The buff and tough are everywhere, countless adults, all ages, popping shots of recombinant human growth hormone, the DNA-based enhancer of cultural choice. Growth hormone builds power, size and speed, especially in synergy with low-dose testosterone, and, despite much misinformation afloat, synthetic HGH cannot be reliably detected in a blood or urine PED screen. In other words, the smoking gun for detection of systemic muscle doping in American football - growth hormone, anabolic steroids, insulin, GHB and more - comes before us routinely, on fields of cartoonish physiques and performances, parameters ever increasing. The wealth of evidence portrays HGH pervasiveness in American football, where organic growth hormone took root before the advent of steroid testing. World-class athletes had taken the cue by 1980 from doctors, coaches and bodybuilders, employing growth hormone harvested from human cadavers to evade Olympics testing. read more

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Berger, who has been practicing anti-aging and holistic medicine for 30 years, says he is now prescribing injections of HGH to about one out of every four people he treats at his Rejuvalife Vitality Institute in Beverly Hills. The study included just a dozen men, but it inspired a flood of anti-aging literature touting the benefits of growth hormone, along with countless Web sites selling HGH creams and sprays. Endocrinologists say those products, though, are worthless — the body can use HGH only when it’s injected to treat patients with HGH, Berger says they must be diagnosed with a deficiency of HGH, which happens naturally as the body ages. Berger says he prescribes HGH to restore normal levels of the hormone and makes it part of a broader long-term treatment program including diet, nutritional supplements, exercise and other hormone replacement. Dennis Pelino, a 60-year-old Beverly Hills entrepreneur, says five years ago, he was having trouble keeping up with the younger people he was doing business with, so he started treatments, which included HGH injections. read more

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