Excess growth hormone can lead to insulin resistance, metabolic health problems, and increased cancer rates. — Whalespan
Excess growth hormone can lead to insulin resistance, metabolic health problems, and increased cancer rates.
⚠ High risk
We can't find evidence that holds up here. Proponents are reasoning from mechanism or analogy rather than direct human data, and the most credible skeptics raise objections we can't dismiss.
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High-risk intervention — consult a physician before acting.Drug-drug interactions, dose-dependence, and screening contraindications apply.
“Excess growth hormone levels in the human body potentially both pulsatile or tonic could also lead to an increased rate of cancer because growth hormone leads to elevated levels of IGF-1 or insulin like growth factor 1. And elevated levels of IGF-1 are linked to increased rates of cancer.”