Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy

The Roles Of Testosterone and HGH In Hormone Replacement Therapy

As we age the level of different hormones in our bodies drop as the glands producing them flag in their activities. These drops caused mostly by the onset of aging accelerate aging itself. The obvious solution is to replace these hormones to rejuvenate the body and slow the process of aging so as to enjoy a good quality of life.

Two very important hormones needed for optimum functioning of the body are the anabolic hormones: testosterone and human growth hormone (HGH). While their sources and structures differ their uses overlap in contributing to the tone of the body, enhancing vital processes in the body and providing energy.

Testosterone is an anabolic steroid hormone secreted in the testes of males and the ovaries of females while HGH is also an anabolic hormone but protein-based and produced in the pituitary gland in the brain.

Testosterone is used in hormone replacement therapy to keep up the level of the aging body’s testosterone. Signs and symptoms of the need for replacement include loss of muscle mass and bone density, decreased physical endurance and memory ability and also the loss of libido. Replacing testosterone can be via the oral route, as an injectable depot, transdermal patch or subcutaneous pellets.

Apart from building and strengthening the muscles, the benefits of undergoing testosterone replacement therapy include prevention of osteoporosis, type 2 diabetes, obesity and cardiovascular disease.

In hormone replacement therapy, HGH serves to slow the aging process by increasing lean muscle mass, reducing body fat, increasing the available blood glucose and so energy, promoting protein production and stimulating the immune system. Therefore, it is helpful in enhancing weight loss in the obese, providing about all the body needs to heal itself while assuring energy to live fully.

All the above are reasons why testosterone and HGH are not only the best examples of hormones used in replacement therapies but also why they are combined to produce a synergistic effect than either of them could have given. All this is done by delivering lower doses of each. By doing this, the side-effects of each hormone are reduced tremendously.

The benefits of such hormone replacement therapy are well documented especially when you combine it with a healthy lifestyle, well-balanced diet and regular physical exercise. The result then is a longer, good quality life.

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