Human Growth Hormones

In every continent and every nation, each culture has their own pride and their own insecurities. Americans may want to get some tan like many Asians. Being Asian, however, may have a lot of insecurities than any others. One of the most known complex of Asians especially those living in, let’s say, Cambodia, the Philippines or Indonesia is height.

The average height of a typical South East Asian male is 163 cm. Asian people that stand 175cm. and above are mostly from South Asia where records of tallest men and women are reported to come from. Because of this, many Asians are tagged as “midgets” or “little people” which, of course, can hurt anyone’s pride.

According to a study of The Peterson Group, an online community which has an aim to bring awareness to the real effects of Complementary, Alternative and Integrative Medicines, a supplement has been discovered to increase the usual growth of an individual.

Products which are said to contain Human Growth Hormone (HGH) have been patronized by those who are not that blessed when it comes to height. However, experts say that hope is unfounded. And worse, these products can be harmful as most are products of fraudulent acts without any aim to help you grow but to make money out of the great desire to be taller than what is supposed to. A teenager in Jakarta, Indonesia was even reported to be hospitalized and it was later found out that he has taken height increasing supplements which is believed to contain HGH, only, it was a scam.

HGH, produced by the pituitary gland, spurs growth in children and adolescents. It also helps to regulate body composition, body fluids, muscle and bone growth, sugar and fat metabolism, and possibly heart function. Produced synthetically, HGH is the active ingredient in a number of prescription drugs and in other products available widely over the Internet.

HGH Uses and Abuses

In a review, synthetic human growth hormone was developed in 1985 and approved by the FDA for specific uses in children and adults. In children, HGH injections are approved for treating short stature of unknown cause as well as poor growth due to a number of medical causes, including:

• Turner's syndrome, a genetic disorder that affects a girl's development

• Prader-Willi syndrome, an uncommon genetic disorder causing poor muscle tone, low levels of sex hormones, and a constant feeling of hunger

• Chronic kidney insufficiency

• HGH deficiency or insufficiency

• Children born small for gestational age

In adults, approved uses of HGH include:

• Short bowel syndrome, a condition in which nutrients are not properly absorbed due to severe intestinal disease or the surgical removal of a large portion of the small intestine

• HGH deficiency due to rare pituitary tumors or their treatment

• Muscle-wasting disease associated with HIV/AIDS

But the most common uses for HGH are not FDA-approved. Some people use the hormone, along with other performance-enhancing drugs such as anabolic steroids in an attempt to build muscle and improve athletic performance. Yet HGH's effect on athletic performance is unknown.