Weight loss-independent changes in human growth hormone during water-only fasting: a secondary evaluation of a randomized controlled trial
Fasting increased HGH and the HGH changes were independent of weight loss. Basal HGH and fasting-induced HGH changes correlated inversely with cardiometabolic risk factors.Clinical Trial Registration: clinicaltrials.gov, identifier NCT01059760.
Authors
- Leslie Iverson
- Viet T. Le (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6659-5332)
- Heidi Thomas May (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7524-5905)
- Joseph B. Muhlestein (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3366-9857)
- Benjamin D. Horne (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2656-0263)
- Kirk U. Knowlton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3544-4130)
- Tami L. Bair (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5744-8370)
- Jeffrey L. Anderson
Institutions
- University of Utah (US)
- Cardiovascular Institute of the South (US)
- Intermountain Medical Center (US)
- Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions (US)
- Stanford University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Endocrinology
- Published
- 2025-02-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2024.1401780
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Dietary Effects on Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.16
Funders
- Intermountain Research and Medical Foundation