects of the drug is directly himself, but much of its effects are mediated by insulin-like growth factor IGF-1, which develops under the action of growth hormone in the liver and stimulates the growth of most internal organs. Almost all of the effects of growth hormone in sports associated with the action of IGF-1.

HGH in bodybuilding

 Originally, HGH products were used for medical purpose, but almost simultaneously, this hormone is widespread in the sport, because of its ability to increase muscle mass and reduce fat. The first growth hormone of pituitary extract were the dead bodies, and only in 1981 was made a recombinant growth hormone drug.

In 1989, HGH was banned by the Olympic Committee. Despite the fact that the use of growth hormone in the athletic purposes is prohibited, in the last decade, sales of the drug have increased several times. Mainly, growth hormone used in sports, especially in bodybuilding, where it combines with other anabolic agents.

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