Intermittent fasting and high intensity fitness boost HGH

Intermittent fasting and high intensity fitness boost HGH

Friday, January 20, 2012 by: Dr. David Jockers
Tags: intermittent fasting, fitness, HGH

(NaturalNews) The human body was designed very efficiently for times of
scarcity and stress. Food scarcity was a common reality and the body has
developed specific pathways to be very efficient in times of fasting.
In times of stress, for survival purposes we adapted a fight or flight
mode that forces us to work our bodies at a very high-intensity for a
relatively short period of time. The combination of intermittent fasting
and high intensity exercise promotes hormones that improve tissue
healing and metabolic processes.

Our long-ago ancestors had to struggle daily for adequate food sources.
They most often grazed on wild berries, herbs, raw nuts and seeds as they
foraged through the woods during the day. At night, they would relax with the latest kill eating
most-often a high protein, high fat meal. This sort of diet was
dependent upon the success of their hunting endeavors. Fasting was a
regular way of life for our ancestors. This is evident with the positive
adaptations the body goes through during the fasting periods.

Fasting allows our body to go into a catabolic (tissue breakdown) period
without promoting inflammatory conditions. This enables the bodily
resources to eliminate older, damaged cells and replace them with
stronger cellular components.

High intensity movement is a way of life

High intensity exercise was a necessity of life for our ancestors as they
chased down and killed animals for food. Many cultures battled with
other cultures regularly. The fight or flight lifestyle was quite
evident and it was almost always at 90-100% of maximal intensity.
Anything less than this could quite often lead to death or starvation.

This way of life led to a lean and incredibly strong body. Most men had body
fat under 10% while women typically ranged between 10-20%. They were
also able to produce incredible muscular forces to overcome obstacles
with their battle-trained bodies.

To have high-quality of life in the 21st century, we must understand and work in harmony with our
bodies' primitive past. Intermittent fasting
and high-intensity, short durational exercise are genetic requirements
that help our bodies thrive, adapt and evolve with better survival
characteristics. This includes a strong fit muscular system, a titanium
immune system and an efficient digestive tract.

Fasting and fitness boost human growth hormone

Intermittent fasting for periods ranging from 12-24 hours along with high intensity
exercise has a positive effect on boosting human growth hormone (HGH).
HGH is a very important protein-based hormone that is produced by the
pituitary gland. HGH enhances the cellular repair processes that allow
us to age with grace. HGH regulates metabolism to burn fat, build
muscle, and slow down the negative effects of stress.

Researchers at the Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute found that men who
had fasted for 24 hours had a 2000% increase in circulating HGH. Women
who were tested had a 1300% increase in HGH.

A 2009 study in the British Journal of Sports Medicine
showed that lactic acid accumulation helps to trigger HGH. Lactic acid
is only produced in response to intense anaerobic training. Aerobic
training is not intense enough to produce the kind of lactate triggering
of HGH.

Low-intensity, long duration aerobic training is
catabolic in nature. This means that it produces lots of free radicals
without promoting significant amounts of repair peptides, enzymes and
hormones. The net effect is a wearing down of bodily resources.

High-intensity training also produces free radicals but it triggers an abundance of
repair peptides, enzymes and hormones to be released. The net effect of
this is healthy tissue repair and favorable effects on body composition
and anti-aging qualities.

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About the author:
Dr. David Jockers owns and operates Exodus Health Center in Kennesaw, Ga.
He is a Maximized Living doctor. His expertise is in weight loss,
customized nutrition & exercise, & structural corrective
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Boost HGH Levels Through High Intensity Workouts and Fasting

Boost HGH Levels Through High Intensity Workouts and Fasting

Making High Intensity Exercise a Way of Life

Our ancestors had no choice but to participate in high intensity
exercise since they spent a great deal of time chasing down and
killing their food. Many societies also found themselves in the
throes of battle with other societies on a regular basis. During
these times, the ‘fight or flight’ response would have been very
evident at a 90% or higher intensity, because anything less would
have meant starvation or death.


Living like this resulted in a lean body that was exceptionally
strong. Typically, the body fat of men was under 10% and for women
it was between 10% and 20%. They had incredible muscle force so that
they were able to overcome obstacles.


If we want to have that same high quality life today, we need to
understand our primitive past and how our bodies’ were able to work
in harmony. Intermittent fasting combined with high intensity
exercise for a short period of time is our genetic makeup for a
thriving body that adapts and evolves so that it can survive. This
also leads to a strong fit body, an indestructible immune system, a
highly effective digestive tract, and an increase in our human
growth hormone production.

The Research

Intermittent fasting for between 12 and 24 hours along with high
intensity exercise will boost your body’s production of HGH, which
is a very important protein based hormone produced by the pituitary
gland. HGH will enhance the cell repair process, and this is what
allows us to age slowly and gracefully. HGH
regulates your
metabolism, burns fat, builds muscles, and slows the negative
effects that stress can cause.


The Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute conducted a study.
Researched found that men who fasted for 24 hours had a 2000%
increase in the level of HGH circulating in the body, while women
had a 1300% increase.


A study published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine during
2009, showed the accumulation of lactic acid helped to trigger HGH
production. Lactic acid is produced as a response to intense
anaerobic training, which increases HGH production. Aerobic exercise
isn’t intense enough to trigger the production of lactate, so there
is no increase in HGH.


Long duration, low intensity aerobic exercise is considered to be
catabolic, which means it produces a significant amount of free
radicals but does not promote significant production of enzymes,
repair peptides, and hormones like HGH. What it does in essence is
wear down your body’s resources and age you, the opposite of what
you are trying to achieve.


High intensity training produces free radicals too but it triggers a
wealth of enzymes, repair peptides and hormones including HGH to be
released. This leads to a healthy repair of your tissue and positive
anti aging qualities.


It seems that there really is no big secret. Our caveman ancestors
already had it all figured out. We simply need to follow in their
footsteps. If you would like to give your body an extra boost in HGH
production, you should consider taking a safe and affordable HGH
supplement.

Intermittent Fasting = 1300% to 2000% Boost in HGH (More Muscle & Less Fat)

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Testosterone Fuels Both Competition and Protectiveness | Psychology Today

Testosterone Fuels Both Competition and Protectiveness | Psychology Today

Testosterone can bolster either dominance or reciprocity.

Published on October 3, 2013 by Christopher Bergland in The Athlete's Way

Like many hormones, testosterone functions differently depending on social circumstances. A September 2013 study found that in the presence of competition
and a need for dominance, testosterone fuels stingy and antisocial
behavior. However, in the absence of threat or competition testosterone
creates fierce protectiveness, generosity and prosocial behavior. This makes sense in terms of our evolutionary psychology.

In recent years, there has been an onslaught of advertisements trying to convince men to take hormone replacement therapy to treat low levels of testosterone, or “low T.” The ads will ask things like: “Are you suffering from any of the following: depression, low energy, weight gain, fatigue, low sex drive?”

“Those
symptoms are true of everybody as they age, to a greater or lesser
extent,” says Glenn Braunstein, an endocrinologist and vice president of
clinical innovation at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. He says, "Low T is the latest trend in direct-to-consumer advertising,
promoting such products as AndroGel, Testim and Axiron that deliver the
male sex hormone through the skin — a more convenient and less painful
option than the injections that have been available for decades."

False
advertising may suggest that testosterone can alleviate depression,
improve mood, boost sexual performance, increase energy, help you lose
weight... Although these conditions can all be symptoms of too little
testosterone — they can also be treated by a wide range of healthier lifestyle choices. Hormone experts say that using testosterone as a quick fix for aging
may be misguided and in some cases unsafe. Any type of hormone
replacement therapy is going to have potentially dangerous side effects.

Testosterone’s Dual-Edged Sword

In a paper titled, “Testosterone Inhibits Trust but Promotes Reciprocity” researchers at the Rotterdam School of Management
report that testosterone is implicated in behaviors that help to foster
and maintain social relationships, indicating that its effects are more
nuanced than previously thought. The findings were published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science.

Animal
studies have shown that testosterone plays a role in dominant social
behavior. In humans, previous studies have linked testosterone to
dominance and competitive success in mating when men battle one another
for a sexual partner. Interestingly, once the competition for a mate is
secure, testosterone seems to flip and boost a fierce need to
"tend-and-befriend," much like oxytocin.

In
terms of the evolutionary role of a dominant male in a group, Boksem
and colleagues reasoned that testosterone in humans would also increase a
drive for social status. If you imagine an alpha male in a group of
hunters and gatherers, one would expect the leadership role and
maintenance of high social status to include both fighting off
competition and protecting the group. The same would be true for any
person in a corporate management position or family.

"Testosterone
may mediate competitive and potentially antisocial behavior when social
challenges or threats need to be confronted and handled," explains lead
researcher Maarten Boksem of Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus
University (RSM) in the Netherlands. "But it can also induce prosocial
behavior in the absence of these threats, when high status and good
reputation are best served by positive behavior. But we doubted that
this drive would automatically result in aggressive and antisocial behaviors,"
says Boksem. "We hypothesized that testosterone could perhaps also lead
to prosocial behavior if such behavior would be beneficial for
maintaining or obtaining social status."

To test this
hypothesis, the researchers had 54 female volunteers ingest a liquid
solution several hours before participating in an investing game. Some
volunteers were given a placebo solution while others received a solution with testosterone.

In
the investing game, participants were given about $30 and were
instructed that they could keep the amount they wanted and invest
whatever remained with a trustee (another participant). The invested
portion would be tripled and split by the trustee, who would keep
whatever portion she wanted and return the rest to the investor.

If
participants were completely trusting, they could invest all $30 and
hope that the trustee would split the final $90 equally. If they wanted
to play it safe, they could keep the $30 for themselves. Each
participant took turns playing both investor and trustee. When they were
the trustee, they were always given $90, indicating that the investor
had entrusted them with the task of splitting up the whole sum.

As
investors, participants who received testosterone were, on average,
stingier—they placed less trust in the trustee and kept more of their
initial money. Participants who received the placebo, on the other hand,
were more trusting investors, choosing to invest about $5 more than
those who received testosterone.

Just as the researchers
predicted, testosterone seemed to promote antisocial behavior in
response to a potential threat—in this case, a threat to financial
resources. But the opposite effect emerged when participants played the
role of trustee. In this case, participants given testosterone chose to
give more money back to the investor than participants who had been
given a placebo. The results suggest that the trustees felt a
responsibility to literally repay the trust that the investor had placed
in them.

Testosterone and the Mating Game

According
to Richard Slatcher, Ph.D., assistant professor of psychology in Wayne
State University's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences the effects of
testosterone on dominance behaviors were especially pronounced among men
who reported having a high need for social dominance.

In a 2011 study, "Testosterone and Self-Reported Dominance Interact to Influence Human Mating Behavior," published in the journal, Social Psychological and Personality Science,
these men showed a strong positive association between their own
testosterone and their own dominance behaviors and, most surprisingly, a
strong negative association between their own testosterone and their
opponents' dominance behaviors.

Men both high in testosterone and
those who reported a high need for social dominance appeared able to
beat out their competitors' ability to attract potential mates. However,
when men reported a low need for social dominance, they were still able
to attract women and there was zero association between testosterone
and successful mating behavior.

"We found that
testosterone levels influenced men's dominance behaviors during the
competitions, how much they derogated (or 'bashed') their competitors
afterward, and how much the woman said she 'clicked' with them," said
Slatcher. He concludes, “These findings highlight an important
difference between humans and animals. In humans-unlike
animals-explicit, conscious motives can affect how a hormone such as
testosterone shapes behavior."

"Books, film and
television often portray men who are bold and self-assured with women as
being high in testosterone," Slatcher says. "Our results suggest that
there is a kernel of truth to this stereotype, that naturally circulating testosterone indeed is associated with men's behaviors when they try to woo women."

Conclusion: Testosterone magnifies both prosocial and antisocial behavior.

"While
we expected the decrease in trust, the increase in reciprocity was
surprisingly strong and robust," Boksem concluded. "Testosterone had a
more pronounced effect on prosocial behavior than on antisocial
behavior."

“The fact that testosterone can promote
prosocial behavior, at least in certain contexts, provides a more
nuanced account than the traditional view of testosterone as being
involved in purely aggressive and antisocial behavior,” says Boksem. The
researchers hope to run a similar study in men and they are currently
investigating additional types of social behavior under various
conditions of social threat.