As an Exercise Physiologist, people often ask me for action- able strategies to help them achieve their best selves both physically and mentally.
Finding novel ways to increase growth hormone naturally Is a key factor in our efforts to slow aging, lose body fat, build lean muscle mass and sleep better. Aside from the king of hormone regulation, strength training, other practices that help to increase growth hormone include:
Intermittent Fasting:
Eating all your calories for the day in a shorter window of time (ex. 11:00am-7:00pm) has huge increases in both the frequency and magnitude of growth hormone release during the fasting period and while sleeping.
Avoid Late Night Eating:
Beyond the fact that the calories we eat at night often lead to fat gain, cating within 3 hours before bedtime also disrupts your sleep and blunts the normal rise in growth hormones during the first several hours of sleep.
Limit Sugar and Refined Carbohydrates at Night:
Spikes in blood sugar give rise to insulin secretion in order to lower blood sugar which inhibits growth hormone production.
Article originally published in Stamford City Lifestyle Magazine in the June 2024 Gentlemen’s Issue.
