Ray Peat on growth hormone

Critical Views on Long-Term Estrogen Therapy

"onstance Martin, in her Textbook of Endocrine Physiology, (1976), says that estrogens are not useful if administered over long periods of time.... M.R. Urist (in Biochem. and Physiol. of Bone, vol.2, G.H. Bourne, 1972 ed.) says that estrogen doesnt restore bone mass to a degree demonstrable by roentgenography, that excessive growth hormone may aggravate the disorder, and that estrogen stimulates the release of growth hormone."

- Nutrition For Women

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LH, Growth Hormone, and Prolactin's Role in Stress and Estrogen

"LH (luteinizing hormone) increases when progesterone or testosterone is deficient, and growth hormone and prolactin (which are closely associated in evolution) both increase under a variety of stressful situations, and with estrogenic stimulation."

- 1998 - May Ray Peat's Newsletter

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Hormone Levels and Prostate Cancer Patient Survival

"Prostate cancer patients who had higher levels of LH and lower testosterone died most quickly. (Harper, et al., 1984.) Also, a high ratio of testosterone to estradiol or of testosterone to prolactin corresponded to better survival (Rannikko, et al, 1981.) Considered separately, patients with higher testosterone levels had a better prognosis than those with lower levels, and patients with lower growth hormone levels did better than those with higher growth hormone levels. (Wilson, et al., 1985.)"

- 1998 - May Ray Peat's Newsletter

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