How does L-arginine affect hormone growth?

Arginine affects many different physiological processes. Taking arginine supplements improves your health, according to an March 2010 report in the "Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology and Therapeutics." Arginine-induced increases in human growth hormone, HGH, may mediate these effects. read more

Arginine, for example, increases growth hormone by blocking a natural inhibitor of HGH, according to a February 2002 report in the "European Journal of Endocrinology." This effect might occur immediately after arginine intake or it might take hours to appear. read more

1.An experiment from the Department of Exercise Science, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, used L-arginine in the range of 5 to 9 Grams and measured human growth hormone response. Growth hormone, arginine and exercise. read more