Fitness & Health Notes

You should note that you should never take any type of hormone without the direct supervision of a doctor.
First, here is an excerpt from a website for the nutrition facts for NOW’s version (I buy mostly NOW supplemts; they are a great and reliable brand):

2 SPRAYS (0.32ML) PROVIDE:

After hours of searching, I have found the answer. You need to take 40-60mcg of IGF-1 per day to be beneficial. The supplements that are sold over-the-counter (without a prescription) contain almost no IGF-1. Take a look at the label above - 27.5ng for an 11mg serving. There is probably less than 200 servings in the whole bottle.

Now let me explain to you:

1,000 nanograms (ng) = 1 microgram (mcg)

This means that there is 0.0275 mcg per serving.

If you were to consume all 200 servings (for $25 a bottle), then 200 x 0.0275 = 5.5 mcg. There might only be 100 servings, but let’s be gracious since the label didn’t say.

If there are 200 servings (that’s really just a guess) per bottle, and thus 5.5 mcg of IGF-1 per $25 bottle, then in order to get just one day’s worth, you would have to consume:

60/5.5 =  10.9 bottles per day for a normal serving.

10.9 bottles x $25 = $272.72 per day.

The reality is that 1,000 mcg of IGF-1 costs $838.80 at the following random website I just googled:

http://www.anabolstore.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&product
s_id=274&zenid=8a8c7d8d73309c05f9a2bed9b36dd244

At $838.80 per 1,000 mcg, that means an injection costs $0.84 per mcg for true injections. In other words, it will cost only $33.55 to $50.33 per day for 40 to 60 mcg, respectively. Add the doctor’s visits and you’re talking around maybe $40-$75/day.
In comparison with the [SCAM] products on the market that claim to be IGF-1, my gracious math showed they are charging $273.00 per day, not including doctor’s visits. That is almost 550% of the cost of real injections! Not only that, but you’d have to DRINK almost 11 BOTTLES a day; and the results of the liquid are not even close to that of injections! Also, the amount of the other ingredients (the "fillers") you would be consuming with thousands of servings a day of those products on the market has gotta be bad for you!

In short, stay away from IGF-1 and HGH products! If you want to take them, go to your doctor and have him get you on some and monitor you - the results will definitely be worth the $1,800 per month if you can afford it! If you buy one of those sprays that people are selling, you will only be wasting your hard-earned money!