Why Growth Hormone & Not Testosterone?

Received a great comment/question regarding my Growth Hormone Experiments so let's just dive right into it:

Before we go further, thank you so much Fabrizio for this great comment. I literally get dozens of comments a day (some-most of them are usually just nonsense) so when I get comments where I can tell people have put thought into their questions and are helping to challenge me it just makes me really appreciate the path I am on at this stage in my life. Thank you to everyone who engages thoughtfully, I am always willing to help those who are trying to get truly informed along their path.

Here is my response:
*NOTE: YOU DON'T HAVE TO READ THIS!

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I don't expect you to read all of my response but if you are interested in any of the questions he asked then it's all there for you but today I want to focus more specifically on his questions regarding why I chose to focus more on optimizing (or raising) my Growth Hormone levels over my Testosterone levels.

When I first started pondering the concept of hormone optimization and began doing my research on what the difference between Testosterone and Growth Hormone actually was, I found that it really wasn't easy to find information on the subject I was looking for, which goes to show me that:
1. There isn't a great understanding from the general public on the concept of hormones and how it affects the body
2. The understanding that is out there is heavily influenced by societal notions about what Testosterone and Growth Hormone are (basically they can be replaced/supplemented/injected/etc.)

So, in regards to these two points, almost everything I found online when I searched Testosterone or Growth Hormone (or even estrogen) either separately or together came up with people who had low levels or deficiencies and then how to try to recover from this which would be typically paired with a product, supplement, or 'booster' or they are just straight trying to sell steroids. Nowadays, when doing research A LOT of information is in regards to 'hormone replacement therapy' or people in the process of gender transition who are using hormones to facilitate the process.

This heavily concerned me because from all the research I had done prior to this, my theory was that you can increase/optimize/maximize your Testosterone levels naturally just by manipulating certain factors in your life like your food intake, physical activity, stress levels, etc, but I was still not able to explain how Growth Hormone fit into it. I knew and understood that they had an effect on each other but I didn't know how to explain it to others and couldn't find the information that allowed me to easily relay this concept. I believe part of my Journey while on this planet is to help people have a better understanding of how their bodies work and function, so,

Why Growth Hormone Over Testosterone Then?

After scouring the internet for hours and hours to find the most representative information I could find I landed on this:

To put it REALLY SIMPLE, it's a big cycle but ultimately:

Growth Hormone is produced in the Brain (in the hypothalamus/pituitary gland) which signals the Testes (or ovaries) to produce Testosterone (or estrogen) which leads to a host of factors in the body.

To me, after seeing this, it just made sense that if I want to maintain a high natural testosterone level then I have to try to keep my Growth Hormone levels as high as possible by taking advantage of the factors in life that stimulate my body to produce more. To me it seems redundant to only focus on increasing my Testosterone levels because it's one of the last few parts of the cycle. Let's use a train for example, if a train is moving slow or not as powerful as it normally is you wouldn't focus on optimizing the caboose, there may be a problem there but first you would look at the engine room, the thing that is actually providing the power that moves the whole train along.

So, it's not that I'm using the term Growth Hormone interchangeably with Testosterone, the fact is, you just can't NATURALLY increase your testosterone levels without first affecting your Growth Hormone levels so I personally choose to not even talk about Testosterone. Raising your testosterone levels is a by-product of increasing your Growth Hormone levels which is what I want more people to understand by following my Journey.

Well, I hope this helped to explain why I choose to focus on Growth Hormone over Testosterone!
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