Time to talk about your body’s potent fat burning hormone: HGH. There are some pills and supplements that can make a little difference, but this article will be dedicated to increasing your Human Growth Hormone (HGH) with just a solid diet and exercise routine.
First things first, just what is a Human Growth Hormone?
Human Growth Hormone is a hormone that is naturally produced by your pituitary gland your entire life. When you are younger it is one of the factors in increasing your height. As we age this hormone is used by our bodies to repair muscle tissue and break down fat. There are several other benefits to this complex hormone, but I want to laser focus this article on these benefits: maintaining muscle & dropping body fat.
HGH Levels Drop As We Grow Older
One of the major reasons that celebrities are injecting HGH is to maintain the level they had in their teens and early 20′s. Studies have shown that by 60 the level of HGH can be as low as a quarter of the level you had in your teens and early 20′s. It seems that this decline begins to take place from the age of 30 onward. This can be linked to the regular weight gain of people entering their 30′s. But there is good news, it doesn’t have to be this way.
HGH Increases Dramatically With Short Intense Exercise
In order to encourage your body to release a large amount of natural HGH you’ll need to do an intense workout. A strategic diet and staying active can get you decent fat loss results but if you want to reach your fat loss results in much less time, you need to maximize your body’s output of HGH.
Fasting Is a Very Potent Way to Increase HGH
The problem with eating every few hours is that when insulin levels are too high, your body will not produce HGH. I like to think of insulin as a “fat storage” hormone and HGH as a “fat releasing” hormone. When food is present in your system, your body releases insulin to store nutrients into the cells in your body. When you eat regularly it will produce insulin at high levels and not allow you to burn fat. When insulin is low, that is when your body switches to using fat for energy…this is also when HGH will kick in and help release stored fat for energy. Fasting is a good way to trigger this process. Of course you can’t fast all the time, so that is where Intermittent Fasting comes in as an amazing way to drop fat while maintaining muscle.
Sleeping Well Releases HGH
When you are in REM sleep your body releases HGH. The main thing to maximize HGH during this time is to try to get at least 8 hours of solid sleep per night. In these busy times many people are living on only 5 hours of sleep a night and they will likely find it difficult to keep off weight in this time. Making the effort to get a good night’s sleep can lengthen your life span.