My frnd advised me to take 20g arginine daily for growth hormone production .do u think 20g is harmful for me.

Question

can any tell me the rite dosage for age 16 n 19

Answer 1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arginine

Arginine is a non-essential amino acid, and your body makes most of what you need.   Over-supplementation does not specifically make more HGH.  Like all biochemical processes in the body, the rate limiting ingredient is the one in lowest supply.

Answer 2

The effect of L-arginine on the release of HGH was studied at the University of Virginia. Researchers concluded that arginine assists the positive HGH-releasing effect of exercise by limiting somatostatin release.

Large amounts of arginine have been used successfully with another amino acid, ornithine, to increase HGH release. Ornithine is manufactured in the body when arginine is used during the production of urea. These two amino acids may promote muscle building by increasing HGH and insulin.

However, the amount of arginine used in the study, 13 grams, caused gastrointestinal problems.

The bottom line on arginine as a viable HGH release agent is not complete. For example, one study from UCLA shows that arginine produces no increase in HGH with exercise and actually may impair HGH release during weight training, (Oral arginine does not stimulate basal or augment exercise-induced GH secretion in either young or old adults, 1999, Marcell).