Wang F, Ye X, Zhai D, Dai W, Wu Y, Chen J, Chen W
A 2022 meta-analysis pooling 25 randomized trials in people who were overweight or living with obesity found no significant effect on body weight, BMI, or waist circumference overall (though it did find a modest reduction in waist-to-hip ratio)
Participants then had a 1-week wash-out period and received the opposite contingency for three consecutive days of the following week
Hydration : Helps reduce side effects and boost energy
The goal is to draw a hard line between those narrow indications and the much grander claim being sold to healthy or near-healthy adults: that hGH can reliably accelerate tissue repair, preserve function after routine orthopedic surgery, enhance performance, or reverse some meaningful component of aging
The amygdala, a brain region involved in emotion and behavior regulation, appears to be the site of this action, highlighting the complexity of neural pathways involved in regulating alcohol consumption