27-08-2014, 08:06
Thank you @lovely11 for compiling the info with all the links. I feel that this would be useful in the newbie section as well.
Do you have a link for a list of IGF? OR could you recommend a short list please?
What my amateur research on Google can contribute:
"Which foods increase IGF-1 levels?
A number of researchers investigated which foods or nutrients increase levels of IGF-1 in humans. Once again, divergent findings were obtained.
The following foods/nutrients increased IGF-1 levels in humans:
protein derived from milk, fish and poultry, but not red meat (Giovannucci and coworkers, 2003)
protein derived from red meat, fish, seafood and zinc (Larsson and coworkers, 2005)
dietary fat, saturated fat and protein, but not carbohydrate (Heald and coworkers, 2003)
milk, dairy products, calcium, carbohydrate and polyunsaturated fat (Gunnell and coworkers, 2003)
human breast milk (Buyukkayhan and coworkers, 2003)
It is evident that many foods and nutrients raise human IGF-1 levels. What this means in terms of human health and disease is not clear yet, and a great deal of additional research needs to be done to give us definitive answers."
http://www.health24.com/Diet-and-nutrition/Nutrition-basics/What-we-know-about-IGF-1-20120721
I wonder if there is a shortcut, by eating nutrient-rich foods like Spirulina, or placentas, GABA? etc?
Do you have a link for a list of IGF? OR could you recommend a short list please?
What my amateur research on Google can contribute:
"Which foods increase IGF-1 levels?
A number of researchers investigated which foods or nutrients increase levels of IGF-1 in humans. Once again, divergent findings were obtained.
The following foods/nutrients increased IGF-1 levels in humans:
protein derived from milk, fish and poultry, but not red meat (Giovannucci and coworkers, 2003)
protein derived from red meat, fish, seafood and zinc (Larsson and coworkers, 2005)
dietary fat, saturated fat and protein, but not carbohydrate (Heald and coworkers, 2003)
milk, dairy products, calcium, carbohydrate and polyunsaturated fat (Gunnell and coworkers, 2003)
human breast milk (Buyukkayhan and coworkers, 2003)
It is evident that many foods and nutrients raise human IGF-1 levels. What this means in terms of human health and disease is not clear yet, and a great deal of additional research needs to be done to give us definitive answers."
http://www.health24.com/Diet-and-nutrition/Nutrition-basics/What-we-know-about-IGF-1-20120721
I wonder if there is a shortcut, by eating nutrient-rich foods like Spirulina, or placentas, GABA? etc?