HGH Information
The Big Picture: What is
Human Growth Hormone HGH?
What is HGH? – is becoming a
very popular question, since almost every other day HGH is mentioned in the
media regarding it’s use by athletes or breaking research emerges concerning
the benefits of its use.
Somatotropin or Growth Hormone (GH) what
is more popularly known as Human Growth Hormone or HGH for short, is created in
the base and center of the brain, more specifically in the back part of the
anterior lobe of the pituitary gland. The pituitary gland has primarily two
lobes, the anterior or front lobe and posterior, the back lobe. Human Growth
Hormone is made in the Back of the front lobe of the Pituitary Gland.
Human Growth Hormone HGH is a
delicate, unique and important hormone protein which is the largest in the body
and has a variety of beneficial purposes in the human body - the most important
feature is the stimulation of the growth, development and regeneration of cells
throughout the human body.
Virtually every organ and
system in the body is dependent on HGH for proper growth, development and
function, therefore human growth hormone is considered by many specialized
medical experts in the field of anti-aging, longevity and cell regeneration
medicine to be the master hormone.
What is a Hormone?
A hormone (from the Greek "impetus"
or a moving force; impulse; stimulus) is a chemical messenger that carries a
signal from one cell (or group of cells) to another via the blood. In general,
hormones regulate the function of their target cells - the cells receiving the
hormone. The action or net effect of hormones is determined by a number of
factors including its pattern of its release into the human body and the
response of the receiving cells (2).
What does Human Growth Hormone look like?
Human growth hormone (HGH) is
a protein hormone made up of a single chain of 191 amino acids, also known as a
polypeptide (poly is Latin meaning ‘many’ – many peptides – many amino acids), which
forms the shape of a kind of circularesque (roundish) Ball.
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