All-Natural Hormone Hacks for Muscle Growth & Fat Loss: T, HGH, Cortisol, IGF-1, Insulin, T3 & More!

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Key Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:41 Growth Hormone (HGH) Overview
1:18 Growth Hormone (HGH) Boosting Strategies
5:56 Testosterone Overview
7:05 Testosterone Boosting Strategies
13:07 Thyroid Hormone (T3) Overview
14:06 Thyroid Hormone (T3) Boosting Strategies
17:28 IGF-1 Overview
18:00 IGF-1 Boosting Strategies
19:40 Insulin Overview
20:34 Insulin Optimization Strategies
22:32 Ghrelin Overview
23:03 Ghrelin Boosting Strategies
24:19 Estrogen Overview
25:15 Estrogen Lowering Strategies
26:18 Cortisol Overview
26:53 Cortisol Lowering Strategies
30:07 Hormone Boosting Guide

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In this video I’ll give you dozens of all-natural, science-based strategies for smashing your fitness goals by boosting or lowering the following all-important hormones:

GROWTH HORMONE. Growth Hormone (aka HGH) may be the most important anabolic for building muscle and burning fat at the same time. It’s made by the pituitary gland and mostly released in 6 large pulses per day… unless they’re blocked by high fatty acids, the stress hormone cortisol, somatostatin, or high insulin. HGH boosts muscle size, strength, and endurance, growing fast and slow-twitch fibers equally, and it increases fat burning up to 60%.

TESTOSTERONE. Sometimes called the king of anabolic hormones, testosterone is made out of cholesterol by Leydig cells in the testes and ovaries, and released by luteinizing hormone (LH) from the pituitary, or by high lactic acid levels. It activates thousands of genes that boost muscle size, strength, and endurance—especially in fast-twitch fibers which have more testosterone receptors. It also makes stem cells become muscle instead of fat, makes effort feel good, and benefits virtually every body system. But FREE testosterone is what matters, because MOST of your total testosterone is inactivated by sex-hormone binding globulin (SHBG).

THYROID HORMONE (T3). Thyroid hormone controls how fast you burn fat, build muscle, and produce energy by setting the basal metabolic rate of every cell in your body. Produced in the thyroid gland from iodine, it’s released by thyroid-stimulating hormone from the pituitary, mostly as inactive T4, which gets converted to active T3. Unlike other fat-loss methods, T3 prevents cravings and fat regain. So more thyroid hormone means easier fat loss and actually keeping it off. It also transforms stem cells into large fast-twitch fibers, triggers slow-to-fast twitch conversion, and increases muscle blood flow, oxygenation, nitric oxide, and ATP production, boosting workout energy, endurance, and pump!

INSULIN. Insulin's net effects can be good or bad. Produced in the pancreas, insulin is released by glucose—aka blood sugar—or amino acids, which it then pumps into muscle to fuel growth and prevent breakdown, especially in slow-twitch fibers. However, it also does the same for fat—storing it and preventing its breakdown. So the key to maximizing insulin’s muscle-building benefits while avoiding fat gain… is all about timing, and insulin sensitivity. You want low BASELINE insulin to minimize fat storage, then spike it around workouts to maximize muscle growth.

CORTISOL. The stress hormone is made by the adrenal glands, and released by ACTH from the pituitary in response to mental or physical stress. It activates your fight or flight response, breaking down fat and muscle for enery, while shutting down non-essential functions like muscle growth. Some cortisol is necessary; natural spikes wake you up, handle threats, and drive adaptations. But most people have chronically high baseline cortisol that kills anabolic hormones, and lowering it will supercharge muscle growth and overall wellbeing.

ESTROGEN. Estrogen is made from testosterone via aromatase enzymes, for men mostly in fat tissue. Most men have too much estrogen, due to excess body fat, chemical estrogen exposure, alcohol consumption, and testosterone boosting, which means more conversion to estrogen, unless you use the following strategies. Excess estrogen lowers growth hormone, testosterone, thyroid hormone, and IGF-1. It also causes fat gain and water retention, and increases cancer risk.

GHRELIN. Ghrelin, "the secret to aging muscularly", is produced by the stomach...

IGF-1. Insulin-like growth factor 1...