Uploaded February 2012 | Updated September 2026, 4 days ago
Please enjoy this excerpt from his presentation at the Clinical Applications for Age Management Medicine Conference.
Growth hormone treatment of adults has gained wide recognition as the major hormone therapy that can oppose the progression of aging. But growth hormone acts in great part by stimulating the secretion of another hormone produced in the liver, insulin-like growth factor 1 or IGF-1. IGF-1 is at the base of most of the anabolic effects of growth hormone. But IGF-1 has some greater effects. It produces anabolic effects where growth hormone fails (in utero, aging liver of elderly persons, age-related growth hormone resistance, etc.) and reduces blood sugar levels, being a major antidiabetic hormone. Moreover, the association of growth hormone and IGF-1 may synergistically work in some patients to produce greater age-reversing effects.
Dr Thierry Hertoghe is a world renowned expert on male and female hormones, and he follows in the footsteps of his grandfather and father who all specialised in the same subject. He has written numerous books on natural hormones and he lectures all round the world, and 3Geese wanted to understand all about the hormones that he prescribes to his patients.
President, International Hormone Society; European Academy of Quality of Life and Longevity Medicine (EAQUALL); World Society of Anti-Aging Medicine (WOSAMM)
Author, The Hormone Handbook
Please enjoy this excerpt from his presentation at the Clinical Applications for Age Management Medicine Conference.
Growth hormone treatment of adults has gained wide recognition as the major hormone therapy that can oppose the progression of aging. But growth hormone acts in great part by stimulating the secretion of another hormone produced in the liver, insulin-like growth factor 1 or IGF-1. IGF-1 is at the base of most of the anabolic effects of growth hormone. But IGF-1 has some greater effects. It produces anabolic effects where growth hormone fails (in utero, aging liver of elderly persons, age-related growth hormone resistance, etc.) and reduces blood sugar levels, being a major antidiabetic hormone. Moreover, the association of growth hormone and IGF-1 may synergistically work in some patients to produce greater age-reversing effects.
Dr Thierry Hertoghe is a world renowned expert on male and female hormones, and he follows in the footsteps of his grandfather and father who all specialised in the same subject. He has written numerous books on natural hormones and he lectures all round the world, and 3Geese wanted to understand all about the hormones that he prescribes to his patients.
President, International Hormone Society; European Academy of Quality of Life and Longevity Medicine (EAQUALL); World Society of Anti-Aging Medicine (WOSAMM)
Author, The Hormone Handbook
