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What Is the Best Test for Insulin Deficiency? The ITT, Insulin Tolerance Test...

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Ellis Toussier Bigio

* * * What are the best tests for HGH deficiency?

Hi Ellis,

What are the best tests for HGH deficiency?

I've had the IGF-1 test, but I've also read that IGF-1 does not always accurately correlate to HGH levels.

Should I get an HGH blood, 24-hour urine or saliva test?

Could you tell me the exact names of the recommended tests?

Thanks, - Bill

Ellis: [Hello Bill...
The best test for HGH deficiency is called the Insulin Tolerance Test (ITT)... Believe it or not, this is the single best test, but they don't use it in the U.S.A., maybe because they are scared of it.

In the insulin tolerance test, the doctor injects you with insulin, then monitors closely to see your blood glucose dropping to an unbelievable 35 mg/dl I can't imagine how BAD that must feel, but I have dropped my glucose levels to 50 mg/dl and it felt pretty scary...

It was even more scary, because I didn't have a doctor beside me to pull me out, if my glucose would have dropped lower.

I ate HALF AN EGG YOLK, and that stopped the drop.

Anyways... they check for an increase in GROWTH HORMONE secretion as blood glucose drops, and if it doesn't increase, that means that your pituitary is not being stimulated to release growth hormone, so you are HGH deficient.

The next best test is called the Arginine Tolerance Test...

This is piece of cake compared to the Insulin Tolerance Test...

They inject arginine, and they check to see how much that stimulated release of growth hormone... It is much less growth hormone than with the Insulin Tolerance Test, but that is what they use in the U.S. I suppose if it is enough to give them the answer they seek, why use the insulin tolerance test, which makes the patient feel much worse?

I would use the arginine tolerance test if I was a doctor, and if it gives me accurate results... and I would use the insulin tolerance test if I would not get accurate results with the arginine tolerance test... the problem is: how do you know if the arginine tolerance test result is accurate or not? I dunno. If it says you are HGH deficient, I believe it. If it says you are not HGH deficient, I don't believe it, because I know you are HGH deficient.

Then, is the problem of deciding what is the DEFINITION of HGH deficiency. At what point do you call it HGH deficiency?

ENDOCRINOLOGISTS (the dumbest of all doctors) say it is the bottom 3% of the bell curve... Why 3%? why not the bottom 25%, or the bottom 49%?

Because they are ENDOCRINOLOGISTS and they are taught not to THINK, only to OBEY.

ENDOCRINOLOGISTS don't care what is the OPTIMUM level of any hormone... they go by what is NORMAL for your age, and it is NORMAL for you to have very little to nothing of HGH.

It is also NORMAL to grow old, so that is o.k. and should not be avoided... and it is NORMAL to die of a heart attack or stroke, because 50% of the population dies of a heart attack or a stroke... so I suppose they learn that that is o.k. too.

Actually, my respects to those few SMART ENDOCRINOLOGISTS who have also become anti-aging doctors... THERE ARE SOME... but not many...

I would be an ENDOCRINOLOGIST if I could go back in time with what I know, back 2000 years to visit Aristotle and Hippocrates and Galen, etc. Man, wouldn't that be fantastic?!!

Instead, 100 years from now I will be forgotten... the Amazing Dirty Old Man with the Legendary Ego... gone... (sniff...)

Poor Ellis is Dead, a Candle lights his 'ead... he's lookin' oh so purty and serene... and serene... (from Rodgers and Hammerstein: Oklahoma!)

Hell, no!... 100 years from now I'm going to STILL BE AROUND raising hell to REMIND YOU WHO I AM... (or maybe 100 years from now I kicked the bucket a mere 20 or 40 years ago... somebody please keep this forum going...)

I can tell you horror stories about endocrinologists, because I have to hear these stories from MY CUSTOMERS all the time!

...Children who are rejected for HGH treatment because they are TOO TALL... (5' 3")... or TOO OLD (age 17 to 19, etc.)

(Fortunately, there is ELLIS in MEXICO...)

...Dr. Ronald Klatz, President of the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine, who was BOOED OFF THE STAGE so he could not deliver his conference about HGH for anti-aging purposes to a group of endocrinologists...

etc.

- Ellis]


	March 25, 2006 Dear Ellis, "I want to express my feeling of deepest gratitude to you for teaching me about the significance of EPO. I learned about EPO first from you. Initially I did not pay much attention to it. What happened to me about two years ago when I was 88, was sudden mysterious anemia (hematocrit 35-38%). My doctor did not worry about my anemia... He said it is mild and stable, there is nothing to worry about... but I felt terribly weak... I felt like I was dying. Reading what you have written about EPO on Rejuvenation, I asked another doctor to write a prescription for EPO. The results are beyond description. A Miracle! Now I feel stronger... much stronger than I was 10 or more years ago. Now I think better than before, and I publish better books and papers than before. I wish to express again my deepest feelings of gratitude towards you. I feel you saved my life and restored my high working and creative capacity. With kindest regards, Sebastian Shaumyan Professor of Linguistics, Yale University


	July, 2006 Hi Ellis, "You might remember me. I am the 66 year old Phoenix firefighter that has the hyperbaric chamber that I use for mountain bike racing. I also let ill people use my chamber ( for $5.00 which is the actual cost to operate a high pressure oxygen chamber for an hour) that can't afford to go to a hyperbaric oxygen center. I myself have done over 400 dives in the 3+ yrs that I have had the chamber. I owe it to you Ellis to explain what I know because I learned almost everything I now know (including the benefits of hyperbaric oxygen) and about staying healthy from years of following your advice on Rejuvenation." - Frank Lively Phoenix, Arizona


	July, 2006 Hi Ellis, "I've been a student of health and longevity for all my adult life. I used to own a health/herb store and used to teach herbal healing. I'm fairly knowledgeable about both natural healing and some areas in the fields of medical science, having worked as a biomedical engineer for over 12 years. I've been a member of Rejuvenation for several years, using many of your suggestions like monitoring blood glucose and using HGH, among other things, both of which have made a big difference for me.." - Scott Brown Northern California


	December 15, 2007 Dear Ellis, Even though we haven't yet met in person, I feel as though I know you. I feel this way because I have read quite a bit from your extensive writings on your website. I appreciate the way you use metaphors and analogies to get your points across when explaining information. You are very informative, you are very logical, and all that you write makes perfect sense to me. I have learned quite a bit from reading through your website. You are a wealth of information. I feel lucky to have made contact with you. David Shapero (e-mail received December 15, 2007)

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What Is the Best Test for Insulin Deficiency? The ITT, Insulin Tolerance Test...

Question asked and answered by Ellis Toussier Bigio

Question asked and answered by
Ellis Toussier Bigio