A nitrogen-free hypocaloric diet and recombinant human growth hormone stimulate postoperative protein synthesis: fasted and fed leucine kinetics in the surgical patient.

What Was Tested

Researchers studied Exogenous HGH, sermorelin & older GHRPs (why they're passed over) in the context of post-surgical inflammation and surgery recovery in this randomized controlled trial publication.

No nitrogen was provided in the diet.

The isotope studies were performed on the day before surgery and 6 days after surgery.

Who Took Part

The abstract describes 8 patients taking part.

The age groups tagged for this paper are middle-aged adults and older adults.

How the Study Was Run

The researchers set it up as a randomized study.

Random assignment meant chance, not the researchers, decided who got Exogenous HGH, sermorelin & older GHRPs (why they're passed over) and who got the comparison, which limits bias.

What Was Measured

Other measurements included urinary nitrogen excretion, gaseous exchange, and plasma concentrations of insulin, GH, and insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I).

Topics PubMed links to this paper include Adenocarcinoma, Diet, Eating, Energy Intake, Fasting, Hormones and Human Growth Hormone.

What This Means in Plain Language

The paper is a randomized study of Exogenous HGH, sermorelin & older GHRPs (why they're passed over) in 8 patients in people with post-surgical inflammation and surgery recovery.

With fewer than 40 people, it is a small study, so it is better read as an early signal for further research than as a settled answer.

The publication is from 1997 (Metabolism: clinical and experimental), a journal based in United States.

More context: the Exogenous HGH, sermorelin & older GHRPs (why they're passed over) compound page, Post-surgical inflammation and surgery recovery research.