Growth Hormone Effects of Deer Velvet Antler Natural Dietary Supplement

The growth hormone effects of deer velvet antler consumption has health benefits in improving growth in children and a weight gaining tonic for athletes, bodybuilders, weightlifters and invalids.

In Korea a great deal of deer velvet antler is prescribed for children by oriental doctors to promote growth and development, as well as strengthen the immune system and increase mental ability.

Deer velvet antler has also been used as an anabolic to improve strength of athletes. In addition deer velvet antler (pantocrine) has been used in Russian to strengthen patients weakened by wasting disease such as cancer and tuberculosis.

The Studies of Growth Hormone Effects

Studies have shown that many growth hormone factor genes are expressed in the antler tip, for example IGF 2, TGF and EFG. In addition high levels of IGF 1 are present in aqueous extracts of antler tips. Thus velvet antler, particularly that processed at low temperature, is likely to contain a high level of mixed growth factors.

Although it is currently unclear how these relatively small peptide factors survive digestion it is suggested that they are responsible for the growth hormone activity. Velvet antler powder and velvet antler extract have been shown to increase growth in a dose dependent manner in mice, chickens and rabbits.

In New Zealand in vitro studies have revealed that New Zealand velvet antler extracts stimulate the growth of antler cells in a dose dependent manner.

The clear conclusions are that growth stimulation through growth hormone effects is a consistent feature of deer velvet antler.

Future Use

It is likely that the growth development and regeneration of a velvet antler is under the control of a complex array of growth factors. Many of these factors may be present in velvet antler prepared for human consumption.

Velvet antler may contain complexes of growth hormone factors which will improve the absorption or utilisation in the human body of other food stuffs.

These might lead to specific dietary supplements for body building, athletes performance, recuperation after injury or illness and possibly is the use of velvet antler to alter fat deposition and mobilisation.

Deer Velvet Antler has also been scientifically proven to provide the following benefits: