AboutBarbara Judge Expertise Outpatient pharmacy and general health. I have recently completed a Pharmceutical Care Certificate Program offered by Purdue University (Spring 1999 completion). I have personal experience dealing with terminally ill persons and their needs, as well as their families` needs. I graduated in 1984 from Pharmacy School and have been a Licensed Pharmacist since then. I have 18 years retail pharmacy experience. Prior to my pharmacy training I have 3 years hospital experience as a Nurse`s Aide.
Expert: Barbara Judge Date: 4/16/2008 Subject: hgh releaser
Question dear doc,
i have an extremely athletic 14 yoa daughter and an 11 yoa son. they take vitamins on a regular basis. i want to start giving them an genf20 hgh releaser. do you have any thoughts on this good or bad?
Answer When looking at the actual ingredients of Genf20 it appears that you would be purchasing a chromium supplement with added amino acids and animal pituitary glands. Since the nutritional supplement market is unregulated by the FDA they may say whatever they want with no scientific data to back it up at all. They also do not need any safety data either. If these were my children I would NOT give this to them.
Chromium is thought to have effects if the regulation of blood sugar. Large doses of chromium may alter blood sugars in diabetic patients. Amino acids are naturally occurring in all protein products such as meat and beans. As long as your children eat enough meat and protein (even peanut butter!) supplementing amino acids is rarely necessary. As far as adding pituitary powder to their diet with all the recalls on the market in recent news I would hesitate to buy anything from anyone on the internet or even in a store that is selling bizarre ingredients. I would want to know what I am giving my children and where it came from.
Also, think about the example you are setting for your children. Do you want them on a product called "Genf20 hgh releaser" at a time when professional athletes are under investigation (Barry Bonds) and going to jail (Marion Jones)?
