IGF-1

[summersgold]

Saw a program on the PBS channel a couple of days ago. It was titled "Fasting and Longevity." The whole theme of the program was about reducing your IGF-1 levels. Because according to study after study high IGF-1 levels will reduce your life span by 10 or 20 years. They were talking about getting it down to 40 or less. I had a test for IGF-1 a year ago and Lab Corp said the normal range was 75 to 212 ng/ml.
The moderator was also the test subject and all his tests were done in the US.
The way they were getting the levels down was by fasting. 1st fast was a 4 day fast every month. Fasting was described as 600 calories a day. The 2nd fast was fast 1 day then eat normal the next day, continuously doing the every other day fast. 3rd fast was 2 days every 3 weeks. All the fasts were successful in reducing IGF-1 levels down below 40.
IGF-1 is linked to increased prostate cancer risk.(By more than 50% higher) Increased risk of other types of cancer. Increased risk of heart disease and increased risk of alzheimers disease. The most stunning finding with rats and mice was the 60% reduction in life span, when they had high levels of IGF-1.

It looks like the future of bodybuilding is going to be with SARMS and myostatin inhibitors. That is for anyone who is interested in living a normal life span.

 

[sammy555]

Saw a program on the PBS channel a couple of days ago. It was titled "Fasting and Longevity." The whole theme of the program was about reducing your IGF-1 levels. Because according to study after study high IGF-1 levels will reduce your life span by 10 or 20 years. They were talking about getting it down to 40 or less. I had a test for IGF-1 a year ago and Lab Corp said the normal range was 75 to 212 ng/ml.
The moderator was also the test subject and all his tests were done in the US.
The way they were getting the levels down was by fasting. 1st fast was a 4 day fast every month. Fasting was described as 600 calories a day. The 2nd fast was fast 1 day then eat normal the next day, continuously doing the every other day fast. 3rd fast was 2 days every 3 weeks. All the fasts were successful in reducing IGF-1 levels down below 40.
IGF-1 is linked to increased prostate cancer risk.(By more than 50% higher) Increased risk of other types of cancer. Increased risk of heart disease and increased risk of alzheimers disease. The most stunning finding with rats and mice was the 60% reduction in life span, when they had high levels of IGF-1.

It looks like the future of bodybuilding is going to be with SARMS and myostatin inhibitors. That is for anyone who is interested in living a normal life span.

Saw this program. Think it was horizon. They also did you need to keep protein down to 50gv or so. That in combination with such low igf levels not ideal for our goals unfortunately

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