Human Growth Hormone: Can It Prevent Aging?
More muscle, less fat, restored energy, enhanced sexual performance, improved memory, firmer skin, and regrowth of hair—these are just some of the antiaging claims of human growth hormone therapy. Could a cure for aging really be found in a bottle? The quest for eternal youth may well be as old as man himself. And to date, there is no magic remedy. But ever since a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine in 1990 reported that supplementing human growth hormone (HGH) to otherwise healthy older men, resulted in increased muscle mass and decreased body fat, many are touting HGH therapy as the new fountain of youth. But researchers are still in the early stages of understanding the actual effects of supplemental HGH on the aging process. In 2003 the New England Journal of Medicine effectively called into question the 1990 report and expressed strong editorial doubts about HGH effectiveness, concluding that “antiaging therapy with growth hormone has not yet been proved effect
