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GLYCINE — A Dirt-Cheap Natural HGH Booster
Glycine is probably one of the most overlooked supplements when it comes to natural HGH optimization.What is glycine?
Glycine is the simplest amino acid and occurs naturally in the human body and in foods, particularly collagen-rich animal foods.It isn't HGH, a peptide, steroid, SARM, or hormone.
It's also extremely cheap. Depending on where you buy bulk powder, a serving can cost only a few cents.
Glycine and HGH
The interesting part is that there are multiple human studies showing glycine can stimulate growth hormone release.Kasai, Kobayashi & Shimoda — Metabolism (1978)
“Stimulatory effect of glycine on human growth hormone secretion”
Researchers orally administered 250 mL of 0.3 M glycine (~5.6 g) to healthy subjects.
They observed a clear and statistically significant increase in serum HGH (p < 0.001).
The researchers concluded that glycine acts as a stimulatory agent for pituitary HGH secretion.
PMID: 622050
DOI: 10.1016/0026-0495(78)90165-8
Kasai et al. — Acta Endocrinologica (1980)
“Glycine stimulated growth hormone release in man”
Researchers tested 4 g, 8 g and 12 g of intravenously administered glycine in healthy subjects.
They found:
4 g → significant GH increase (p < 0.05)
8 g → significant GH increase (p < 0.001)
12 g → even more pronounced GH increase (p < 0.001)
They observed a dose-dependent GH response to glycine.
PMID: 7376793
DOI: 10.1530/acta.0.0930283
Why could this be interesting for height?
HGH is an important part of normal growth and acts partly through the GH → IGF-1 pathway.So the hypothesis is:
Glycine → increased GH secretion → increased GH signaling → potentially supporting growth in someone who still has remaining growth potential.
This doesn't mean one HGH spike automatically translates into extra centimeters. The studies demonstrate the GH response, while how much that response could influence someone's eventual height would depend on factors such as skeletal maturity and remaining growth potential.
Summary
Glycine- Naturally occurring amino acid
- Produced by the human body
- Present naturally in food
- Extremely inexpensive
- Human studies have demonstrated stimulation of HGH secretion
- Oral glycine produced a significant HGH response in human research
- Higher IV doses produced a dose-dependent GH response
- Potentially interesting for people researching natural GH optimization
Overall it has direct effect on deep sleep which translates to more gh release if you are creating a heightmaxxing thread be sure to add this.
