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April 21, 2002
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New Straits Times
04-21-2002
Why we need HGH
Edition: New Sunday Times - Style; 2*
Section: In The Waiting Room

HUMAN Growth Hormone is a natural chemical produced by the body that's crucial to the growth and maintenance of human tissue. We need GH supplements because GH, which humans begin to produce at birth, peaks during adolescence, declines in adulthood, and continues to diminish with age. Virtually all ageing complications stem from the body's inability to replace cells it loses to programmed cell death, free radical damage, or DNA mutations. To replace the cells (or to build new cells), the body must be able to synthesise protein, which makes up the bulk of a cell's composition.

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