hgh and sleep

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HGH and sleep Human growth hormone plays a
significant role in the endocrine system of a
person and stimulates the process of childrens
growth. (Children become taller not only due to
some physiological factors). HGH is produced by
our brains when we are sleeping and this process
performs the restoration and repair function of
sleep. The pituitary gland produces this hormone
in brain, which is a complex protein. It does
not only influence the process of maturation, but
also helps to keep your body tissue healthy in
an older age. HGH is released by the pituitary
gland noncontinuously, like a pulse. The
process of sleep and physical exercises bring on
the production of HGH Usually, HGH is mainly
released in the 1st part of the Stage 3 sleep at
night in the majority of healthy people. The
growth hormone is not released if a person does
not sleep at night when he is supposed to do
this. In case of such deprivation of sleep, the
additional HGH is produced when the person
sleeps. There were no experiments held when
people are hidden from the daylight or other
environmental options that play the role of
circadian hooks. The participants of the
experiment could make their own schedule for
sleeping. Such experiments took place a number
of times, and the researchers controlled the
level of HGH in blood and examined the time when
it was released by the pituitary gland. They
concluded that the highest level of HGH
production while
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• sleeping reduced greatly. The slow wave sleep
  (SWS) period, which came first, was shorter than
  the 1st REM period, which came after it.
• The scientists came to the conclusion that the
  length of the sleeping stages can influence the
  quantity of the released HGH while sleeping.
• When a person is in his middle age, the amount of
  produced HGH become lower. This is the result of
  interest that scientists have in some
  supplemental hormones to remain young. Not all
  of the medical authorities, and FDA is among
  them, approve the effectiveness of these
  supplements. (They are approved only in cases of
  some pathologies, but not as a weapon against
  aging.) Some of the professional athletes use
  growth hormone supplements (recombinant of the
  famous somatropin) to improve their results. This
  is illegal in many professional leagues. The use
  of them is equal to the using of steroids. They
  do not have such dangerous side effects as
  steroids, but the authorities try to control
  this. Nevertheless, the relation between growth
  hormone and sleep linked with the relation
  between healthy sleep and good athletic results
  are too evident to be treated as just a
  coincidence.
• Recently, the ESPN issued an article promoting
  the idea that a good sleep works as a magic
  pill for athletes to obtain best results.
  Professional sportsmen and trainers recognize
  the value of regular healthy sleeping.
• Sometimes the athletes face the problem of normal
  sleep schedule due to their travelling to
  various time zones for different competitions or
  trainings. Some of the sportsmen face the
  problem with immunosuppression and this can be a
  result of chronic sleep reduction. It is really
  true and not only in athletes, but in ordinary
  people as well, the deprivation of sleep can
  quell the immune system. References
• https//www.hgh.biz/blog/humangrowthhormone/hgh
  andsleep/
• http//www.livestrong.com/article/28867naturally
  increasehghlevels/
• https//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Growth_hormone

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