Andrew Huberman· PhD
So yes indeed fasting can increase growth hormone, not to the super levels that taking growth hormone would increase it, or that a sauna could increase it, but it does seem to increase growth hormone.
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So yes indeed fasting can increase growth hormone, not to the super levels that taking growth hormone would increase it, or that a sauna could increase it, but it does seem to increase growth hormone.
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Turns out that fasting does increase growth hormone levels and the way that it does it is fascinating.
A lot of people point to the literature on if you're deprived of calories oh growth hormone goes up. There are different situations in which it'll go up. Deep sleep obviously super impactful on if you're going to have release or not as well.
this is why also when you are fasted or malnourished you could have significantly more output via the Gin receptor agonism
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