Recently 60 minutes aired a clip talking to a Dr. Alan Mintz in
Las Vegas who claims to be using HGH now for 11 years without any
problems.
Overall it was a pretty positive clip. Below is the link for those
who did not see it.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/04/19/60minutes/main1512855.shtml
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[Thanks for sending us this... It includes TWO Video clips of
the interview with Dr. Mintz... See it soon, because these
videos are not left on there for long...
Yes, it is mostly a positive interview, but it had to have the usual
"endocrinologists" who say the typical "it MIGHT cause CANCER..."
I paste this, which is the worst, with my comments IN CAPITAL
LETTERS... - Ellis]
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All of this is particularly alarming to Dr. Shlomo Melmed, who
literally wrote the book on human growth hormone. He says there are all
sorts of reasons why its use is supposed to be carefully controlled.
HE "LITERALLY WROTE THE BOOK" ON HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE, BUT HE HAS
PROBABLY NEVER USED IT HIMSELF BECAUSE HE IS *SCARED* OF IT...
WHAT A WAY OF ESTABLISHING THAT WHAT HE SAYS IS RIGHT, HE
"LITERALLY WROTE THE BOOK"... SO IF I WRITE A BOOK ABOUT HUMAN
GROWTH HORMONE, THEN MY OPINION MUST BE THE LAST WORD? THIS
MAN HAS NEVER USED GROWTH HORMONE, AND HE DOESN'T RECOMMEND IT
FOR HIS FAMILY OR HIS PATIENTS... WHAT AUTHORITY DOES HE HAVE,
EXCEPT THAT HE COMPILED WHAT HE READ IN OTHER BOOKS? -ELLIS]
- Ellis
"I would not take growth hormone because it's unsafe," Melmed says.
"As a physician, I would certainly not recommend to my family or my
patients that they take growth hormone unless they have a proven
indication for pituitary damage."
Melmed, director of Cedars-Sinai Research Institute in Los Angeles,
is one of the world’s leading researchers on human growth hormone,
and president of the International Society of Endocrinology, which
is the study of hormones.
[O.K., IF HE IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF
ENDOCRINOLOGY, AND IF THERE ARE SO MANY HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS
OF PERSONS WHO HAVE USED GROWTH HORMONE FOR SO MANY YEARS, THEN
WHY DOESN'T HE PUT TOGETHER A STUDY TO DEMONSTRATE THAT GROWTH
HORMONE CAUSES CANCER, AND NOT "MIGHT CAUSE CANCER"? - Ellis]
"There's no study published which shows that growth hormone administration will prolong life in a controlled fashion.
There is no controlled study which shows that growth hormone
administration in the long term will benefit any of the frailties
of old age," says Melmed.
[YES THERE IS. THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF STUDIES, PERHAPS THOUSANDS
OF STUDIES... - ELLIS]
He says the benefits of taking testosterone and human growth hormone are often temporary and largely cosmetic, while the potential side
effects, which include "joint pain,"; "carpal tunnel syndrome,"
"diabetes," "high blood pressure" and "heart failure," are very real.
["POTENTIAL SIDE EFFECTS" IS NOT ENOUGH... SHOW US...
WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE PEOPLE TAKING GROWTH HORMONE DEVELOP
DIABETES, AND WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE PEOPLE NOT TAKING GROWTH
HORMONE DEVELOP DIABETES? - ELLIS]
But Melmed's biggest concern is that human growth hormone could stimulate the growth of undetected cancer cells, such as prostate cancer in men over 50.
[OH, BULLSHIT: "...COULD STIMULATE..." IT MIGHT ALSO ATTRACT
METEORITES... "IT MIGHT"; BUT IT DOESN'T.. YET... MAYBE TOMORROW,
OR IN A FEW YEARS... AGAIN, WHAT PERCENTAGE OF MEN TAKING
GROWTH HORMONE DEVELOP PROSTATE CANCER, AND WHAT PERCENTAGE
OF MEN NOT TAKING GROWTH HORMNOE DEVELOP PROSTATE CANCER? IT
SHOULD BE PRETTY EASY TO FIND OUT... WHY AREN'T DOCTORS PUTTING
THESE STATISTICS TOGETHER, ONE WAY OR THE OTHER? IN ANY CASE,
IN 8 YEARS AT REJUVENATION, AND 10,000 POSTS, ONLY ONE PERSON
HAS REPORTED HE HAD TO STOP TAKING GROWTH HORMONE, ONE MONTH AFTER
HE BEGAN, BECAUSE THEY DETECTED PROSTATE CANCER IN THE EXAMS THAT
HE TOOK TO TAKE GROWTH HORMONE!!!
"It may well be that it's beneficial for us to have low growth
hormones as we age," says Melmed.
Asked why, he says, "It may be protecting us from cancer and heart disease."
[IT MIGHT ALSO BE BENEFICIAL TO US TO HAVE HIGHER GROWTH HORMONES
AS WE AGE, BECAUSE IT MAY BE PROTECTING US FROM CANCER AND HEART
DISEASE... HAS ANYBODY NOTICED THAT THERE IS A HIGHER INCIDENCE
OF CANCER AND HEART DISEASE IN OLD AGE, THAN IN YOUNG AGE, WHEN
GROWTH HORMONE AND TESTOSTERONE AND OTHER HORMONE LEVELS ARE HIGHER?
WHAT IS THIS FOOL ENDOCRINOLOGIST SAYING? - ELLIS]
"If someone has a latent cancer, is there any way to diagnosis that
before you begin administering human growth hormone?" Kroft asked.
"Unfortunately not," Melmed replied. "I would be very reluctant to pour
fuel onto the fire of a cancer by adding a very powerful growth factor."
[THIS IS A BLATANT LIE. OF COURSE THERE ARE SEVERAL BLOOD TESTS
THAT DETECT PROSTATE CANCER IN SPECIFIC, AND OTHER CANCERS IN
GENERAL, BEFORE ADMINISTERING HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE... AND IF
CANCER WOULD BE DETECTED, I WOULD INSIST ON TAKING GROWTH HORMONE,
AS HOWARD TURNEY DID WHEN IT WAS DETECTED IN HIM... BECAUSE IT
ALSO HELPS THE REST OF MY BODY... NOT TAKING GROWTH HORMONE BECAUSE
IT MIGHT HELP THE CANCEROUS TUMOUR TO GROW, IS LIKE NOT EATING
CHICKEN BECAUSE IT MIGHT HELP THE CANCEROUS TUMOUR TO GROW. - ELLIS]
Melmed says the use of growth hormone bothers him. "It bothers me that
people are prepared to spend so much money on a molecule which may be
unsafe for them,"; he says.
[IT BOTHERS ME THAT HE IS SO DENSE AND IGNORANT... HE WANTS US NOT
TO SPEND "SO MUCH MONEY"; WHEN IT IS OUR BODY, AND WE ARE FEELING
BETTER AND HEALTHIER.
IF ANYBODY HAS TAKEN GROWTH HORMONE AND GOTTEN ANY OF THE FOLLOWING,
PLEASE BE SURE TO WRITE AND INFORM US: DIABETES, HEART ATTACK, OR
CANCER... THAT STILL WOULD NOT PROVE THAT GROWTH HORMONE CAUSED
DIABETES, HEART ATTACK, OR CANCER... BUT IT WOULD HELP US TO MAKE
STATISTICS THAT SHOW IF THERE IS AN INCREASE IN THE EXPECTED
INCIDENCE.
WE HAVE HAD THE CASE OF ONE YOUNG BOY WHO TOOK GROWTH HORMONE
FROM AGE 3 TO 16, STOPPED TAKING GROWTH HORMONE, AND THEN GOT
CANCER AT AGE 22 (IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY...) HE ARGUED THAT
GROWTH HORMONE CAUSED HIS CANCER, AND I ARGUED THAT NOT TAKING
GR0WTH HORMONE FROM AGE 16 TO 22 CAUSED HIS CANCER, BECAUSE
HE ACCEPTS THAT HE TOOK GROWTH HORMONE BECAUSE HE IS GROWTH
HORMONE DEFICIENT... SO IT WAS GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY THAT
CAUSED HIS CANCER - ELLIS]
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