How To Increase Human Growth Hormone Secretion

Published:August 29th, 2010

 

Human growth hormone secretion follows circadian rhythms, being secreted in six to twelve discrete pulses per day, the largest being the one after the onset of night time sleep. This is why sleep is one of the natural stimuli that can trigger growth hormone secretion.

Another major factor is exercise. Adrenaline also increases as a result of exercise and so do nitric oxide, blood lactate, acidity and nerve activity. Together all these trigger an increase in growth hormone as well.

Exercise has to be combined with a healthy diet, but with athletes and bodybuilders high carb diets are a must. However elevated blood carbohydrate tends to inhibit HGH secretion. Carbohydrates that have a high glycaemic index stimulate insulin secretion which is an inhibitor of HGH. It has also been found that fat taken before exercise sessions also reduced secretion of this hormone.

Dehydration can also significantly reduce HGH response induced by exercise. Supplements that contain arginine should be taken before the training sessions because it has been proven that arginine blocks the release of HGH-inhibitor somatostatin. Amino acids and glutamine in particular can be ingested after the training sessions for best results in stimulating growth hormone secretion.

Multiple daily sessions of training can achieve an elevation of human growth hormone and an optimal secretion in a twenty-four hour period.

Longer recoveries between sessions account for the greatest volume of HGH secretion.

Peaks in HGH secretion have been registered as responses to exercise bike or sprints. Exercise above lactate threshold can induce secretion of human growth hormone and also promotes the use of fat as fuel. The advantage is that muscle carbohydrate is spared, keeping lean muscle mass, while body fat is consumed.

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