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Page 68 | Abby's Magazine - www.AbbysMag.com your levels of HGH, the healthier and stronger you will be. Once you hit the age of 30, you enter what's called "somatopause," at which point your levels of HGH begin to drop off quite drama cally. This decline of HGH is part of what drives your aging process, so maintaining your HGH levels gets increasingly important with age. Some athletes choose to inject HGH for its performance enhancing poten al, though it is a banned substance in nearly every professional sport. I do not recommend injec ng HGH however, due to the poten al side effects, the cost and, more importantly, its poten al to cause more long-term harm than good. Besides, as we now know, taking such risks is unnecessary because if you eat and exercise correctly, you will naturally op mize your HGH. What You Eat in the Two to Three Hours After You Exercise is Extremely Important A er an intense workout, there's an exercise recovery phase of two to three hours during which you have to be somewhat careful about what foods you choose to eat. Specifically, in order to promote HGH release, you do need to restrict sugar intake post- exercise (although carbs can benefit those more interested in fast recovery, such as professional athletes). Fitness veteran Phil Campbell explains: "What we recommend... is to get 25 grams of protein a erwards within that 30-minute golden window. There is a lot of research to support that, but there's also some research done by Dr. John Ivy of the University of Texas, a great researcher on a young cyclist who made recovery. They're not looking at growth hormone or maximizing growth hormone. They're trying to get to recover as quickly as possible so they can cycle several days in a row. They showed that ge ng a ra o of 4:1 carbs to protein is be er for recovery... 4:1 starts recovery faster. If you're going a er recovery, that's the best strategy... [if] you're not looking for growth hormone, that is. But on the other side, if your goal like most middle-aged adults and older is to maximize growth hormone, and to get this wonderful hormone circula ng for that full two hours in the surging window for going a er body fat (just about like you're doing cardio for two hours), you can do that. ...if you throw too many carbohydrates in... then that releases the hormones called somatosta n. That, for whatever reason, just shuts down growth hormone. That's clear in the research." So it's important to avoid carbs, especially sugar or fructose-containing foods, in the two hours a er your workout, and this includes sports drinks, to be sure you're ge ng the full HGH benefits. Consuming whey protein, however, appears to be nearly ideal, as it is a protein that assimilates very quickly, and will get to your muscles within 10- 15 minutes of swallowing it, supplying your muscles with the right food at the right me to stop the catabolic process in your muscle and shi the process toward repair and growth. Whey Helps With Muscle-Building, Too An important review found that consump on of ~20–25 grams of a rapidly absorbed protein, such as whey protein, may serve to maximally s mulate muscle building a er resistance exercise in young healthy