Weight loss has been shown to increase fertility, but losing weight in this way is rarely effective for increasing fertility because it deprives the body of the necessary proteins and fats necessary for hormone production
and (2) dysregulation of blood flow
Akira Harashima from Hayashibara Biochemical Lab, Fujisaki, Japan
And we don't make more mitochondria normally
Anti-Doping Agency (USADA). It falls under Category S2: Peptide Hormones, Growth Factors, Related Substances, and Mimetics on the WADA Prohibited List, often specified as a "Growth Hormone Releasing Hormone (GHRH) and its analogues" or a "Growth Hormone Secretagogue (GHS)". The ban is due to its potential to unfairly enhance athletic performance by increasing muscle mass, strength, reducing fat, and improving recovery. The prohibition applies regardless of its mechanism of stimulating endogenous GH, as the outcome of artificially elevated GH/IGF-1 is the concern