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HGH and HypoPituitary Disorder
Should I add HGH to my regimen?
From: "Anne-Marie"
Date: Wed Dec 7, 2005
Subject: * * * HGH and HypoPitiutary Disorder
I've recently been diagnosed with hypopituitary disorder. My serotonin
levels are also very, very low (41! as opposed to the 250-600 range it
should be. 5_HTP did not seem to get it to budge. I took 4 tabs a day.
I'm now taking Diotroxin - half a tablet per day, Diandron - 1 per day
(which I'm not so sure is the same as DHEA?), TMG - 2 per day, as well
as a very good Multivitamin.
I'm wondering whether I should add HGH to this regimen to help me
feel more energetic. I just have nooo energy and no drive.
How does one go about getting HGH into your regimen?
In Johannesburg we now get a low GI bread at <55 which is also high in
fibre. The carb count is 33.5 gr per portion. Can I eat that?
Annie
Randpark Ridge
[Hello Annie... to answer your questions one by one... Yes,
of course I think that you have to add injectible HGH to your
regimen, because HGH is the principle hormone made by the
pituitary, and if you are hypopituitary you are certainly
lacking in HGH... and of course it will give you more
energy...
But... I am not a doctor, and you are seeing doctors, who
should certainly know this by now... But just because it is obvious that you need it
doesn't mean they are going to prescribe it to you. If they DON'T prescribe HGH to you,
be sure to write to me again, and I will tell you what to
do then. And when they DO prescribe HGH to you, as I think
they should, let me know the dose they prescribe for you...
Knowing endocrinologists fear of growth hormone, maybe I
will have to refer you to an anti aging doctor so you get another
opinion. I am curious to know what dose endocrinologists
prescribe to somebody who is hypopituitary...
I would be very nasty with endocrinologists if I would say they
should have already prescribed it by now... or it
will probably be an extremely low dose, because they are so
afraid to use growth hormone... so I won't say it... I hope
you have an exceptional and unusually good endocrinologist.
As for the "low glycemic index bread" which claims to have
only 33.5 gr of carbs per portion... I am certain the size
of the "portion" must be about 70 grams, because 50% of 70
grams of ANY bread is 35 grams. Don't get fooled by what
they "claim"... you have to look beyond the numbers they give you,
they are always trying to SELL you their bread, and they don't
care if you get sick or not. This bread is like any other
bread, I am sure, it is ABOUT 50% carbohydrates, that is, it
is 50 grams of carbs per 100 grams of bread... So they can
lower the amount of carbs by giving you the amount for 70
grams of bread instead, of 100 grams of bread. That is called
"creativity" in the advertising department.
OF COURSE YOU CAN EAT IT. It is not a fast acting poison...
It is not even a slow acting poison. It is 35 grams of carbs
per portion.
I can't answer the question for you without knowing how you
react to 35 grams of SUGAR, or to 70 grams of SUGAR if you eat
two "portions" of this bread.
You can surely eat A BITE of it... Can you eat TWO BITES of it?
yes... probably...
Can you eat three portions of it? Yes, if your blood glucose
doesn't go up above 100 or 110... or 120... or if you take
insulin to bring it down in a hurry...
Or if you don't mind that you will lose some neurons today,
which you won't even miss for 30 or 40 years down the road...
Or if you don't mind that you are advancing a little bit
towards Diabetes.
Do you get the point? Of course you CAN eat it. But SHOULD
you eat it? Maybe, maybe not. It depends on how much you
want to eat it, vs. the consequence of eating it, which I
don't know because I would have to know how you react to
different quantities of SUGAR, and I don't know that. I
suggsest you take my "Poor Man's Glucose Tolerance Test" and
find out how the state of your pancreas is, before you decide
to eat that bread.
Poor Man's Glucose Tolerance Test
And please, don't ever look at what they tell you on the label
for a "portion" of something. The size of the portion can be
ridiculous. For example, a pack of chocolate cookies might
say on the label that ONE chocolate cookie is "a portion"...
so you get only 10 grams of carbs per portion... Yes... but
who in the world is only going to eat ONE cookie?
Or a bottle of soft drink that contains 350 ml of soft drink
and 50 grams of sugar might say that a "portion" is 70 ml.
Do you think anybody stops drinking after they drank three or
four sips of the soft drink?
That is all "advertising"... They don't care about your HEALTH,
they only PRETEND TO CARE ABOUT YOUR HEALTH. What they REALLY
care about is YOUR MONEY. So they know how to disguise a tiger
and make it look like a cat... but it is still a tiger.
Also... learn to use my Carbohydrate Thermometer, and throw
away all your lists of "GI" and don't believe them either.
The Carbohydrate Thermometer
The only thing you should believe is the actual food value
tables, and if you care to see how I got that BREAD is 50%
carbs, whether it is white, or black, or whole wheat, or
whatever, just see the tables that I included at the bottom
of my page... and if you want to check that I didn't invent
the food values on this table, I give you a link to the
U.S.D.A. food tables, so you can check any kind of bread that
you want to. They are all close to 50 grams carbs per 100 grams
of bread.
As I said, 35 grams of carbs "per portion" means nothing unless
you tell me how many grams is the portion.
And I don't need for you to tell me, I know it is about 70
grams. The only way you could change that is if you put in
a lot of eggs or other protein into the bread, and I don't know
how much that would lower the percent of carbs per 100 grams,
but I think it doesn't change it very much.
In any case, it doesn't matter, because we already know
one portion contains 35 grams and what you really have to know
now is how do YOU react to 35 grams of SUGAR, if you eat
only ONE portion, or more, if you eat more than "one portion."?
Also... you need to buy a glucose meter and you have to learn
how YOU react to different levels of blood glucose, and you
have to be able to INTERPRET the results of the glucose tests.
"According to Ellis" that is :
50 mg/dl and lower is Very Low, or Very Bad
60 mg/dl is Low
70 to 90 mg/dl is Optimal, where 70 is better than 90.
100 mg/dl is High
110 mg/dl is Very High
120 mg/dl is Bad
140 mg/dl is Terrible
160 mg/dl is Horrible
180 mg/dl is Deathly
200 mg/dl and more is Suicidal
You can read more about it on my page "The Glucose Theory
of Aging"
The Glucose Theory of Aging
Thanks for writing, and I hope this helps you.
- Ellis
> Ellis,
>
> Your protocol seems to make biological sense. I know
> few in the medical community have any relevance to
> your methods. Fountain of youth? Time will tell,
> optimizing our genetical potential is a possibiliy.
>
> Your comment, however, "I eat no bread" is beyond me.
>
> If your object of life is just to live long without
> pleasure I can never live your regimen. I love food
> and bread, and I do my best to leave carbs alone.
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