Give your body a youth boost!
Woman's World|March 20, 2023
Build muscle, strengthen bones and boost fat burning by 160% all without hitting the gym? Sounds too good to be true, but optimizing your levels of human growth hormone (HGH) does all that and more! In fact, HGH is so vital to keeping you healthy well into your golden years that experts have dubbed it the "youth hormone." And though HGH production dips by up to 50% by your 50s, it's easy to lift levels naturally. Just...
Melissa Gotthardt
Give your body a youth boost!

Enjoy chicken piccata

Or savor a juicy steak for dinner. Both delicious dishes are top sources of glutamine, an amino acid that’s needed for the body to produce HGH. In a study published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, folks who increased their glutamine levels by 2 grams (the amount in one serving of beef or chicken) also boosted their HGH levels by 68%. Other tasty foods rich in glutamine: salmon, eggs and cheese.

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