Ellis,

Have you read THE PERRICONE PROMISE by Dr. Nicholas Perricone?
I just finished it and he discusses neuropeptides and HGH.
However, he doesn't recommend injecting HGH. He also points out
the fact that sugars/carbs are pro-inflammatory and as such,
aging.

Some of the suggestions in the book might be useful as far as
minimizing carb intakes and in boosting the effects of the HGH
that we are injecting.

Terry

[Hello Terry... No, I haven't read The Perricone Promise, but I
know that Dr. Perricone recommends low carbs, and I agree with
him on this. "The Perricone Promise" of course is just a nice
title, as if he has something new and different to tell us.
Please give us a summary of anything he says that we haven't
said before on Rejuvenation, and if he has some good ideas I'll
buy the book.

It doesn't surprise me at all that a doctor doesn't recommend
injecting HGH. There are many doctors that don't recommend HGH...
There are more doctors that DON'T, than doctors that DO... But
I am happy to learn from the doctors that DO... Nobody who is not
injecting HGH recommends injecting HGH, least of all doctors, if
they are not injecting HGH, because if they would just try it
instead of being scared of it they would surely say differently.

Tough luck for Dr. Perricone. One of the most noticeable effects
of HGH which almost everybody who takes HGH reports is: "nicer
skin" So good 'ol Doctor Perricone should think twice about what
so many people taking HGH are saying results in nicer skin, which
is the topic of his book.

In any case... I am fortunate that I am taking growth hormone, and
I wish he would be taking it too... but if he does or if he doesn't,
that won't affect MY skin. My skin is pretty nice, considering
it looks and feels like the backside of a baby, and I'm nearly 60
years old.

Toodle doo... - Ellis]



T Cooper wrote:

This morning I checked my blood glucose level upon rising and it was
120... about thirty minutes after eating breakfast I checked it again
and it was 93...

Ellis can you tell me something about this morning effect?

[Hello Terry... you arenīt telling us what you had for
breakfast, so I am going to guess that you had a good
low carb high protein breakfast... YES, or NO? What
happened is that your breakfast stimulated your pancreas to
release the insulin that is stored at night, and so it was
released... and not having too much mess to clean up, it
was enough to drop your blood glucose from 120 to 90...

Another possibility is that your 120 is a mistaken reading...
but it might be correct. In any case, it is too high, and if
I was you I would have tested it again to make sure it is a
true reading. I suggest you should take my Poor Manīs
Glucose Tolerance Test and see if you might be a good
candidate to take insulin, as I do. I THINK you are a good
candidate, because you seem to be pre-diabetic, at least.

http://www.rajeun.net/assess.html
http://www.rajeun.net/gtt.html

You can avoid a 120 in the morning by not eating much carbohydrates
the day before, especially not at dinner... if it was me, I
would also inject a tiny dose of insulin before and after a
"high carb" meal, also. For me, a "high carb" meal means I
ate something I know is high carb, like a piece of bread, or
something I know I shouldnīt eat, but sometimes do.

And a "tiny dose" of insulin means 3 iu Rapid insulin before eating,
and 0 or 1 or 2 iu after eating, according to what the glucose meter
tells me, then.

http://www.rajeun.net/usinginsulin.html

Thanks for writing,

- Ellis]