Human Growth Hormone (HGH) enhancement and progesterone support thyroid function, but estrogen does the opposite.  Besides supporting the thyroid, HGH strengthens the immune system. This hormone also aids in tissue repair and enzyme production.

HGH naturally declines with age, except in people with Fibromyalgia, it declines well beyond what is considered normal. If you take your chronological age and add 30 to it, your answer would be what the average Fibromyalgia sufferer’s HGH productions are estimated to be. For example, I’m 36 years old, so 36 +30=65 years old. If I were not supplementing to increase my HGH levels, they were closer to that of a 65-year-old. Additonally, HGH can be stimulated by exercise in normal individuals, but not by those with Fibromyalgia.

Note: Occasionally, HGH stimulators worsen thyroid function. More often, it normalizes thyroid function.

The amino acid, L-arginine, promotes the production of HGH. L-arginine can be purchased as a supplement and is prescribed by some doctors. Much research has been done on L-arginine since the 1998 Nobel Prize in Medicine validated its benefits. Since that time, nutritional supplement companies began scrambling to release their own version of L-arginine.

L-Arginine enhances wound healing, improves insulin sensitivity in Type II Diabetics, can be used as a “natural” alternative to Viagra TM, and can significantly lower blood pressure. A deficiency in human growth hormone (HGH) can also interfere with sleep regulation. However, for all of its virtues, L-arginine also has its dangerous vices. This amino acid stimulates both the HIV (AIDS) and the herpes simplex viruses.

Because it stimulates the herpes virus, many supplement companies’ L-arginine formulations include L-lysine, which is an amino acid that quiets the herpes simplex virus.  Unfortunately, L-lysine prevents the L-arginine from crossing the blood brain barrier, which is the vascular barrier that protects the brain.  If L-arginine cannot cross the blood brain barrier, it cannot stimulate Human Growth Hormone production. Other production processes by supplement companies affect L-arginine’s benefits.  One is combining it with sugar because of its terrible taste. This combination makes the amino acid useless.
L-arginine is what is called a “blind” amino acid when it is separated from its sister amino acids. This means that by itself, L-arginine does not know where to go or what to do.  Instead of crossing the blood brain barrier to be converted into human growth hormone, it wanders around the body as a damaging cancer-causing free radical.  L-arginine must be combined with an escort called a chemical rider, which helps it across the blood brain barrier. Not only is L-arginine useless in the production of HGH without this chemical rider, it is dangerous.

Dr. Ann de Wees Allen, N.D., was the youngest person ever diagnosed with stomach and esophageal cancer. At that time, the survival rate for this particular form of cancer was less than 2%. As directed by Dr.Linus Pauling, two-time Nobel Prize winner, Dr. Allen was put on a protocol of the antioxidant, vitamin C, and L-arginine. Her survival inspired her to dedicate her life to L-arginine research. Dr. Allen has since developed the only chemical rider for L-arginine and the only L-arginine formula that does not stimulate HIV or herpes. Even if your doctor prescribes L-arginine, you need to be sure it contains a chemical rider. If not, it cannot stimulate growth hormone. In large enough amounts to stimulate growth hormone production, it could stimulate a whole host of other problems. At publication date, Dr. Allen had the only L-arginine formulation with the rider. (Read Dr. Allen’s inspiring story at http://www.arginineresearch.com/Dr.%20Allen%27s%20Inspiring%20Survival%20Story.htm.)

Note:  If you have a history of breast cancer (or hormonally sensitive cancers) in your family, you should use L-arginine only under a doctor’s supervision.

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