How to Control Your Metabolism by Thyroid & Growth Hormone
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How to Control Your Metabolism by Thyroid & Growth Hormone
Saved by Nicolay Gerold
That brings us back to hormones. Your lack of growth hormone (GH) is limiting the natural process of autophagy. And as your GH levels continue to sputter along, your tissue continues to degenerate. It’s why you have more aches and pains. Why food seems to make you fatter than it used to.
5 To prevent this, a hormone called growth hormone becomes sharply elevated when the body is fasting. Growth hormone serves many roles, but its main function in adults is to preserve lean mass in a fasted state—that is, to stop the breakdown of muscle protein for glucose. After just twenty-four hours of fasting, growth hormone can shoot up as high
... See moreIf you focus on just these few—insulin, thyroid, sex hormones, melatonin, growth hormone, and cortisol (the stress hormone)—all the rest come into balance.