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Does fasting affect hgh (human growth hormone) in any way?
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IGF: No! fasting does not affect growth hormone.
Answered 9/15/2012
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Yes: Prolonged fasting activates the body's compensatory system in an effort to keep blood sugar normal. Simplified: gh, epinephrine, and cortisol levels increase. To lower the body's metabolic demands, thyroid hormone and igf-1 levels decrease. Growth is not enhanced by fasting.
Answered 9/28/2016
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