Elizabeth Yurth, M.D.

So now I'm not keeping these high levels all the time.

I gave my body a nice physiologic levels.

So that's kind of top of the list.

In general, let's say there's, you know, if you look at the importance of growth hormone, it's important for muscle building.

It's important for bone healing.

It's important for your brain.

It's important for your immune health.

Even your immune health have these receptors for what we call IGF or insulin-like growth factor.

So growth hormone is released by the pituitary.

It tells the liver to make IGF, insulin-like growth factor.

And that IGF has receptors on all of your cells, including your immune cells.

So if I have people who have...

immune dysfunction as they're aging.

So all of our immune systems age.

So you're getting sick more often, things like that.

That's going to be a group you're definitely going to want to use.

If you have people who are just having trouble putting on muscle or women with osteoporosis who are in their 40s and 50s with osteoporosis,

Those are people you're definitely going to use.

Now, would you venture to say everybody needs this over time?

Well, if you follow IGF levels, most people drop.