Your body contains a powerful fat burning Human Growth Hormone, also called HGH. There are plenty of over the counter medications that come in pill or spray form that will tell you they make a difference, but I will try to show you how to increase Human Growth Hormone, or HGH, levels with your diet and exercise.

First things first, just what is a Human Growth Hormone?

HGH is a hormone that is produced by our pituitary gland throughout our entire lifetimes. The reason you gain height as a child and teenager is because of this hormone. As you age it mainly plays a role in repairing and “turning over” muscle tissue…as well as breaking down fat in your fat cells. HGH is also associated with many other benefits but this article will be focusing on muscle maintenance and weight loss.

HGH Levels Drop As We Grow Older

One of the major reasons that celebrities are injecting HGH is to maintain the level they had in their teens and early 20’s. By the age of 60, I have read that HGH can be as low as 25% of the level of a young adult. It seems that this decline begins to take place from the age of 30 onward. This is why some people experience rapid weight gain in their 30’s. But there is good news, it doesn’t have to be this way.

Short and Intense Exercise Increases Levels of HGH

In order to encourage your body to release a large amount of natural HGH you’ll need to do an intense workout. Doing this along with the right diet will get you fat loss results that you can be proud of, but you may want to release more HGH.

Increase HGH By Fasting

If you eat every few hours insulin levels can increase too much causing your body to stop producing HGH. Insulin is basically a sort of fat storage hormone where HGH is a fat releasing hormone. When food is present in your system, your body releases insulin to store nutrients into the cells in your body. When you eat regularly it will produce insulin at high levels and not allow you to burn fat. When insulin is low, that is when your body switches to using fat for energy…this is also when HGH will kick in and help release stored fat for energy. Fasting is a good way to trigger this process. You will have to eat when you are hungry, but fasting for select periods of time is a great way to lose fat while keeping muscle.

Sleeping Well Releases HGH

HGH gets released when you hit deep REM sleep. When you get 8 hours of sleep per night the amount of HGH released will be maximized. I, myself, have gone through times in my life where I wouldn’t get more than 5 hours of sleep each night and it made it difficult to stay fit. Making the effort to get a good night’s sleep can lengthen your life span.