The Placebo effect - true story

jordan282 · 29 May 2011 at 21:15

So my house mate signed up to a trial for growth hormone. They had 3 categories: Normal dose, half dose and placebo. To measure the impact of growth hormone on the body. He had 30 days worth of stuff and had to inject himself 3 times a day.

He is very into working out so took full advantage and went to the gym every day. He also plays american football.He did not know which category he was on. Guess how much muscle he gained and fat he lost in a month?

jordan282 · 29 May 2011 at 21:25

tom_e said:
Any idea how many iu of growth was in each dose?

I have no idea sorry i think it was about 30ml a day

jordan282 · 29 May 2011 at 21:55

TheCenturion said:
He gained 40 pounds of muscle and lost 20 pounds of fat. I'm guessing he was in the full growth category?

He gained 4kg of muscle and lost 2kg of fat. He was on the placebo. This is rather a quick gain of muscle though!

jordan282 · 30 May 2011 at 10:45

Freefaller said:
Well HGH alone won't help much unless you stack it with other injectables (I shan't mention them but it's easily looked up) or if you take it for a prolonged (and I mean at least 6 months) periods of time.

Furthermore, it's not something I'm comfortable about discussing here... and I've very dubious about actual tests with HCG. Any more info on these trials? Seems a bit sus to me.

Oh, and he changed his routine - and probably affected his diet to doing that too.

How did he work out he lost 2kg of fat and gained 4kg of muscle? Did he take bioimpedance tests before and after?

Sorry, not denying what you're saying, but the story has a few bits of info missing.

They measured his body fat and lean total mass at the start and at the end...It just shows if you have the motivation you can gain muscle quickly

jordan282 · 30 May 2011 at 14:20

I am just saying if the motivation is there you can gain muscle quickly. He had been working out a year prior to the test.