Now don't get confused by the fact it has GROWTH in it's name, it's one of the best natural ways to drop fat. Growth hormone (GH) has two functions..
GH combined with insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) stimulates bone growth and also as a side note can help with muscle growth but the factor we want to look at is the direct effect;
GH's goal is to decrease fat via a three ponged attack
1. Protein - GH stimulates protein and as we know protein is the biggest fat burner in the body
2. Fat - GH stimulates fat cell breakdown
3. Carbohydrate - GH maintains sugar levels by manipulating insulin and feeding it into the right pockets to optimize use for insulin effected fat loss.
So we know what it does but how do we increase it?
Sleep is the main provider, by getting a solid 7-8 hours sleep you can actually double your GH, Throw in some resistance training early morning and your GH output will sky rocket, go for a weight, band or bodyweight training over the long drawn out process of a treadmill/ XTrainer/ bike. this type of training is majorly effective especially if you do it in intervals i.e 40 seconds work, 20 seconds rest for 20-25 minutes. Always aim to hit up some amino acids BEFORE exercise, you can get these in supplement form or if you prefer a more natural source have some chicken, turkey or eggs.
Regular eating improves the general flow of GH, aim to eat clean food every 3-4 hours over a 12 hour period, go for meat, fish, veg, fruit, unsalted nuts and water. Not only will it keep your insulin levels level but will stop that urge for mid afternoon snacking. Resist a pig out on bad foods like crisps, chocolate, takeaway etc before you go to bed this will decrease GH massively and undo all that hard work you've put in!
These three factors combined will produce so much GH that your body won't know whats hit it's fat storage. Did you know that the greatest GH increase is within your first two hours of sleep!?
Take these really simple steps and you will have that beach body in time!
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