the body produces HGH is a pulsatile fashion throughout the day with the heaviest pulses occurring approximately 2 hours or so after going to bed and as you fall into a deep sleep. Injectible HGH is completely absorbed and put to use within approximately 3 hours. The strategy with respect to timing depends somewhat on our age and the other elements of our cycle. As you will see below, there is no single best strategy … it depends a lot on your individual situation.
For those that are between their late 20’s and early 50’s, there is still a reasonable chance that your own endogenous production of HGH is at a reasonable level. The best time to take and injection, this being the case, would be early morning …. After your body’s own release of HGH in the night. If you get up to go to the bathroom in the early morning (3 -5am), this is probably the perfect time to take a couple of units of HGH. This will be the least disruptive time to take an injection of HGH. The second best time would be first thing in the morning when you wake up.
If you are splitting your doses, the two times of the day when your cortisol levels are at peak are when you wake up and in the early afternoon. This being the case, another good strategy is to take your HGH injections at these times. Cortisol is very catabolic by nature and a well -timed HGH injection can go a long way toward blunting this effect.
If you are in your late 50’s or beyond, or if for some reason you have a condition that has rendered your pituitary incapable of a normal release of HGH, a great time to take HGH is right before bed. This allows you to closely mimic the natural pattern that would occur if your pituitary were functioning properly. For the rest of us, taking your HGH right before bed is going to end up creating a negative feedback loop, robbing you of your body’s own nightly pulse of HGH. While the jury is still out (conflicting studies) as to the absolute nature of the negative feedback time, it is clear that the closer we push our injection to the time our body is ready to give us its biggest pulses of HGH, we are going to end up derailing our own triggers and secretion.
HGH is an insulin agoist. That means that when there's a high concentration of HGH in the body it will inhibit the production if insulin. If you have sugar in your blood during this time there's little insulin to break it down. its recommended to not eat for at least 30 minutes after your injection... most people wait up to an hour after and before as well...
The Human Growth Hormone (HGH) is associated with a variety of important effects on the human body, such as stimulating protein synthesis (the protein production in cells), increasing lipolysis (the breakdown of fat), bone mineralization (e.g. the transportation of new minerals like calcium into the bones), stimulating the immune system and a multitude of other effects associated with anti aging and longevity.
HGH levels in the body are affected by a multitude of factors, but many lifestyle choices can be beneficial for increasing HGH release such as certain diets or specific physical training regimes. For example: The intake of proteins or amino acids promotes HGH release as well as High Intensity Interval Training.
Sugar intake, however, has a negative effect and ultimately inhibits the release of HGH.
When sugar is ingested, it is quickly absorbed in the stomach, which causes the blood glucose level to rise. The body’s reaction to rising glucose level is to release Insulin, but also to release Somatostatin. Somatostatin is the natural antagonist of HGH and blocks further release of HGH.
Unfortunately most sports drinks, snacks and shakes, while containing valuable proteins and amino acids, also contain sugar, which raise blood sugar levels and ultimately lead to an inhibition of HGH release.
Thus, everyone seeking to optimize their benefits from HGH focused regimen or exercise should avoid snacks, drinks and shakes containing sugar immediately before, during and some time after exercise to get the full benefits of the bodies own release of HGH.
