http://voices.washingtonpost.com/baseball-insider/2009/01/mcgwires_brother_i_introduced.html
McGwire's Brother: "I Introduced Mark to Steroids"
By Cameron Smith
January 22, 2009
Occasionally, the blogosphere really does break the biggest news. That appears to be the case in the latest significant steroids development, where slugger Mark McGwire's younger brother, Jay, is now claiming that he introduced Mark to steroids in a memoir manuscript that he's shopping to publishers. In the details contained in the excerpts that have been leaked to the counter-cultural sports blog deadspin.com, Jay McGwire even claims that he was the first person to inject Mark with steroids, at least until a girlfriend took over the responsibility.
There are too many juicy excerpts to get into all of them, but here's our choice pick among them.
"I directed him to androstenedione testosterone booster, which is non-hormonal (which is why it can be sold legally and is not affected by the 2004 Anabolic Steroid Control Act) and works naturally with your body. "Andro" increases strength and aggression while promoting reduction of body fat and a leaner look to the physique....[U]sing andro allowed Mark to avoid all the potential adverse side effects that could occur from using anabolic steroids, such as water retention, hair loss, and liver, heart, or kidney stress. In addition, he wouldn't have cholesterol problems or testicular atrophy. And there were no problems with the law."
"Who knows what might have happened if I didn't get Mark involved with all the training, supplements, the right foods, steroids, and HGH. He would not have broken any records and the Congressional Hearings would have gone on without him. Maybe Barry Bonds wouldn't have ever gotten involved with the stuff, either. Mark McGwire might have gone silently into the night long before breaking Roger Maris' home run record. But that's just not the way it went down, so we'll never know. But at least I feel better about setting the record straight."
Also discussed: Mark McGwire's irascible 'roid rage and his pleading the fifth. It'll be interesting to see if anyone can drag more comments out of Jay McGwire, because something tells us this is the last we'll see of this book proposal.
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Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Is It Time for Clemens to Dial Nanny 911?
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/26/sports/baseball/26araton.html
February 26, 2008
Sports of The Times
Is It Time for Clemens to Dial Nanny 911?
By HARVEY ARATON
The nanny, it turns out, speaks English and speaks it well, idioms and all.
A reading of an online transcript and a telephone call to the press office of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform revealed that Roger Clemens, aided by political muscle, distorted the linguistic skills of a former employee and grandmother of two.
“And her English, as I understand it, is not that good,” Tom Davis, the Virginia Republican and ranking minority committee member, cued Clemens at the Capitol Hill hearing earlier this month.
“It is not that good,” Clemens replied, seizing the opportunity to make the masses understand why the nanny had to be summoned to his Houston Ponderosa before her interview with committee investigators — for her own good, of course.
But Steven G. Glickman, counsel to the majority and a participant in the telephone interview, indicated through a committee press officer that the unnamed nanny spoke English that was only accented, not deficient.
For instance, when told she had the right to representation, the nanny replied she didn’t have a lawyer before adding: “But I’m not afraid, I’m telling the truth, so bring it on.”
Make her day.
Sounds like an opening line scripted by Clint Eastwood, or Clemens, the cold-blooded gunslinger from 60 feet 6 inches away, but now closer than ever to staring down at Jeff Novitzky, the I.R.S. special agent and sultan of steroid-enforcement swat.
Monday came the news that a draft letter was drawn up last week by committee staff members for the purposes of referring the Clemens case to the Justice Department. Get those scorecards ready. The real game, not the exhibition spitting contest the Clemens and Brian McNamee camps have waged all winter, may be about to begin.
You wonder: Is Clemens finally seeing the big picture, fearing that a hastily stitched tapestry of tall tales dating to 1998 is about to unravel?
It should by now be fairly well established that he was at José Canseco’s place in South Florida when they visited with the Blue Jays that year in June to drop off his family, or to take a tour of the property or a performance-enhancement tutorial.
We also know that Canseco has said Clemens was not at the party, while the nanny said that Clemens was at the house but she did not recall a party, while a photograph that reportedly has surfaced places Clemens at the possible party, while Clemens has a golf receipt to prove that while he might have stopped by, he wasn’t there long enough to party or be party to any discussion of drugs.
•
Questioned about the dizzying timeline of Clemens’s appearance and exit, the nanny — again, not as verbally challenged as Davis understood her to be and Clemens agreed she was — cut to the heart of the matter, as it relates to the possibility of meaningful disclosure.
“Well, first of all, that’s kind of hard to tell because I wasn’t with him 24/7,” she said, speaking to the absurdity of the ongoing party dissection, 10 years after. With the exception of the Republican cheerleaders who allowed Clemens and his lawyers to set this smoke screen during the hearing, who actually believed it was ever germane to the McNamee claims of injecting Clemens with steroids and human growth hormone?
Surely not Henry A. Waxman, the California Democrat and committee chairman, who made himself clear after the hearing that he did not think much of what Clemens had to say. Common sense tells us that Waxman is driving the bus and ready to hand Clemens, if not McNamee, off to Novitzky and the Balco bashers that brought down Marion Jones and brought perjury and obstruction of justice charges against Barry Bonds.
Obviously, an investigation by the Justice Department does not guarantee an eventual indictment on perjury charges, à la Jones and Bonds. It does mean that Clemens’s public relations campaign against McNamee and anyone whose version of events contrasted his own has failed. In the court of public opinion, and to the committee members who did not want his autograph, the more Clemens went on the attack, the less believable he was.
When he publicly aired a secretly taped telephone conversation with McNamee, his former trainer sounded distraught over having to give him up to George Mitchell, not like some deluded soul bent on destroying an all-time great. When Clemens was confronted with the damaging testimony of Andy and Laura Pettitte, his attempts to question his protégé’s comprehension skills made you wonder if Clemens comprehended the gravity of his denials, under oath.
•
Everyone’s reputation was deemed sacrificial to save his own. His agents took hits for his troubles. His wife, Debbie, was exposed as an H.G.H. user. The nanny, whose interview included an eloquent expression of affection seven years after she left Clemens’s employ, was made to sound like someone who had just slipped into the country in the back of a truck.
Bring it on, Clemens kept saying, while everyone around him took a hit. Now there is a draft letter that probably leads to a criminal investigation. No turning back now. No promise of relief up ahead. For his last act in baseball, he may have to go the distance.
E-mail: hjaraton@nytimes.com
February 26, 2008
Sports of The Times
Is It Time for Clemens to Dial Nanny 911?
By HARVEY ARATON
The nanny, it turns out, speaks English and speaks it well, idioms and all.
A reading of an online transcript and a telephone call to the press office of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform revealed that Roger Clemens, aided by political muscle, distorted the linguistic skills of a former employee and grandmother of two.
“And her English, as I understand it, is not that good,” Tom Davis, the Virginia Republican and ranking minority committee member, cued Clemens at the Capitol Hill hearing earlier this month.
“It is not that good,” Clemens replied, seizing the opportunity to make the masses understand why the nanny had to be summoned to his Houston Ponderosa before her interview with committee investigators — for her own good, of course.
But Steven G. Glickman, counsel to the majority and a participant in the telephone interview, indicated through a committee press officer that the unnamed nanny spoke English that was only accented, not deficient.
For instance, when told she had the right to representation, the nanny replied she didn’t have a lawyer before adding: “But I’m not afraid, I’m telling the truth, so bring it on.”
Make her day.
Sounds like an opening line scripted by Clint Eastwood, or Clemens, the cold-blooded gunslinger from 60 feet 6 inches away, but now closer than ever to staring down at Jeff Novitzky, the I.R.S. special agent and sultan of steroid-enforcement swat.
Monday came the news that a draft letter was drawn up last week by committee staff members for the purposes of referring the Clemens case to the Justice Department. Get those scorecards ready. The real game, not the exhibition spitting contest the Clemens and Brian McNamee camps have waged all winter, may be about to begin.
You wonder: Is Clemens finally seeing the big picture, fearing that a hastily stitched tapestry of tall tales dating to 1998 is about to unravel?
It should by now be fairly well established that he was at José Canseco’s place in South Florida when they visited with the Blue Jays that year in June to drop off his family, or to take a tour of the property or a performance-enhancement tutorial.
We also know that Canseco has said Clemens was not at the party, while the nanny said that Clemens was at the house but she did not recall a party, while a photograph that reportedly has surfaced places Clemens at the possible party, while Clemens has a golf receipt to prove that while he might have stopped by, he wasn’t there long enough to party or be party to any discussion of drugs.
•
Questioned about the dizzying timeline of Clemens’s appearance and exit, the nanny — again, not as verbally challenged as Davis understood her to be and Clemens agreed she was — cut to the heart of the matter, as it relates to the possibility of meaningful disclosure.
“Well, first of all, that’s kind of hard to tell because I wasn’t with him 24/7,” she said, speaking to the absurdity of the ongoing party dissection, 10 years after. With the exception of the Republican cheerleaders who allowed Clemens and his lawyers to set this smoke screen during the hearing, who actually believed it was ever germane to the McNamee claims of injecting Clemens with steroids and human growth hormone?
Surely not Henry A. Waxman, the California Democrat and committee chairman, who made himself clear after the hearing that he did not think much of what Clemens had to say. Common sense tells us that Waxman is driving the bus and ready to hand Clemens, if not McNamee, off to Novitzky and the Balco bashers that brought down Marion Jones and brought perjury and obstruction of justice charges against Barry Bonds.
Obviously, an investigation by the Justice Department does not guarantee an eventual indictment on perjury charges, à la Jones and Bonds. It does mean that Clemens’s public relations campaign against McNamee and anyone whose version of events contrasted his own has failed. In the court of public opinion, and to the committee members who did not want his autograph, the more Clemens went on the attack, the less believable he was.
When he publicly aired a secretly taped telephone conversation with McNamee, his former trainer sounded distraught over having to give him up to George Mitchell, not like some deluded soul bent on destroying an all-time great. When Clemens was confronted with the damaging testimony of Andy and Laura Pettitte, his attempts to question his protégé’s comprehension skills made you wonder if Clemens comprehended the gravity of his denials, under oath.
•
Everyone’s reputation was deemed sacrificial to save his own. His agents took hits for his troubles. His wife, Debbie, was exposed as an H.G.H. user. The nanny, whose interview included an eloquent expression of affection seven years after she left Clemens’s employ, was made to sound like someone who had just slipped into the country in the back of a truck.
Bring it on, Clemens kept saying, while everyone around him took a hit. Now there is a draft letter that probably leads to a criminal investigation. No turning back now. No promise of relief up ahead. For his last act in baseball, he may have to go the distance.
E-mail: hjaraton@nytimes.com
Photo could tie Clemens to Canseco's party
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/5563210.html
Feb. 22, 2008, 8:10PM
THE MITCHELL REPORT
Photo could tie Clemens to Canseco's party
By JOSE DE JESUS ORTIZ
Houston Chronicle
KISSIMMEE, Fla. — Brian McNamee's lawyers have informed the Justice Department that there is a picture that was supposedly taken of Roger Clemens at Jose Canseco's Miami home during a 1998 party that has become a central point of contention in the aftermath of the Mitchell Report.
"I think the Justice Department will get the picture or pictures," McNamee's New York-based attorney, Richard Emery, told the Chronicle via phone. "And perhaps the congressional (House Oversight and Government Reform) Committee will get them, too. I have not seen the picture. I do believe the people who have the picture are credible and acting responsibly."
In the Mitchell Report, which was prepared by former Sen. George Mitchell and released Dec. 13, McNamee, Clemens' former trainer, claimed he discussed steroids with the embattled pitcher not long after the June 1998 party at Canseco's home.
Clemens and Canseco were teammates with the Toronto Blue Jays in 1998, and McNamee has claimed Clemens attended the party Canseco threw for his teammates while they were in town to play an interleague series against the Florida Marlins.
"This is a very respectful, decent upstanding family," Emery said of the family who reportedly have the picture.
According to Emery young man who was about 10 or 11 years old at the time attended the party and took a picture with Clemens.
"The boy remembers the party," Emery said. "He's 10 years older now, but it was the only time he was ever at Canseco's house. And all the baseball players were there. It was a big event in this kid's life. He has this picture on his wall, both pictures on his wall. He kept those pictures.
"The mother remembers dropping him off at 1:30 and picking him up two hours later. And Clemens was still at the party. It was very clear, but they didn't want to give us the picture because they were all concerned. Apparently he's a baseball player in college, draft-eligible perhaps. They were very worried about this picture affecting this kid's life."
According to a person who has spoken to the young man's family, he is from Florida and playing baseball in college. Emery declined to divulge the man's name.
McNamee claimed to Mitchell's investigators that he injected Clemens with steroids and human growth hormone multiple times. He also claimed he gave performance-enhancing drugs to Deer Park's Andy Pettitte and Bellaire High graduate Chuck Knoblauch, two of Clemens' former New York Yankees teammates who also trained with McNamee.
Pettitte and Knoblauch, who were called in for depositions by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, have admitted to McNamee's claims. Pettitte went a step further, admitting he also used HGH in 2004 with the Astros after receiving the drug from his father, Tom.
Pettitte also held a news conference in Tampa, Fla., on Monday, apologizing to his fans and former teammates for using HGH and for lying about the use earlier. Clemens has fiercely McNamee's claims, even denying that he took steroids or HGH while testifying under oath on Feb. 13 before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.
Not long after the Mitchell Report was released, Clemens' attorney, Rusty Hardin, questioned the methodology Mitchell used in preparing the report, which was commissioned by Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig. Joe Householder, Hardin's spokesman on the Clemens matter, even chastised reporters from around the country often for not investigating McNamee's claims about Clemens being at Canseco's party.
On Friday, however, the New York Daily News first reported that the man has the picture of Clemens at that June 1998 party. Reached in Hawaii, where he was giving a speech to a trade group, Hardin didn't want to comment on the Daily News' report.
"It's impossible for us to intelligently comment on it until we see any photos that may exist," Hardin said. "I do know that TV baseball announcers at the time and Jose Canseco have all said that Roger was not at the party."
Canseco's party has been a central theme used by Clemens' supporters to undermine the credibility of the Mitchell Report and McNamee. Last week before the congressional hearing in which McNamee and Clemens testified, Hardin presented the House Oversight and Government Reform committee an affidavit from Canseco claiming Clemens wasn't at the party.
Clemens' lawyers also presented the committee with a receipt of greens fees showing Clemens golfed near Canseco's home that day. Moreover, they handed over video footage of announcers saying how the righthander had not attended the party.
McNamee stuck by his claims during last week's hearing, telling the committee that he remembered seeing Clemens' nanny run after one of the 11-time All-Star's children near Canseco's pool during that party. McNamee even described the bikini the nanny was wearing.
The committee asked Clemens' lawyers for the nanny's name and phone number on Feb. 8. Two days later, Clemens had her at his home even though the two hadn't seen each other in years. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee chairman Henry Waxman, D-Calif., reprimanded Clemens during the hearing for inviting the nanny to his home in Memorial before giving the committee her number.
"Was it your idea to meet with her before forwarding her name to us, or did someone suggest that to you?" Waxman asked Clemens during the hearing, prompting Hardin and Clemens' D.C. lawyer, Lanny Breuer, to protest at the insinuation of possible witness tampering.
"Mr. Chairman, I was doing you all a favor," Clemens replied.
At those hearings, McNamee took the most vicious criticism from Dan Burton, R-Ind.
"I know one thing I don't believe, and that's you," Burton told McNamee at the hearings during one of his many statements implying that the former trainer was a liar.
Burton's comments may have helped inspire the young man's family to contact McNamee's lawyers about the photo. Emery also claims that the family with the picture first contacted Hardin on Feb. 12 to tell him about its existence.
"On the 12th of February when they read that Rusty Hardin and Roger Clemens were asserting that Roger Clemens wasn't at the party, they called Rusty Hardin," Emery said. "Then they watched the hearing. They weren't going to do anything. Then they watched the hearing.
"When Dan Burton started harassing Brian McNamee, they were offended by that. The day after the hearing or two days after, they contacted us, and we spoke to them extensively. They told us about the picture and said they felt bad about the way McNamee was treated."
Clemens filed a defamation suit against McNamee in early January. There remains a possibility that Waxman's committee could ask the Department of Justice to investigate whether Clemens perjured himself last week at the hearings and earlier in his deposition to the committee.
Hardin, who is expected to attend a wedding in Florida on Saturday, said he doesn't expect to be back at his Houston office until Tuesday.
jesus.ortiz@chron.com
Feb. 22, 2008, 8:10PM
THE MITCHELL REPORT
Photo could tie Clemens to Canseco's party
By JOSE DE JESUS ORTIZ
Houston Chronicle
KISSIMMEE, Fla. — Brian McNamee's lawyers have informed the Justice Department that there is a picture that was supposedly taken of Roger Clemens at Jose Canseco's Miami home during a 1998 party that has become a central point of contention in the aftermath of the Mitchell Report.
"I think the Justice Department will get the picture or pictures," McNamee's New York-based attorney, Richard Emery, told the Chronicle via phone. "And perhaps the congressional (House Oversight and Government Reform) Committee will get them, too. I have not seen the picture. I do believe the people who have the picture are credible and acting responsibly."
In the Mitchell Report, which was prepared by former Sen. George Mitchell and released Dec. 13, McNamee, Clemens' former trainer, claimed he discussed steroids with the embattled pitcher not long after the June 1998 party at Canseco's home.
Clemens and Canseco were teammates with the Toronto Blue Jays in 1998, and McNamee has claimed Clemens attended the party Canseco threw for his teammates while they were in town to play an interleague series against the Florida Marlins.
"This is a very respectful, decent upstanding family," Emery said of the family who reportedly have the picture.
According to Emery young man who was about 10 or 11 years old at the time attended the party and took a picture with Clemens.
"The boy remembers the party," Emery said. "He's 10 years older now, but it was the only time he was ever at Canseco's house. And all the baseball players were there. It was a big event in this kid's life. He has this picture on his wall, both pictures on his wall. He kept those pictures.
"The mother remembers dropping him off at 1:30 and picking him up two hours later. And Clemens was still at the party. It was very clear, but they didn't want to give us the picture because they were all concerned. Apparently he's a baseball player in college, draft-eligible perhaps. They were very worried about this picture affecting this kid's life."
According to a person who has spoken to the young man's family, he is from Florida and playing baseball in college. Emery declined to divulge the man's name.
McNamee claimed to Mitchell's investigators that he injected Clemens with steroids and human growth hormone multiple times. He also claimed he gave performance-enhancing drugs to Deer Park's Andy Pettitte and Bellaire High graduate Chuck Knoblauch, two of Clemens' former New York Yankees teammates who also trained with McNamee.
Pettitte and Knoblauch, who were called in for depositions by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, have admitted to McNamee's claims. Pettitte went a step further, admitting he also used HGH in 2004 with the Astros after receiving the drug from his father, Tom.
Pettitte also held a news conference in Tampa, Fla., on Monday, apologizing to his fans and former teammates for using HGH and for lying about the use earlier. Clemens has fiercely McNamee's claims, even denying that he took steroids or HGH while testifying under oath on Feb. 13 before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.
Not long after the Mitchell Report was released, Clemens' attorney, Rusty Hardin, questioned the methodology Mitchell used in preparing the report, which was commissioned by Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig. Joe Householder, Hardin's spokesman on the Clemens matter, even chastised reporters from around the country often for not investigating McNamee's claims about Clemens being at Canseco's party.
On Friday, however, the New York Daily News first reported that the man has the picture of Clemens at that June 1998 party. Reached in Hawaii, where he was giving a speech to a trade group, Hardin didn't want to comment on the Daily News' report.
"It's impossible for us to intelligently comment on it until we see any photos that may exist," Hardin said. "I do know that TV baseball announcers at the time and Jose Canseco have all said that Roger was not at the party."
Canseco's party has been a central theme used by Clemens' supporters to undermine the credibility of the Mitchell Report and McNamee. Last week before the congressional hearing in which McNamee and Clemens testified, Hardin presented the House Oversight and Government Reform committee an affidavit from Canseco claiming Clemens wasn't at the party.
Clemens' lawyers also presented the committee with a receipt of greens fees showing Clemens golfed near Canseco's home that day. Moreover, they handed over video footage of announcers saying how the righthander had not attended the party.
McNamee stuck by his claims during last week's hearing, telling the committee that he remembered seeing Clemens' nanny run after one of the 11-time All-Star's children near Canseco's pool during that party. McNamee even described the bikini the nanny was wearing.
The committee asked Clemens' lawyers for the nanny's name and phone number on Feb. 8. Two days later, Clemens had her at his home even though the two hadn't seen each other in years. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee chairman Henry Waxman, D-Calif., reprimanded Clemens during the hearing for inviting the nanny to his home in Memorial before giving the committee her number.
"Was it your idea to meet with her before forwarding her name to us, or did someone suggest that to you?" Waxman asked Clemens during the hearing, prompting Hardin and Clemens' D.C. lawyer, Lanny Breuer, to protest at the insinuation of possible witness tampering.
"Mr. Chairman, I was doing you all a favor," Clemens replied.
At those hearings, McNamee took the most vicious criticism from Dan Burton, R-Ind.
"I know one thing I don't believe, and that's you," Burton told McNamee at the hearings during one of his many statements implying that the former trainer was a liar.
Burton's comments may have helped inspire the young man's family to contact McNamee's lawyers about the photo. Emery also claims that the family with the picture first contacted Hardin on Feb. 12 to tell him about its existence.
"On the 12th of February when they read that Rusty Hardin and Roger Clemens were asserting that Roger Clemens wasn't at the party, they called Rusty Hardin," Emery said. "Then they watched the hearing. They weren't going to do anything. Then they watched the hearing.
"When Dan Burton started harassing Brian McNamee, they were offended by that. The day after the hearing or two days after, they contacted us, and we spoke to them extensively. They told us about the picture and said they felt bad about the way McNamee was treated."
Clemens filed a defamation suit against McNamee in early January. There remains a possibility that Waxman's committee could ask the Department of Justice to investigate whether Clemens perjured himself last week at the hearings and earlier in his deposition to the committee.
Hardin, who is expected to attend a wedding in Florida on Saturday, said he doesn't expect to be back at his Houston office until Tuesday.
jesus.ortiz@chron.com
Sunday, February 24, 2008
A-Rod Says He Expects Questions on Drugs
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iCj65bmE8AEQ7MvFQrBVYXwwJp9QD8UUAVI80
A-Rod Says He Expects Questions on Drugs
By RONALD BLUM
2-20-8
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Alex Rodriguez sat in the first-base dugout at Legends Field, surrounded by the usual circle of cameras, microphones and reporters. He knows the scrutiny will only increase as he approaches Barry Bonds' career home-run record, especially in an era when all top athletes must prove they haven't juiced up on performance-enhancing drugs.
In his first session with reporters during spring training, Rodriguez talked about baseball's drug-testing program and made a curious statement.
"Last year, I got tested 9-to-10 times," Rodriguez said. "We have a very, very strict policy, and I think the game is making tremendous strides."
Rodriguez could have been exaggerating about the amount of tests, he could have been selected for an unusually high number of checks or he might have dropped a clue to something else.
Under baseball's drug-testing rules, players are tested at least twice: within five days of arriving at spring training and again at a randomly picked unannounced date. There also are 600 additional random tests throughout the major leagues, of which as many as 60 may be conducted during the offseason.
If Rodriguez's statement was correct, that means he was selected repeatedly for the random tests. Another possible explanation is that he tested positive for a stimulant, which would have subjected him to six additional unannounced tests over the following year.
Initial positive tests for stimulants are not subject to discipline and are not announced.
Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said that because of the confidentiality of baseball's drug program, he didn't know if Rodriguez was tested that many times. Rob Manfred, baseball's executive vice president for labor relations, and Michael Weiner, general counsel of the players' association, didn't immediately return phone calls seeking comment.
"I don't know many times he was tested. We don't talk about that," baseball spokesman Rich Levin said. "Theoretically, it is possible. But I don't know if he was just throwing those numbers out."
Rodriguez wasn't available for questions after the Yankees' workout.
"Right now, the game is in a very not-trusting situation with our public, with our fans," A-Rod said during his morning session with reporters. "Some of the things that I've accomplished and potentially some of the things that people think I can accomplish, my name has come up and will probably come up again in the future."
A-Rod stated categorically that he had never taken steroids or human growth hormone. He said he isn't worried about Jose Canseco, who has hinted without going into detail that he will make allegations of some sort against Rodriguez in an upcoming book.
Rodriguez also denied a claim last week by former Texas teammate John Rocker that doctors from management and the players' association told A-Rod, Rafael Palmeiro, Ivan Rodriguez and Rocker following a spring training meeting how to effectively use steroids. Rodriguez and Rocker were with the Rangers in 2002.
"That did not happen," A-Rod said.
Rodriguez said he still hasn't spoken with Scott Boras since negotiating his new contract without his longtime agent. A-Rod, however, has been dealing with others in Boras' office.
Rodriguez signed a record $275 million, 10-year contract to remain with the New York Yankees.
Just 32, he is an 11-time All-Star who led the with 54 home runs and 156 RBIs last season and won his third AL MVP award. Heading into this year, he's 17th on the career list with 518 home runs, 244 behind the record Bonds established last year.
He wouldn't talk about why he opted out of his record $252 million, 10-year contract last October only to return a few weeks later.
"It was just a big misunderstanding," Yankees senior vice president Hank Steinbrenner said. "We really didn't know that he wanted to come back and he was very concerned, very alarmed when he found out we didn't know he wanted to come back and he made it clear he did, and everything was great from there."
Wherever A-Rod goes, there are questions. He is 8-for-59 (.136) in the postseason dating to 2004 and hitless in 18 consecutive playoff at-bats with runners in scoring position.
No matter how many home runs he hits, without a World Series ring he can't take a place alongside Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and Joe DiMaggio, can't be mentioned with Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra and Reggie Jackson.
"I think there's a sense of urgency," new manager Joe Girardi said. "There's no better year than the present, right?"
Playing for the Yankees has largely robbed A-Rod of his privacy. Whether he's sunbathing in Central Park or walking through a Toronto hotel lobby with a blond stripper, paparazzi are usually hiding nearby.
"When you're as good as Alex, you're going to be scrutinized more, and people are always watching," Girardi said. "When you're a great player, people never take their eyes off of you, so everything that you do is under a microscope, and he's doing it at the highest level in New York."
Across town, the Mets have their own icon to show off this year. Two-time Cy Young Award winner Johan Santana is the Queens ace to play opposite A-Rod's Bronx bravura.
"I'm glad for a guy like Santana, gets to play in a city like New York," Rodriguez said. "He's the best pitcher. He deserves to be in the city, and in a forum. I thought it was a fantastic move by the New York Mets."
Rodriguez also praised teammate Andy Pettitte, who was forced to give a deposition and affidavit to Congress in which he admitted using HGH in 2002 and 2004. Pettitte also said Roger Clemens discussed HGH use nearly a decade ago — Clemens said Pettitte "misremembers."
"Andy is one of the greatest human beings I've ever met," Rodriguez said. "I have two daughters — well, I have one and one on the way. If I had a daughter, I would want 'em to marry Andy Pettitte. The age difference might be a little awkward, but in today's day and age anything is possible."
A-Rod Says He Expects Questions on Drugs
By RONALD BLUM
2-20-8
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Alex Rodriguez sat in the first-base dugout at Legends Field, surrounded by the usual circle of cameras, microphones and reporters. He knows the scrutiny will only increase as he approaches Barry Bonds' career home-run record, especially in an era when all top athletes must prove they haven't juiced up on performance-enhancing drugs.
In his first session with reporters during spring training, Rodriguez talked about baseball's drug-testing program and made a curious statement.
"Last year, I got tested 9-to-10 times," Rodriguez said. "We have a very, very strict policy, and I think the game is making tremendous strides."
Rodriguez could have been exaggerating about the amount of tests, he could have been selected for an unusually high number of checks or he might have dropped a clue to something else.
Under baseball's drug-testing rules, players are tested at least twice: within five days of arriving at spring training and again at a randomly picked unannounced date. There also are 600 additional random tests throughout the major leagues, of which as many as 60 may be conducted during the offseason.
If Rodriguez's statement was correct, that means he was selected repeatedly for the random tests. Another possible explanation is that he tested positive for a stimulant, which would have subjected him to six additional unannounced tests over the following year.
Initial positive tests for stimulants are not subject to discipline and are not announced.
Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said that because of the confidentiality of baseball's drug program, he didn't know if Rodriguez was tested that many times. Rob Manfred, baseball's executive vice president for labor relations, and Michael Weiner, general counsel of the players' association, didn't immediately return phone calls seeking comment.
"I don't know many times he was tested. We don't talk about that," baseball spokesman Rich Levin said. "Theoretically, it is possible. But I don't know if he was just throwing those numbers out."
Rodriguez wasn't available for questions after the Yankees' workout.
"Right now, the game is in a very not-trusting situation with our public, with our fans," A-Rod said during his morning session with reporters. "Some of the things that I've accomplished and potentially some of the things that people think I can accomplish, my name has come up and will probably come up again in the future."
A-Rod stated categorically that he had never taken steroids or human growth hormone. He said he isn't worried about Jose Canseco, who has hinted without going into detail that he will make allegations of some sort against Rodriguez in an upcoming book.
Rodriguez also denied a claim last week by former Texas teammate John Rocker that doctors from management and the players' association told A-Rod, Rafael Palmeiro, Ivan Rodriguez and Rocker following a spring training meeting how to effectively use steroids. Rodriguez and Rocker were with the Rangers in 2002.
"That did not happen," A-Rod said.
Rodriguez said he still hasn't spoken with Scott Boras since negotiating his new contract without his longtime agent. A-Rod, however, has been dealing with others in Boras' office.
Rodriguez signed a record $275 million, 10-year contract to remain with the New York Yankees.
Just 32, he is an 11-time All-Star who led the with 54 home runs and 156 RBIs last season and won his third AL MVP award. Heading into this year, he's 17th on the career list with 518 home runs, 244 behind the record Bonds established last year.
He wouldn't talk about why he opted out of his record $252 million, 10-year contract last October only to return a few weeks later.
"It was just a big misunderstanding," Yankees senior vice president Hank Steinbrenner said. "We really didn't know that he wanted to come back and he was very concerned, very alarmed when he found out we didn't know he wanted to come back and he made it clear he did, and everything was great from there."
Wherever A-Rod goes, there are questions. He is 8-for-59 (.136) in the postseason dating to 2004 and hitless in 18 consecutive playoff at-bats with runners in scoring position.
No matter how many home runs he hits, without a World Series ring he can't take a place alongside Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and Joe DiMaggio, can't be mentioned with Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra and Reggie Jackson.
"I think there's a sense of urgency," new manager Joe Girardi said. "There's no better year than the present, right?"
Playing for the Yankees has largely robbed A-Rod of his privacy. Whether he's sunbathing in Central Park or walking through a Toronto hotel lobby with a blond stripper, paparazzi are usually hiding nearby.
"When you're as good as Alex, you're going to be scrutinized more, and people are always watching," Girardi said. "When you're a great player, people never take their eyes off of you, so everything that you do is under a microscope, and he's doing it at the highest level in New York."
Across town, the Mets have their own icon to show off this year. Two-time Cy Young Award winner Johan Santana is the Queens ace to play opposite A-Rod's Bronx bravura.
"I'm glad for a guy like Santana, gets to play in a city like New York," Rodriguez said. "He's the best pitcher. He deserves to be in the city, and in a forum. I thought it was a fantastic move by the New York Mets."
Rodriguez also praised teammate Andy Pettitte, who was forced to give a deposition and affidavit to Congress in which he admitted using HGH in 2002 and 2004. Pettitte also said Roger Clemens discussed HGH use nearly a decade ago — Clemens said Pettitte "misremembers."
"Andy is one of the greatest human beings I've ever met," Rodriguez said. "I have two daughters — well, I have one and one on the way. If I had a daughter, I would want 'em to marry Andy Pettitte. The age difference might be a little awkward, but in today's day and age anything is possible."
Friday, February 15, 2008
Rocker says baseball knew he was using steroids
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3241448
February 12, 2008
Controversial Rocker says baseball knew he was using steroids
Former major league pitcher John Rocker said Monday that baseball commissioner Bud Selig knew he failed a drug test in 2000 and that doctors for the "league" and the "players association" advised him and several Texas Rangers teammates on how to effectively use steroids.
Rocker, no stranger to controversy, made those comments on Atlanta radio station Rock 100.5.
Later Monday, he told Atlanta sports talk radio station 680 The Fan that "between 40 to 50 percent of baseball players are on steroids" and "in 2000 Bud Selig knew John Rocker was taking the juice."
Last March, Rocker told ESPN Radio that, by his own guess, "less than 10 percent" of players were using illegal performance-enhancing substances while he was in the majors.
"Basically it's a lot of media propaganda. It's a great scandal to drive ratings and sell newspapers," he said in March 2007.
Rocker was suspended for the first 14 days of the 2000 season by Selig for making racial and ethnic remarks the commissioner deemed insensitive. The penalty, originally set to cover 28 days, was reduced by an arbitrator following a grievance.
"As part of the disciplinary process, Mr. Rocker was referred to the confidential Employee Assistance Program," Major League Baseball said in a statement. "Any test of Mr. Rocker would have been conducted by professionals who ran the EAP. Those professionals were obligated to maintain the confidentiality of the result and to use it in developing a treatment and education program for Mr. Rocker. Further discipline was not an option legally available to Major League Baseball at that time."
In a later interview Monday with ESPN Radio's "The Pulse", Rocker said he came forward now because of the Mitchell report and said Selig was trying to "pass the buck" for things he knew to the report's author, former Sen. George Mitchell.
"Bud Selig knew this was going on," he said. "I failed the test, yet nobody heard about it."
Reached Monday by ESPN, Rangers executive vice president of communications Jim Sundberg said the Rangers will have no comment.
Rocker's name was mentioned in the report delivered by Sen. Mitchell regarding baseball and performance-enhancing substances in December.
The report cited a Sports Illustrated story that said "according to the Applied Pharmacy Services database, former pitcher John Rocker received two prescriptions for human growth hormone (somatropin) between April and July 2003. Rocker initially denied the allegations, but his spokesperson later reportedly said that Rocker had been prescribed human growth hormone in connection with shoulder surgery."
Rocker denied using HGH during his big league career in a March 7, 2007 interview with ESPN Radio.
"I never had a prescription for any HGH. If somebody's got a beef to make with me, show me a prescription," he said.
A day earlier, Rocker's publicist, Debi Curzio, said Rocker had purchased HGH, but only for medical reasons. Rocker said he was directed to purchase over the counter supplements before he had shoulder surgery in 2003.
"I was trying to pitch all the way up until a week before I had my surgery. And obviously feeling as bad as I was, I called every doctor I could [to find out] what can I do to strengthen my shoulder and give me more arm strength,' he said. "Every one of them said go to a GNC, buy something over the counter, human growth hormone, these very several amino acids ... basically [that] is the way its done."
"Did you take anything that you did not buy over the counter?" ESPN Radio host Erik Kuselias asked Rocker.
"Absolutely not," Rocker said.
In 2000, MLB had no drug-testing policy for major-league players, and it is unclear whether drug testing was ordered for Rocker during that season.
Rocker was a member of the Atlanta Braves that season. He appeared in 59 games, going 1-2 with a 2.89 ERA and 24 saves. A year earlier, he had a career-high 38 saves for the Braves.
Rocker played in 30 games for Texas in 2002, throwing 24 1/3 innings.
Rocker's controversial past includes a 1999 Sports Illustrated story, where he was quoted as saying he would never play for a New York team because he didn't want to ride a subway train "next to some queer with AIDS." He also mocked foreigners and described an unnamed Latin teammate as a "fat monkey." Rocker later issued a statement admitting he went too far and told ESPN that his comments made him sound like "a complete jerk." Rocker was later suspended until May 1, 2000, and fined $20,000.
Rocker apologized for making anti-gay statements he made at a Dallas restaurant in 2002.
Rocker last played in the major leagues in 2003 for Texas. He appeared in two games.
He tried to come back in 2005 in the minor leagues, but later quit. That year, he told ESPN.com: "I've taken a lot of crap from a lot of people. Probably more than anybody in the history of this sport. I know Hank [Aaron] and Jackie [Robinson] took a good deal of crap, but I guarantee it wasn't for six years. I just keep thinking: How much more am I supposed to take?"
February 12, 2008
Controversial Rocker says baseball knew he was using steroids
Former major league pitcher John Rocker said Monday that baseball commissioner Bud Selig knew he failed a drug test in 2000 and that doctors for the "league" and the "players association" advised him and several Texas Rangers teammates on how to effectively use steroids.
Rocker, no stranger to controversy, made those comments on Atlanta radio station Rock 100.5.
Later Monday, he told Atlanta sports talk radio station 680 The Fan that "between 40 to 50 percent of baseball players are on steroids" and "in 2000 Bud Selig knew John Rocker was taking the juice."
Last March, Rocker told ESPN Radio that, by his own guess, "less than 10 percent" of players were using illegal performance-enhancing substances while he was in the majors.
"Basically it's a lot of media propaganda. It's a great scandal to drive ratings and sell newspapers," he said in March 2007.
Rocker was suspended for the first 14 days of the 2000 season by Selig for making racial and ethnic remarks the commissioner deemed insensitive. The penalty, originally set to cover 28 days, was reduced by an arbitrator following a grievance.
"As part of the disciplinary process, Mr. Rocker was referred to the confidential Employee Assistance Program," Major League Baseball said in a statement. "Any test of Mr. Rocker would have been conducted by professionals who ran the EAP. Those professionals were obligated to maintain the confidentiality of the result and to use it in developing a treatment and education program for Mr. Rocker. Further discipline was not an option legally available to Major League Baseball at that time."
In a later interview Monday with ESPN Radio's "The Pulse", Rocker said he came forward now because of the Mitchell report and said Selig was trying to "pass the buck" for things he knew to the report's author, former Sen. George Mitchell.
"Bud Selig knew this was going on," he said. "I failed the test, yet nobody heard about it."
Reached Monday by ESPN, Rangers executive vice president of communications Jim Sundberg said the Rangers will have no comment.
Rocker's name was mentioned in the report delivered by Sen. Mitchell regarding baseball and performance-enhancing substances in December.
The report cited a Sports Illustrated story that said "according to the Applied Pharmacy Services database, former pitcher John Rocker received two prescriptions for human growth hormone (somatropin) between April and July 2003. Rocker initially denied the allegations, but his spokesperson later reportedly said that Rocker had been prescribed human growth hormone in connection with shoulder surgery."
Rocker denied using HGH during his big league career in a March 7, 2007 interview with ESPN Radio.
"I never had a prescription for any HGH. If somebody's got a beef to make with me, show me a prescription," he said.
A day earlier, Rocker's publicist, Debi Curzio, said Rocker had purchased HGH, but only for medical reasons. Rocker said he was directed to purchase over the counter supplements before he had shoulder surgery in 2003.
"I was trying to pitch all the way up until a week before I had my surgery. And obviously feeling as bad as I was, I called every doctor I could [to find out] what can I do to strengthen my shoulder and give me more arm strength,' he said. "Every one of them said go to a GNC, buy something over the counter, human growth hormone, these very several amino acids ... basically [that] is the way its done."
"Did you take anything that you did not buy over the counter?" ESPN Radio host Erik Kuselias asked Rocker.
"Absolutely not," Rocker said.
In 2000, MLB had no drug-testing policy for major-league players, and it is unclear whether drug testing was ordered for Rocker during that season.
Rocker was a member of the Atlanta Braves that season. He appeared in 59 games, going 1-2 with a 2.89 ERA and 24 saves. A year earlier, he had a career-high 38 saves for the Braves.
Rocker played in 30 games for Texas in 2002, throwing 24 1/3 innings.
Rocker's controversial past includes a 1999 Sports Illustrated story, where he was quoted as saying he would never play for a New York team because he didn't want to ride a subway train "next to some queer with AIDS." He also mocked foreigners and described an unnamed Latin teammate as a "fat monkey." Rocker later issued a statement admitting he went too far and told ESPN that his comments made him sound like "a complete jerk." Rocker was later suspended until May 1, 2000, and fined $20,000.
Rocker apologized for making anti-gay statements he made at a Dallas restaurant in 2002.
Rocker last played in the major leagues in 2003 for Texas. He appeared in two games.
He tried to come back in 2005 in the minor leagues, but later quit. That year, he told ESPN.com: "I've taken a lot of crap from a lot of people. Probably more than anybody in the history of this sport. I know Hank [Aaron] and Jackie [Robinson] took a good deal of crap, but I guarantee it wasn't for six years. I just keep thinking: How much more am I supposed to take?"
Pettitte Will Not Testify at Public Hearing
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/12/sports/baseball/12clemens.html
February 12, 2008
Pettitte Will Not Testify at Public Hearing
By DUFF WILSON and MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT
WASHINGTON — Roger Clemens and Brian McNamee will face off at a hearing of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on Wednesday, without any testimony from two other ballplayers or a steroids distributor who had also been scheduled to testify, the committee announced Monday night.
Clemens, the seven-time Cy Young Award winner, says he never used performance-enhancing drugs. McNamee, the former trainer, says he injected Clemens with steroids and human growth hormone. They will be joined by Charlie Scheeler, a Baltimore lawyer, who led the staff work on the investigation into the use of performance-enhancing drugs in baseball that was compiled by former Senator George J. Mitchell.
Dropped from the witness list were Andy Pettitte, Clemens’s longtime friend, former teammate and training partner; Chuck Knoblauch, a former major league infielder and outfielder; and Kirk Radomski, a former clubhouse attendant and drug distributor who became an informant for federal investigators and the Mitchell report.
Pettitte’s recusal came amid growing indications that he made statements that linked Clemens with steroids or H.G.H., or both, in his deposition to the committee on Feb. 4. A congressional staff member and several other people familiar with the case said that Pettitte did not want to have to testify publicly, on national television, and perhaps be forced to reiterate statements that would not be in Clemens’s interest. They spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the case.
The statement excusing Pettitte, Knoblauch and Radomski was issued Monday evening by the committee chairman, Henry A. Waxman, Democrat of California, and the panel’s ranking Republican, Tom Davis of Virginia. It said, in part: “Kirk Radomski, Andy Pettitte and Chuck Knoblauch will not be testifying at the Feb. 13 hearing. Charlie Scheeler of Senator Mitchell’s staff will be testifying. Mr. Knoblauch and Mr. Pettitte answered all the committee’s questions and their testimony at the hearing is not needed.”
One person who is a friend of Clemens’s and who also knows Pettitte said the two pitchers had not spoken since shortly after the release of the Mitchell report on Dec. 13. In the Mitchell report, McNamee asserted that he injected Clemens with steroids and H.G.H. on at least 16 occasions from 1998 through 2001, an allegation Clemens adamantly disputed. Meanwhile, Pettitte has confirmed McNamee’s statement in the Mitchell report that he injected Pettitte with H.G.H. in 2002.
Lanny A. Breuer, one of Clemens’s lawyers, said in a telephone interview Monday night that Clemens would not seek a way out of Wednesday’s hearing, regardless of the absence of others.
“Whether Roger is asked questions about Andy Pettitte’s deposition or anything else whatsoever, he will answer the questions,” Breuer said. “He’s going to continue to answer them forthrightly. He never took steroids, he never took H.G.H., and that is abundantly clear and will be abundantly clear throughout the hearing.”
He added: “It’s my view that Andy Pettitte should do whatever makes sense for Andy Pettitte, and whatever makes him most comfortable.”
Pettitte’s lawyers declined comment.
Breuer said that Clemens planned to meet with about a half-dozen more members of the oversight committee privately on Tuesday afternoon. Last week, Clemens met with 19 of the committee members, and, in some instances, signed autographs for committee staff members, actions that have drawn criticism.
Clemens’s denials of drug use include the statements he made in a sworn deposition to committee lawyers last week. His lawyers say Clemens will testify Wednesday that he never talked with Pettitte about drug use and that he never used steroids or growth hormone.
After Pettitte gave a two-and-a-half-hour deposition to committee lawyers Feb. 4, he emerged looking shaken. Since then, many people involved in the case say they think he gave testimony that could hurt Clemens.
Because Pettitte’s deposition is available to all committee members, the information he provided can still be used by them to question Clemens during Wednesday’s hearing and to evaluate his answers. If that occurs, Pettitte will not be there to witness it.
Rusty Hardin, one of Clemens’s lawyers, reacted angrily to the idea that Pettitte sought to be excused from public testimony because of discomfort he felt over what he had said in the deposition about Clemens. He said such a notion was “a tremendous disservice to both Andy and Roger.”
“Look, we’ve always welcomed Andy’s comments publicly, as well as Roger’s comments publicly,” Hardin said in a telephone interview Monday night. Hardin said Clemens still considered Pettitte a good friend.
Hardin also had some strong words for Waxman, who is leading the investigation. Hardin and Waxman exchanged letters over the weekend after Hardin criticized Jeff Novitzky, a special agent for the Internal Revenue Service, for planning to attend the hearing. Waxman said it sounded as if Hardin were trying to intimidate a federal officer.
“You have a chairman who is going down the tubes because his own committee doesn’t support what he is doing,” Hardin said in the phone interview.
He added, “You guys are being used by people that want to get Roger Clemens, and you should be looking deep within yourselves.”
Radomski did not want to give a scheduled deposition Tuesday or testify Wednesday because of concerns that he would incriminate himself, according to two other people familiar with the proceedings.
Radomski was sentenced to five years’ probation in a plea agreement last week, but was concerned that he could be prosecuted for other acts within the past five years.
Pettitte, 35, who often seemed to consider Clemens a big brother, signed a one-year, $16 million contract with the Yankees on Dec. 12, one day before the release of the Mitchell report. Two days after the report, Pettitte admitted the truth of the allegations about him.
Pettitte has a career record of 201-113 in 13 seasons with the Yankees and the Houston Astros. Last year, he was 15-9 with a 4.05 E.R.A. with the Yankees, and, for the part of the season, Clemens was again his teammate.
Now the two men seem to stand apart. Instead, it will be Clemens and McNamee on Wednesday, with Scheeler no doubt sitting in between them.
February 12, 2008
Pettitte Will Not Testify at Public Hearing
By DUFF WILSON and MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT
WASHINGTON — Roger Clemens and Brian McNamee will face off at a hearing of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on Wednesday, without any testimony from two other ballplayers or a steroids distributor who had also been scheduled to testify, the committee announced Monday night.
Clemens, the seven-time Cy Young Award winner, says he never used performance-enhancing drugs. McNamee, the former trainer, says he injected Clemens with steroids and human growth hormone. They will be joined by Charlie Scheeler, a Baltimore lawyer, who led the staff work on the investigation into the use of performance-enhancing drugs in baseball that was compiled by former Senator George J. Mitchell.
Dropped from the witness list were Andy Pettitte, Clemens’s longtime friend, former teammate and training partner; Chuck Knoblauch, a former major league infielder and outfielder; and Kirk Radomski, a former clubhouse attendant and drug distributor who became an informant for federal investigators and the Mitchell report.
Pettitte’s recusal came amid growing indications that he made statements that linked Clemens with steroids or H.G.H., or both, in his deposition to the committee on Feb. 4. A congressional staff member and several other people familiar with the case said that Pettitte did not want to have to testify publicly, on national television, and perhaps be forced to reiterate statements that would not be in Clemens’s interest. They spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the case.
The statement excusing Pettitte, Knoblauch and Radomski was issued Monday evening by the committee chairman, Henry A. Waxman, Democrat of California, and the panel’s ranking Republican, Tom Davis of Virginia. It said, in part: “Kirk Radomski, Andy Pettitte and Chuck Knoblauch will not be testifying at the Feb. 13 hearing. Charlie Scheeler of Senator Mitchell’s staff will be testifying. Mr. Knoblauch and Mr. Pettitte answered all the committee’s questions and their testimony at the hearing is not needed.”
One person who is a friend of Clemens’s and who also knows Pettitte said the two pitchers had not spoken since shortly after the release of the Mitchell report on Dec. 13. In the Mitchell report, McNamee asserted that he injected Clemens with steroids and H.G.H. on at least 16 occasions from 1998 through 2001, an allegation Clemens adamantly disputed. Meanwhile, Pettitte has confirmed McNamee’s statement in the Mitchell report that he injected Pettitte with H.G.H. in 2002.
Lanny A. Breuer, one of Clemens’s lawyers, said in a telephone interview Monday night that Clemens would not seek a way out of Wednesday’s hearing, regardless of the absence of others.
“Whether Roger is asked questions about Andy Pettitte’s deposition or anything else whatsoever, he will answer the questions,” Breuer said. “He’s going to continue to answer them forthrightly. He never took steroids, he never took H.G.H., and that is abundantly clear and will be abundantly clear throughout the hearing.”
He added: “It’s my view that Andy Pettitte should do whatever makes sense for Andy Pettitte, and whatever makes him most comfortable.”
Pettitte’s lawyers declined comment.
Breuer said that Clemens planned to meet with about a half-dozen more members of the oversight committee privately on Tuesday afternoon. Last week, Clemens met with 19 of the committee members, and, in some instances, signed autographs for committee staff members, actions that have drawn criticism.
Clemens’s denials of drug use include the statements he made in a sworn deposition to committee lawyers last week. His lawyers say Clemens will testify Wednesday that he never talked with Pettitte about drug use and that he never used steroids or growth hormone.
After Pettitte gave a two-and-a-half-hour deposition to committee lawyers Feb. 4, he emerged looking shaken. Since then, many people involved in the case say they think he gave testimony that could hurt Clemens.
Because Pettitte’s deposition is available to all committee members, the information he provided can still be used by them to question Clemens during Wednesday’s hearing and to evaluate his answers. If that occurs, Pettitte will not be there to witness it.
Rusty Hardin, one of Clemens’s lawyers, reacted angrily to the idea that Pettitte sought to be excused from public testimony because of discomfort he felt over what he had said in the deposition about Clemens. He said such a notion was “a tremendous disservice to both Andy and Roger.”
“Look, we’ve always welcomed Andy’s comments publicly, as well as Roger’s comments publicly,” Hardin said in a telephone interview Monday night. Hardin said Clemens still considered Pettitte a good friend.
Hardin also had some strong words for Waxman, who is leading the investigation. Hardin and Waxman exchanged letters over the weekend after Hardin criticized Jeff Novitzky, a special agent for the Internal Revenue Service, for planning to attend the hearing. Waxman said it sounded as if Hardin were trying to intimidate a federal officer.
“You have a chairman who is going down the tubes because his own committee doesn’t support what he is doing,” Hardin said in the phone interview.
He added, “You guys are being used by people that want to get Roger Clemens, and you should be looking deep within yourselves.”
Radomski did not want to give a scheduled deposition Tuesday or testify Wednesday because of concerns that he would incriminate himself, according to two other people familiar with the proceedings.
Radomski was sentenced to five years’ probation in a plea agreement last week, but was concerned that he could be prosecuted for other acts within the past five years.
Pettitte, 35, who often seemed to consider Clemens a big brother, signed a one-year, $16 million contract with the Yankees on Dec. 12, one day before the release of the Mitchell report. Two days after the report, Pettitte admitted the truth of the allegations about him.
Pettitte has a career record of 201-113 in 13 seasons with the Yankees and the Houston Astros. Last year, he was 15-9 with a 4.05 E.R.A. with the Yankees, and, for the part of the season, Clemens was again his teammate.
Now the two men seem to stand apart. Instead, it will be Clemens and McNamee on Wednesday, with Scheeler no doubt sitting in between them.
Trainer provides physical evidence against Clemens
http://www.latimes.com/sports/printedition/la-sp-clemens7feb07,0,7944007.story
Trainer reportedly provides physical evidence against Clemens
Brian McNamee is said to have given federal investigators items that he kept from earlier seasons that could link the pitcher to drug use. Clemens' lawyer accuses the trainer of deception.
By Lance Pugmire and Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times Staff Writers
February 7, 2008
Roger Clemens' former trainer has given physical evidence to federal investigators that will confirm the pitcher used performance-enhancing drugs, the trainer's attorneys said Wednesday.
The evidence includes vials with traces of steroids and human growth hormone, blood-stained syringes and gauze pads that may contain the seven-time Cy Young Award winner's DNA, the New York Daily News reported on its website, citing an anonymous source.
The evidence has been sent to a lab for testing of drugs and blood, the Daily News reported. Depending on the results, prosecutors could seek a DNA sample from Clemens.
"If Roger Clemens' DNA is on that used needle, that's the functional equivalent of the little blue dress in the Monica Lewinsky case that forced Bill Clinton to admit his affair," former federal prosecutor Brian Lysaght said.
Lanny Breuer, an attorney for Clemens, accused trainer Brian McNamee of smearing Clemens and attacked his credibility.
"Brian McNamee is obviously a troubled man who is obsessed with doing everything possible to destroy Roger Clemens," Breuer said in a statement, adding that McNamee had lied to baseball and government investigators and "now he apparently has manufactured evidence."
"He now claims he kept blood, gauze and needles from Roger Clemens for seven years," Breuer said. "It defies all sensibility. It is just not credible -- who in their right mind does such a thing?
"As Roger has said under oath to Congress and to the American public, at no time did he take steroids or growth hormone. Despite the desperate smears of Brian McNamee, Roger is looking forward to testifying before Congress next week to set the record straight."
The disclosure is the latest dramatic development in the steroid allegations involving Clemens, which surfaced in December with the release of former Sen. George Mitchell's report examining the use of performance-enhancing substances in Major League Baseball.
McNamee told Mitchell's investigators that he injected Clemens, a seven-time Cy Young Award winner, with steroids or HGH on 16 occasions in 1998, 2000 and 2001. Until now, it was not known if there was any physical evidence that might back up McNamee's allegations. Clemens has said the only injections he received from McNamee were for vitamin B-12 and the pain reliever lidocaine.
The Daily News report said McNamee kept the evidence from the 2000 and 2001 seasons out of fear Clemens would deny use of the drugs if the issue were ever investigated.
The onetime strength and conditioning coach of the Toronto Blue Jays and New York Yankees preserved the evidence because as "a former police officer," he knew it was important to do so, Richard Emery, an attorney for McNamee, told The Times.
Emery declined to describe the evidence but said it was delivered to U.S. Justice Department investigators from San Francisco "some time ago."
McNamee and Clemens will be on Capitol Hill today. As McNamee gives his deposition, Clemens will meet several of the lawmakers scheduled to question him under oath next week -- meetings Breuer said had been in the works before Wednesday's disclosure.
Clemens was deposed Tuesday by attorneys with the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. He said he denied under oath having taken steroids or HGH, as McNamee has alleged.
Ronald J. Nessim, a former federal prosecutor in Los Angeles, said Clemens is in "high jeopardy" of a criminal case if he's lying.
"It's true his reputation is in tatters, with his Hall of Fame chances being questioned and all that, but nothing he's done is criminal unless he's lying," Nessim said. "It's very brazen if he's doing it in Congress. Prosecutors and members of Congress don't like that.
" . . . Even if it's a one-on-one credibility contest, physical evidence at some point can become sufficient to prosecute. If it's powerful evidence, he's vulnerable."
Breuer said the disclosure deprived Clemens of the opportunity to refute the claim to government investigators.
"It's a complete stunt," the attorney said, "calculated to do only one thing, and that is to destroy a good man's name. Sadly, it works."
A spokesman for the U.S. attorney's office in San Francisco, which is supervising the investigation of performance-enhancing drug use in sports that started with the 2003 raid of the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative (BALCO), said his office had no comment on the Daily News' report.
Emery said McNamee will discuss his turnover of the evidence at a news conference after today's deposition.
The one-on-one meetings Clemens will hold today were offered by his representatives to selected committee members in advance of next week's televised hearing. The so-called "courtesy calls" enable legislators to talk to witnesses without the five-minute limit on questioning that applies in a hearing, and outside that potentially adversarial setting.
"Roger has nothing to hide," Breuer said. "He feels the best way to show that is to meet with members and let them know he never took steroids or HGH."
Breuer said he did not know which members had accepted invitations to meet with Clemens.
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Trainer reportedly provides physical evidence against Clemens
Brian McNamee is said to have given federal investigators items that he kept from earlier seasons that could link the pitcher to drug use. Clemens' lawyer accuses the trainer of deception.
By Lance Pugmire and Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times Staff Writers
February 7, 2008
Roger Clemens' former trainer has given physical evidence to federal investigators that will confirm the pitcher used performance-enhancing drugs, the trainer's attorneys said Wednesday.
The evidence includes vials with traces of steroids and human growth hormone, blood-stained syringes and gauze pads that may contain the seven-time Cy Young Award winner's DNA, the New York Daily News reported on its website, citing an anonymous source.
The evidence has been sent to a lab for testing of drugs and blood, the Daily News reported. Depending on the results, prosecutors could seek a DNA sample from Clemens.
"If Roger Clemens' DNA is on that used needle, that's the functional equivalent of the little blue dress in the Monica Lewinsky case that forced Bill Clinton to admit his affair," former federal prosecutor Brian Lysaght said.
Lanny Breuer, an attorney for Clemens, accused trainer Brian McNamee of smearing Clemens and attacked his credibility.
"Brian McNamee is obviously a troubled man who is obsessed with doing everything possible to destroy Roger Clemens," Breuer said in a statement, adding that McNamee had lied to baseball and government investigators and "now he apparently has manufactured evidence."
"He now claims he kept blood, gauze and needles from Roger Clemens for seven years," Breuer said. "It defies all sensibility. It is just not credible -- who in their right mind does such a thing?
"As Roger has said under oath to Congress and to the American public, at no time did he take steroids or growth hormone. Despite the desperate smears of Brian McNamee, Roger is looking forward to testifying before Congress next week to set the record straight."
The disclosure is the latest dramatic development in the steroid allegations involving Clemens, which surfaced in December with the release of former Sen. George Mitchell's report examining the use of performance-enhancing substances in Major League Baseball.
McNamee told Mitchell's investigators that he injected Clemens, a seven-time Cy Young Award winner, with steroids or HGH on 16 occasions in 1998, 2000 and 2001. Until now, it was not known if there was any physical evidence that might back up McNamee's allegations. Clemens has said the only injections he received from McNamee were for vitamin B-12 and the pain reliever lidocaine.
The Daily News report said McNamee kept the evidence from the 2000 and 2001 seasons out of fear Clemens would deny use of the drugs if the issue were ever investigated.
The onetime strength and conditioning coach of the Toronto Blue Jays and New York Yankees preserved the evidence because as "a former police officer," he knew it was important to do so, Richard Emery, an attorney for McNamee, told The Times.
Emery declined to describe the evidence but said it was delivered to U.S. Justice Department investigators from San Francisco "some time ago."
McNamee and Clemens will be on Capitol Hill today. As McNamee gives his deposition, Clemens will meet several of the lawmakers scheduled to question him under oath next week -- meetings Breuer said had been in the works before Wednesday's disclosure.
Clemens was deposed Tuesday by attorneys with the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. He said he denied under oath having taken steroids or HGH, as McNamee has alleged.
Ronald J. Nessim, a former federal prosecutor in Los Angeles, said Clemens is in "high jeopardy" of a criminal case if he's lying.
"It's true his reputation is in tatters, with his Hall of Fame chances being questioned and all that, but nothing he's done is criminal unless he's lying," Nessim said. "It's very brazen if he's doing it in Congress. Prosecutors and members of Congress don't like that.
" . . . Even if it's a one-on-one credibility contest, physical evidence at some point can become sufficient to prosecute. If it's powerful evidence, he's vulnerable."
Breuer said the disclosure deprived Clemens of the opportunity to refute the claim to government investigators.
"It's a complete stunt," the attorney said, "calculated to do only one thing, and that is to destroy a good man's name. Sadly, it works."
A spokesman for the U.S. attorney's office in San Francisco, which is supervising the investigation of performance-enhancing drug use in sports that started with the 2003 raid of the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative (BALCO), said his office had no comment on the Daily News' report.
Emery said McNamee will discuss his turnover of the evidence at a news conference after today's deposition.
The one-on-one meetings Clemens will hold today were offered by his representatives to selected committee members in advance of next week's televised hearing. The so-called "courtesy calls" enable legislators to talk to witnesses without the five-minute limit on questioning that applies in a hearing, and outside that potentially adversarial setting.
"Roger has nothing to hide," Breuer said. "He feels the best way to show that is to meet with members and let them know he never took steroids or HGH."
Breuer said he did not know which members had accepted invitations to meet with Clemens.
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Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Growth Hormone Supplementation
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Why Would Drug Companies Not Want you to Know About Growth Hormone Supplementation?
Because It Would Make Obsolete Most Of Their Pain Killers and Many of There Other Drugs As Well.
Are Growth Hormone Benefits for Real or Are Some Supplement Suppliers Misleading You?
There are indeed many benefits to taking Growth Hormone but the supplement industry for the most part is misleading you into believing you can achieve these benefits with a stimulant or homeopathic products, neither of which work. How do I know this?
Have You Bought Growth Hormone Precursor Products or Homeopathic Growth Hormone taken it for 6 months or less and been disappointed? You're not alone! Many have. Or have you read full page ads extolling the benefits of Growth Hormone and implying their precursor product will magically produce the same results and wondered if it could be true?
Well the fact is that Injectable Growth Hormone has achieved all these amazing results. Which are an;
• 8.8% increase in muscle mass, without exercise
• 14.4% loss of fat, without dieting
• Higher energy level
• Increased Reproductive Health
• Regrowth of heart, liver, spleen ,kidney, and other organs that shrink with age
• Greater cardiac output
• Superior immune function
• Increased exercise performance
• Better kidney function
• Lowered blood pressure
• Improved cholesterol profile, with higher HDL and lower LDL
• Stronger bones
• Faster wound healing
• Younger, tighter, thicker skin
• Hair regrowth
• Wrinkle removal
• Elimination of cellulite
• Sharper vision
• Mood elevation
• Increased memory retention
• Improved Sleep
Everything You Need To Know About The Industry Behind GH
From Ron Klatz Book "10 Weeks to A Younger You” p.21—"It is ironic the government agency charged with finding answers to the disabilities of old age has in its 25 year history never taken a public position on anything except in 1996, shortly after the publication and wide distribution of his book, "Grow Young With HGH. The NIA (National Institute of Aging) created a barrage of radio and television public safety announcements warning America about the unscientific claims of anti-aging medicine, that there was NO evidence to support the claims that nutrients, hormones or anything else could slow the inevitable decline of aging.
This strongly worded, high visibility media campaign was totally unprecedented and unique. The NIA, an agency whose budget now is $630 million, has never spent more than $1 million per year on anti-aging clinical research according to Richard Sprout, M.D., former deputy director of the NIA. So it was not surprising to me that even this most senior level staff member hadn't hardly a clue as to what comprises the practice of anti-aging medicine.
So, why is the NIA against anti-aging medicine? The answer cannot be science, as it is mainstream hardcore documented scientific literature, experiment and clinical observation, which is the body of a new specialty of anti-aging medicine. The textbooks and educational materials of this new science are almost exclusively derived from the original publication from Lancet, the New England Journal of Medicine, Archives of Internal Medicine, Hospital Practice, Science, etc.
The answer must be found in the politics of medicine. Anti-aging medicine is a major affront to those who insist on directing 95% of the U.S. healthcare budget toward disease oriented medicine, while allowing less than 5% of that $1.5 trillion dollar budget to be spent on prevention.
Many at the NIA have made their careers poo-pooing the notion that "aging is not inevitable,” never mind the facts and the clinical successes of hundreds of thousands of people benefiting from these breakthrough therapies.
Still, the genie is now out of the lamp and the advances in aging reversal cannot be stopped. Proof positive of this fact was the airing of the PBS television special, "Stealing Time: The New Science of Aging,” in June of 1999. This landmark show documented the science of anti-aging medicine and the great advances in improving the quality and quantity of life span, that life spans of baby boomers should soon reach 100 years and that aging interventions as practiced by anti-aging doctors is real!
The NIA and the AARP sponsored this incredibly accurate documentary on the future of healthcare and anti-aging medicine. It seems that they have at last begun to acknowledge the truth, age may be inevitable but aging is not!
Still the effect of this public media campaign to discredit the science of anti-aging has built up momentum over the years and remains a stigma in the minds of many. Now you have the facts to change your mind.
There are some 20,000 Anti-Aging Physicians worldwide who have seen outside the box of drug based symptom focused treatment of disease. These all condone or use injectable Growth Hormone in their clinical practice.
A man 40 years old has less than 1/2 the testosterone a man of 25 has. Human Growth Hormone production peaks in our late teens and falls about 25% per decade after age 25.
• At 40 your HGH is about 75% that of a 25-30 year old you feel a little different.
• At 50 your HGH is about 55% that of a 25-30 year old and you feel it.
• At 60 your HGH is about 40% that of a 25-30 year old the effects snow ball & it is obvious to all. [1]
Three Questions You Should Ask When Buying a Growth Hormone Supplement
1. Call up any other company that sells HGH precursor or HGH Homeopathic supplements and see if they can even articulate the difference between a actual somatotropin (recombinant GH), a precursor HGH and a homeopathic HGH?
Answer: Most companies will not be able to accurately answer these questions. Recombinant GH is Growth Hormone made in a laboratory via bacteria. It is a science you can use a bacteria to create amino acids, enzymes, insulin and Growth Hormone also called Somatotropin. It is a 191 amino acid chain that is identical to what your own body produces. From 1985 until 1996 the only method of administration was by injection. In 1996 researchers figured out how to make this large polypeptide absorbable in your mouth, bypassing the need for injections. This took what was once a prescription based item into a consumable item. Like any protein or metabolite of amino acids this is now in the category of a food supplement. Like vitamin B-12 you can get by injection from a Doctor or you can go to your local health food store and by pills that absorb them right into your mouth. The first requires a prescription the second does not.
Precursors stimulate the release of IGF-1 out of your liver and this does not equate to increasing Growth Hormone a 191 amino acid polypeptide. Homeopathic GH products have no actual Growth Hormone in them. They have only vibrational energy signatures. Most Homeopathic liquid GH products contain alcohol in them. Alcohol would destroy any Growth Hormone present. Also what you need to look out for in this HGH industry. There have been fly by night distributors who throw up a web-site and only answer questions by email or not at all; causing you frustration. Really there's nobody to ask questions too. Some of these companies only stay around for a few months and are gone. Compare that with an actual healthcare practitioner Stephen Heuer, Nutripath who has the expertise on helping people regain their health for 17 years. He also knows while most people over the age of 40 benefit from oral Growth Hormone not everyone needs it.
2. What to look out for when selecting an HGH supplement?
If it is a pill or powder it is a precursor and has no actual GH in it. It is not growth hormone and does not increase Growth Hormone levels. It may temporarily increase IGF-1 levels which is not an accurate reflection of actual Growth Hormone levels in the body. Benefits may be partial and temporary compared to actual GH.
The Media Is Biased Toward Pharmaceutical Advertisers and Other Special Interests
Human Growth Hormone has gotten a bad rap because of the media has been reporting on the occasional overuse by professional athletes to optimize their athletic performance. Even in excessive dosages the only negatives reported were joint pain, higher blood pressure and higher sugar levels in the blood, all of which return to normal after two weeks of discontinued usage. When giving the body a dose of GH that is only complimentary and not excessive it is a holistic health miracle. Hormones are powerful and giving your body a quantity that the body was designed to produce in your prime years is the ideal to follow. When will medicine learn from nature instead of trying to override her? Giving your body a physiological dose is safe and health giving to nearly everyone. Once over the age of 40 taking HGH can create a marked improvement in the quality of your life. But I have had exceptions where parents gave it to their teenagers. One time I had a 16 year old boy who was so busy with school and two or three sports that he became very run down. He got on our oral GH and within 3 months was back to normal. Two other cases were parents who wanted there teenage boys to grow taller. One was a Dentist who gave it to his 12 year old boy. From age 12 to 14 the boy grew 4 inches. The father was pleased with the results. Another was a mother who gave it to her 14 year old son. She wanted him to gain in muscle size and from age 14 to 16 he did gain appreciable muscle and neck size. She was pleased with the results. That was a case where he also took an amino acid supplement we carry called Amino Sports
3. What To Look Out For If You Find Another Oral GH Product Claiming to Have Real GH In It?
If you do find a real liquid Growth Hormone product the question to ask is how well is the GH absorbed if at all? Getting the large polypeptide called Growth Hormone to be absorbed into your mouth is no easy trick. All other real GH products I've tried were pathetic performers. These include, Regenesis, Sol Body and Sol RX, Vita GH and others. No one wanted to reorder these products. One company claims to have a delivery system called MMC (Macro Molecular Complex), my personal and client response was no results. What is The Most Effective Delivery System for the GH Peptide?
Oral Growth Hormone can be wrapped up in a carbohydrate (polymer matrix) or fat (liposome) and transported through the mucus membrane of the mouth. I've tired both versions myself and on hundreds of clients. Real world results show me that the fat coating (liposome) is superior to the carbohydrate (polymer matrix) delivery system.
My 30 Years Of Experience As Nutritional Researcher and 17 Years As a Nutripath
As a nutritional researcher for 30 years, and having had personal health challenges that required my constant attention, I have learned what only a full time profession can teach. What works and what does not. What's effective and when to use it. The distillation of this knowledge is embodied in my healing practice called Cocoon Nutrition. Misinformation on nutrition abounds. Not every substance studied needs to be taken. Much of the dietary supplementation people are buying does not address the cause of their ailments. The following information will hopefully help you to separate the wheat from the chaff on the subject of Growth Hormone supplementation.
The Media Is Biased Toward Pharmaceutical Advertisers and Other Special Interests
Human Growth Hormone has gotten a bad rap because of the media has reporting on the occasional overuse by professional athletes to optimize their athletic performance. Even in excessive dosages the only negatives reported were joint pain, higher blood pressure, higher sugar levels in the blood. All of which return to normal after two weeks of discontinued usage. Giving the body a dosage of GH that is complimentary only and not excessive is a holistic health miracle. Hormones are powerful and quantities that the body was designed to produce in your prime years is the ideal to follow. When will medicine learn from nature instead of trying to override her? Giving your body a physiological dose is safe and health giving to nearly everyone. Once over the age of 40 taking HGH can create a marked improvement in the quality of your life. But I have had exceptions where parents gave it to their teenagers. One time I had a 16 year old boy who was so busy with school and two or three sports that he became very run down. He got on our oral GH and within 3 months was back to normal. Two other cases were parents who wanted there teenage boys to grow taller. One was a Dentist who gave it to his 12 year old boy. From age 12 to 14 the boy grew 4 inches. The father was pleased with the results. Another was mother who gave it to her 14 year old son. She wanted him to gain in muscle size and from age 14 to 16 he did gain appreciable in muscle and neck size. She was pleased with the results. That was a case where he also took an amino acid supplement we carry called Amino Sports.
Is Growth Hormone a Steroid?
Another misunderstanding is that HGH is a steroid. Steroids are made from cholesterol; this is where the word steroid derives from; that is the word sterol. Cholesterol is used by your body to make all the adrenal and reproductive hormones called steroids. These include Pregnenolone, estrogen and testosterone. HGH on the other hand is a 191 amino acid peptide and is therefore a protein. HGH is prescribed to treat the signs & symptoms of low HGH production. + Mayo Clinic Reports on Aging & HGH . [2]
My Personal Introduction to GH and How the Growth Hormone Supplement Industry Got So Much Attention
In 1998 I was introduced to oral Growth Hormone spray, and for the first time in eight years I was feeling stronger, happier and had a marked reduction in my cravings for sweets. For the first time in eight years I felt like my adrenals were holding their own. I slept better, had more energy and was more extroversive. I introduced my clients to the product and got the same feedback. More energy, sleeping better, better blood sugar, absence of craving for sweets, loss of 6 to 12 pounds of fat in one month without dieting, and joint pains going away within 3 to 60 days on the product. Now from over nine years of working with ingestible Growth Hormone spray with 20,000 plus people, we have accumulated dozens of testimonies, some of which are very impressive, such as disc regeneration, elimination of Tarsal Tunnel syndrome, severe joint pains going away, weight loss, deeper sleep, and more. Growth Hormone is a natural substance that your body already produces. That production diminishes after age 28 and consequently your repair rate slows down and so do you. When Growth Hormone is reintroduced into the system it triggers all cells of your body to absorb amino acids. Amino Acids are what you need to make proteins. Once your cells can make proteins efficiently a cascade of health building benefits can occur.
What Drug Companies don't Want You to Know
I ask this question: Why would anyone want to poison themselves with an over the counter or prescription toxic drug to treat a symptom when it is possible to feed the body what it is lacking and create the proteins to cause healing on all levels? Healing is what alleviates pain permanently! Most people don't know such a choice exists. Well it is high time that you all find out that you can heal just about anything with natural nontoxic methods. One of the most potent aids to healing is Growth Hormone.
Studies based Upon Injectable Growth Hormone
Growth Hormone has been studied extensively in its injectable form, and the distillation of those studies can be found in the book "Grow Young with HGH” by Dr. Ronald Klatz. In 1990, Dr. Daniel Rudmen published a study he'd conducted on men between ages 61-80 after 6 months on injectable Growth Hormone showed all the benefits listed above:
This landmark study showed for the first time that aging was a treatable condition. It showed that aging could be partially reversed. From this time forward injectable growth hormone was sought after by the rich of the world. Ever wonder why so many movie stars in their 50's and 60's still look so young? Growth Hormone may be their secret. However in the injectable form it is painful to administer and it is prohibitively costly at today's price range of $130 to $360 per week. Since Growth Hormone has been put into this unique spray delivery system we are seeing the same benefits as the injectable as is indicated in all of our testimonies.
IGF-1 Does Not Equal Growth Hormone
The traditionally accepted theory has been that most of the biological effects of growth hormone (GH) are mediated by circulating (endocrine) insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I). This dogma was modified when it was discovered that most tissues express IGF-I that can act via an autocrine/paracrine fashion. In addition, both GH and IGF-I had independent effects on various target tissues. Using tissue-specific gene deletion of IGF-I in the liver, it has been shown that circulating IGF-I is predominantly liver-derived but is not essential for normal postnatal growth. Therefore, it is proposed that non-liver tissue-derived IGF-I may be sufficient for growth and development. Thus the original somatomedin hypothesis has undergone further modifications.
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Where HGH is Made In the Body and Which Companies First Invented a procedure to Make It In the Lab?
Human Growth Hormone is a 191 amino acid peptide produced by the following tissues; the pituitary, brain, lymphocytes, placenta, mammary tissue, and pineal gland. In 1985 Genentech was the first company to manufacture Growth Hormone in a laboratory. The peptide they made was a 192 amino acid long peptide. This is not the identical form the body produces and is therefore inferior. Then Eli Lilly in 1986 produced the 191 amino acid peptide which is the identical form to human HGH. In my experience this is the most effective form you can use.
How Fast You Make Proteins Determines How Young You Are
Levels of Growth Hormone decline after age 28 and can be raised back up by supplementation. The science of how Growth Hormone works is interesting. Nearly every cell of the body has a receptor site for GH. GH triggers the cells to absorb amino acids. This then is turning on the ability of the cell to produce proteins. The appearance of wrinkles and shrinkage of size in elderly people is nothing more than cells shrinking in size due to a loss of proteins. Youth: is repairing faster than breakdown is occurring . Aging: is the body breaking down faster than it is repairing. So once you've passed 28 years of age or so, the level of GH production starts to decline. Consequently the body begins to breakdown faster than it can repair. At age 20 you have 20 nanograms of GH per milliliter of blood. By age 80 you have 2 nanograms of GH per milliliter of blood. This slow-down is also experienced as less energy, slower healing of injuries, longer time to recover from sickness, poorer sleep, increase in fat weight, less control of blood sugar, age spots on the skin, wrinkles, sagging tissues, gray hair and aching joints. Increase your rate of repair and it is amazing how quickly you can notice feeling good again.
Stopping A Free Radical Cascade With GH
It is theorized that free radical damage is a primary cause of aging. The damage done to cells from chlorine, bad vegetable oils, smog, pesticides, harmful electromagnetic fields, and many other unnamed free radicals we're exposed to daily causes cells to break down faster than repair can occur. Once a cell is damaged by a free radical it can trigger the release of proteases. Proteases are enzymes which digest the remainder of the cell that has been damaged. Proteases also digest surrounding healthy tissue causing an unnecessary amount of cell loss and breakdown. When Growth Hormone is taken it enables the body to produce protease inhibitors at the cellular level. This then blocks the cascade of cellular breakdown from free radicals. To prevent cells from breaking down prematurely is a great contribution to health, vitality and longevity. It saves the body a lot of unnecessary repair. This is one of the major reasons for the vast therapeutic efficacy of Growth Hormone supplementation.
Do I Need To Test My GH Levels Before Taking It?
For anyone over 40 years of age the levels of GH have declined sufficiently that upon taking an effective product like Chrysalis, 90% of people notice more energy and better sleep within the first 24 hours. But give it the full 30 days before you make any conclusions. For people over 40 years of age testing for levels of GH in the body prior to taking it is really not necessary, as your levels are not going to be as high as when you were 21, which was your biological prime. If your levels are low you will feel the effects quickly after using Chrysalis.
Precursors vs. GH
There is a vast difference between real Growth Hormone and Precursors or products. Precursors consist of free form Amino Acids like Arginine, Ornithine, Glutamine, Lysine, GABA, Glycine and other ingredients like predigested animal glands and herbs. Another precursor category is the liquid predigested collagen products. Precursors are supposed to stimulate the release of stored Growth Hormone from the pituitary. The actual fact of the matter is that they only work partially in young people (who don't need it) and not at all in older people (who do need it).
This is based on urine GH testing done by AAL labs. You can see increases in IGF-1 but not Growth Hormone itself. You can also see increases in IGF-1 from eating a candy bar or taking the supplement DHEA, neither of which increase actual GH (Somatotropin) levels in the body, whereas the actual peptide Growth Hormone has consistently regenerated the body. When you eat a meal your IGF-1 levels increase and your HGH levels decrease. When you fast your GH levels increase and your IGF-1 levels decrease. This means that an increase in one does not automatically mean an increase in the other as is popularly taught.
Amino acid HGH (precursors) stimulates your liver to release stored IGF-1. Due to the many factors that can raise and lower IGF-1, most doctors and researchers of HGH consider this test unreliable. Based upon current research real recombinant GH will make a difference in your body. Amino acid precursors products do not and cannot do what actual Growth Hormone can do. A lot of people are losing a lot of money on precursors and getting zero results.
The Role of Free Form Amino Acids with Chrysalis
Most people are in a negative nitrogen balance. This means you do not have enough amino acids in the blood to keep up with the repair needs of your body for an entire day. This means that at various times in a 24 hour day you're body is eating up muscle proteins to meet its urgent amino acid needs for creation of glucose, immune proteins, and neurotransmitters. The body not wanting to compromise any one tissue for its proteins will dismantle proteins throughout the entire body in a sort of lets be fair and not take too much from any one tissue. The area where this happens to be the most noticed is the thinnest muscles of the body. Thin muscles in the body include the diaphragms (pelvic & diaphragmatic), the abdominal wall and eye muscles. As these thin muscles are sacrificed for amino acids needs they grow thinner and weaker. This leads to hernias with regard to the diaphragms and the abdominal wall. For the eyes it leads to weakened eye muscles that cannot dilate and or contract the pupil well enough to give focused vision, hence poor vision. For many people taking our 6 hour Immune Power Colostrum will supply amino acids and growth factors that will improve blood sugar and overall repair in your body. This can compliment the effects of GH in the body.
Our Immune Power Colostrum can create a synergistic effect when used with Chrysalis. Chrysalis can signal the cells to open up and absorb the amino acids and Immune Power Colostrum supplies the amino acids. Proteins can now be made, new cells created and healing of injuries can occur at a very rapid rate. The combination of Chrysalis and Immune Power Colostrum may accelerate you to a more pain free life.
GH and Cancer
I quote from the book "Resetting The Clock? a book about the benefits of hormone therapy. "All the evidence indicates that HGH does not increase the risk of cancer and does not cause established cancers to grow more rapidly.? [4] It is a crime that certain quote "health authorities? and the media have steered the innocent public and especially the senior citizen away from using GH. Seniors stand to gain the most from Oral Growth Hormone supplementation. Their mobility and cognitive abilities may all markedly increase when using oral GH. A popular misconception is the idea that Growth Hormone can cause tumor cells to grow. This does not align with the facts. For example, we are most protected from cancer when we are in our late teens and early twenties, when our GH levels are at the highest. As we age, our GH levels decline, and we see an increase in the rate at which cancer occurs. GH supports the cell's uptake of amino acids. This controls the cell's ability to repair. When cell organelles such as the mitochondria are improved in their function, cellular respiration is improved, meaning that the cell's ability to utilize oxygen improves. Tumor cells are anaerobic (make energy in the absence of oxygen) and in the presence of oxygen either revert back to normal cells or die. GH supports healthy liver and pancreatic function, which are key organs to protect one from cancer. The liver helps to maintain proper tissue pH. An alkaline tissue pH will protect you from tumor growth. Dr. Otto Warburg won the Nobel Prize for the following discovery: once tissue oxygen levels drop by 40% or more, an environment for spontaneous tumor cell proliferation can occur. He also measured the pH around tumors and found them to be much more acidic than normal tissues. Thus Dr. Warburg identified that an acid tissue pH and a deficiency of oxygen were the terrain requirements for tumors (anaerobic cells) to grow.
Cancer has gone away while on Injectable Growth Hormone
Minor skin malignancies have vanished without surgery after a period on HGH. One man with squamous cell carcinoma, one of the faster spreading varieties of skin cancer, was completely cured without surgical or other treatment. Dr. Frackelton has found consistent increases in natural killer cell lymphocyte counts in his elderly patients, in some cases by as much as 300% [5] . Naturally killer cells identify and help eliminate cancer.
Large Study of Over 800 People Show No Occurrence of Cancer
More reasons to believe that Growth Hormone replacement might actually prevent cancer. In a 2 year study done by Doctors Chein and Terry they have seen no cases of cancer among their group of more than 800 people between the ages of 39 and 70, although these people are in an age group where cancer rates are expected to rise. Nor has there been a higher than expected rate of occurrence of cancer among European adult patients treated for GH deficiency. And in the one case study reported by Doctors Chein and Terry, using multi-hormone replacement along with growth hormone resulted in a normalizing of the PSA levels of a patient with prostate cancer. [6]
pH and It's Role In Cancer Prevention
Two good books that talk about using an alkaline pH therapy to overcome cancer are "The Calcium Factor? by Robert Barefoot and "The Politics In Healing? by Dan Haley. Cocoon Nutrition carry's "The Politics In Healing?. These books will give you an excellent education on pH and cancer. The most effective alkalinization product that I've found in 17 years of nutritional practice is products we carry called Angstrom Calcium and Magnesium. We see saliva pH change for 6.8 pH to an 8 pH in 90 minutes. The minerals not only support an alkaline pH as measured by the saliva pH but also support your bone density. So you can see that the facts do not support the theory. It is important to understand the cause of cancer as proven by Dr. Warburg in order to remove the fear that surrounds it.
Cancer Requires the Same Nutrition As Normal Cells
Another point of view is to realize that cancer requires the same nutrition as normal tissue. It requires amino acids, minerals, fatty acids and sugar; do you therefore stop eating to starve the cancer? No. Modern medicine starts with the wrong premise, that of second guessing the self correcting intelligence of the body. The body has one program and it is that of self preservation. All diseases are an attempt on the part of the body to deal with a given stressor in an effort to heal you or prolong the life of the body. Therefore when you bring in any nutritive substance the body will work to heal itself. The real cause of cancer is based in having a deficiency of oxygen inside the cell. The deficiency of oxygen is caused from a few things. One is the cell walls are deficient in linolenic acid also called omega 3. This fat is required for the cell to absorb oxygen into itself and it can be obtained from flax oil not fish oil. Another factor is an overly acidic pH in the body that lowers tissue oxygen levels. PH controls oxygen levels the more acidic the less oxygen the more alkaline the more oxygen. Morning and evening saliva pH should read between 7-7.4 to indicate a healthy tissue pH in your body. The reason for the excess acidity is due to an overly acidic diet and the presence of toxins in the body. The number one toxin to remove to improve your health is mercury. Yes mercury is the king pin of the toxins in your body, however you also need to remove all heavy metals, chemical and plastic toxins. You got the mercury from your mercury fillings and vaccines. The body has no effective capacity to eliminate mercury quickly. It takes so long you could be waiting the rest of your life. The recipe for heavy metal detoxification can be found on our website www.cocoondetox.com. Prevention of cancer is the best plan of action this requires knowing the diet that creates ideal health for you. If cancer has occurred for you or a loved one then I recommend a consultation with myself as I have a very effective protocol for helping the body regain its self healing powers.
GH is Not the Only Remedy For Ideal Health
While GH can do a lot for your health, I always want people to be aware that to be 100% alive and well really feeling good requires three things. It requires 1) Detoxification of all toxins including heavy metals, chemicals and plastic toxins. Number two is replenishing your body with correct nutrition from both food and supplements. Supplements are essential for most people as food is too depleted to supply all that is needed. And three is to clean up of all toxic emotions by doing the mental clean up of your conscious and subconscious thinking with the tools offered by Dr. Michael Ryce. To do this I recommend Dr. Michael Ryce's book "Why is this Happening to Me Again? and his training's on DVD. To get his information go to www.whyagain.com
What other Safety Issues Exist Around Oral Growth Hormone Supplementation?
Are there any side effects? In some people the morning dosage can cause sleepiness. If this persists then taking the bedtime dosage is the only dosage for you to take for the first 2 months or so. After which typically the morning dosage no longer causes the sleepiness. For a lot of people, this would not be considered a side effect as sleep is a critical part of healing. In fact it is a sign the GH is working very well. Our culture lives in chronic stressed out state which leads to adrenal fatigue or exhaustion. To reverse this you need to turn on your parasympathetic nervous system and turn off your sympathetic nervous system. This then will cause to you relax and recharge. If you're feeling tired after taking GH, it's just your body telling you that you need to rest and in that rest, you will repair, recover and rejuvenate.
What Ages Should Consider Taking or GH?
What ages are unsafe to take it? No age can be hurt by taking small physiological dosages. However people between the ages of infancy through age 28 may not need it if they are robustly healthy. If on the other hand you have a teenager who is burning the candle at both ends with sports, academics and fast living then it may be helpful to use to cause accelerated recuperation. So using it for temporary periods of time for teens and young adults has been very helpful. For the most part people from age 40 and above are the main ones who will feel the product the most. Can you overdose by taking Chrysalis? Anything can be taken in excess. However when taking the recommended 3 sprays one to two times per day then for the most part no you cannot overdose on Chrysalis. Some people have taken 10 sprays per day in order to accelerate the healing process of some acute pain.
Other Benefits of injectable Growth Hormone
When children are growing, it's important that the nutrients they ingest be converted to bone, muscle, and organ tissue, not to fat. The natural HGH their body produces is crucial to this process. HGH is also essential to synthesizing collagen, the substance in our body that keeps us flexible, limber and wrinkle free. In a GH study on young people between ages 22 and 33 after six weeks on injections, gained 3 pounds of muscle and lost 1.5 lbs of fat. Ratio of muscle to fat improved by an average of close to 25%. In another study 8,000 adult athletes found HGH to be superior to anabolic steroids as there were no harmful side effects. Patients took HGH for only 3-6 weeks and in that short time, bodybuilders claimed they got results that lasted up to 12 months. Some athletes claimed to have gained up to 40 pounds in six weeks while reducing their body fat. Others claimed to have gained appreciably in height: HGH seems to allow the body to grow closer to the level of its ideal potential programmed into the individual's genes.
Testimonies from Satisfied Customers Using Chrysalis
High PSA improvement testimony: "I am a 55 year old male that has had 55 year old prostate problems. In February of 2002 during an annual physical my PSA level came back at a 3.5. My doctor sent me to a specialist that did a biopsy and ultrasound that came out negative so they told me to come back in 6 months for a follow up. In September of 2002 I went back for a follow up and my PSA had jumped to 5.0. I was told come back in approximately 3 months for another follow up. In October of 2002 I heard about Chrysalis on the radio, I bought some and started to try it.
In November, of 2002 I went back for another follow up and my PSA dropped to a 3.5. In January of 2003 I went back for another follow up and my PSA was 2.9. I am 3/4 through my 3rd bottle of Chrysalis. I find it significant that after 5 months and not quite 3 bottles of chrysalis my PSA, which was on the rise before taking it, reduced from 5.0 to 2.9. And more than that, I can sleep through the night without having to get up three or four times. I cannot find the words to properly thank you for this miracle. Very truly yours: Loren Wayne Johnson.”
Improved Thyroid Function: "Dear Cocoon Nutrition (Stephen Heuer), I just had to let you know the exciting things Chrysalis has done for me. It has been a gradual process over the past six months and I am thrilled to let you know that: I've lost a stubborn ten pounds and my waist is returning. My back pain of the past seven years is almost gone. Most amazing of all, my thyroid has returned to normal after 20 years of low thyroid. I feel like I have a new lease on life and am so thankful for this incredible product, with a grateful heart, Patty (RN), 64." July 24, 2001.
Improved knees, skin and walk without limping: "I just thank God and you for the amazing healing that took place in my body. Since I have been on your products, I am able to bend my knees, fungus has cleared up on my back, my skin looks better on my face and I am able to walk with out limping. I don't have to have surgery because I am much better. I am 44 years old and people think that I am between the age of 25 - 30. It is amazing what Chrysalis and the Quantum Trio have done for me. Also I am telling people at my job about these products and some are ordering already. My life has been enhanced so much plus I am toning and losing weight. God bless you always." - Kim Reddick
Sleeps soundly with lots of inner drive during the day: "I am Joseph Rossi, DOB April 1922, a newcomer to Chrysalis, utilizing it since August 2000. Chrysalis provides me with remarkable results; I sleep soundly through the night, a new experience for me. During the day I find that I have a tremendous inner drive, with unbounded energy, again something I have not enjoyed for a number of years. Your delivery method with the pump bottle spray is most advantageous and convenient to use. Essentially, I wish to thank Cocoon Nutrition for making available such an outstanding dietary supplement, which in my case provides the opportunity to improve my quality of life. Again, thank you, Sincerely, Joseph Rossi."
Arthritis pain reduced and no longer needs Celebrex : "Dear Cocoon Nutrition, my name is Charles Bower. I have been taking Chrysalis for a month and a half now and have found it to have a dramatic improvement in my life. I am sixty-two years old and have been suffering from arthritis for 25 years. My arthritis has consumed my hands, knees and spine. After a month on the Chrysalis, I noticed improvement in my ability to go up and down stairs, as well as the pain from the arthritis in my hands is gone. The improvement is so significant in fact that I no longer need to take Celebrex, my prescription medication for arthritis. I have received many other benefits as well; my blood pressure has gone down to 145/97 from 175/140. The medication that I have been on has not been able to stabilize my blood pressure for 10 years or get my diastolic under 100. Also, my sex drive has increased and my wife has also commented on my hair looking darker. Thank you Cocoon Nutrition, I feel great! Sincerely, Charles Bower March 27, 2003.?
Lost 12 pounds, increased muscle mass and has more energy: Dominique Gagliardi started using a competing product, GHR15, and did not get the results he expected. In his words, "I then started using Chrysalis and had unbelievable results. After a month of using Chrysalis I lost 12 pounds, increased my muscle mass, and now have more energy than I did when I was in my twenties. Even when I wake up in the morning, I feel very refreshed. I'm a new man at forty years old. Thank you Cocoon Nutrition.”
Testimonies Customers mention Cocoon GH. Chrysalis is the same product as Cocoon GH just with a new label.
Shawn: Many age reversing benefits.
John Frey: Severe arthritis, sciatica, back pain and headaches alleviated in three weeks on Cocoon GH/Chrysalis and gets off pain killer Ultram.
Ben: After one week on Chrysalis shoulder pain diminished enough to return to gym for light workouts.
Barbara: Severe Foot and Clave pain healed while on Chrysalis.
Dominique: Lost 12 lbs in one month while increasing muscle mass.
Joyce Williams and Joseph Rossi: X-Rays show the beginning of disc regeneration and reversal of osteoporosis and back all back pain is gone.
Connie: Energy Restored
Carole: Teenager increases neck and upper body size using Chrysalis and Amino Sports.
Emma: Hip pain gone and believes cartilage has grown and blood pressure returns to normal.
Gail: Aches and pains go away, eyesight improves, sex drive increases and menopause symptoms go away.
Gloria: I have struggled with arthritis since 19 but now 95% of my pain is gone and hair has started to darken.
Anthony: Pressure behind eyes improves while on Cocoon GH/Chrysalis.
Chris: Painful tendonitis gone.
Louis: Restored Kidney function got off dialysis.
Marie: After 2 months hair is returning to its natural color and my arthritis has disappeared.
Marty: Restored health in 3 days.
Pat: Restored thyroid function and weight loss.
Dosage Instructions
Take 3 sprays of Chrysalis at bedtime and upon arising, hold in the cheek or under the tongue for 90 seconds before swallowing .
Price and Ordering Instructions
Chrysalis is regularly $85 for one bottle. From now until March 1st 2008, it will be discounted to $65 per bottle. When you buy 3 at a time you get ½ off on your third bottle. Making it $162.50 for 3 bottles, this saves you $113.50 over buying 3 bottles at the regular $85 price when you include shipping charges.
Compare these prices with the cost of injectable GH: You have the cost of the Doctor visit $245.00 then you have the expense of $160 to $320 per week for injectable GH. Plus you have the pain of giving yourself an injection. All of this can be eliminated with our oral spray GH. Also customers who have been on injectable GH have reported that they got equal results and preferred the oral spray. One customer had reactions to the preservative in the injectable GH. All of this is avoidable on oral GH spray. Sales of prescription recombinant Growth Hormone (rGH) were over $2.4 billion in 2005 [7] . If rGH were really that dangerous why then would the wealthy of the world would be spending $2.4 billion on it?
Chrysalis comes with a 60 day Satisfaction Guarantee Call Cocoon Nutrition at 888-988-3325 or visit http://www.cocoonnutrition.org/ .
Clinical Study on Chrysalis of people between the ages of 35 and 85.
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http://www.csmngt.com/human_growth_hormone.htm [2]
http://arjournals.annualreviews.org/koi/abs/10.1146/annurev.physiol.63.1.141 [3]
Resetting the Clock, Elmer Cranton, M.D. & William Fryer [4]
Resetting the Clock, Elmer Cranton, M.D. & William Fryer [5]
Grow Young with HGH, Ron Klatz M.D. [6]
http://www.csmngt.com/human_growth_hormone.htm [7]
http://www.cocoongf.com/
Why Would Drug Companies Not Want you to Know About Growth Hormone Supplementation?
Because It Would Make Obsolete Most Of Their Pain Killers and Many of There Other Drugs As Well.
Are Growth Hormone Benefits for Real or Are Some Supplement Suppliers Misleading You?
There are indeed many benefits to taking Growth Hormone but the supplement industry for the most part is misleading you into believing you can achieve these benefits with a stimulant or homeopathic products, neither of which work. How do I know this?
Have You Bought Growth Hormone Precursor Products or Homeopathic Growth Hormone taken it for 6 months or less and been disappointed? You're not alone! Many have. Or have you read full page ads extolling the benefits of Growth Hormone and implying their precursor product will magically produce the same results and wondered if it could be true?
Well the fact is that Injectable Growth Hormone has achieved all these amazing results. Which are an;
• 8.8% increase in muscle mass, without exercise
• 14.4% loss of fat, without dieting
• Higher energy level
• Increased Reproductive Health
• Regrowth of heart, liver, spleen ,kidney, and other organs that shrink with age
• Greater cardiac output
• Superior immune function
• Increased exercise performance
• Better kidney function
• Lowered blood pressure
• Improved cholesterol profile, with higher HDL and lower LDL
• Stronger bones
• Faster wound healing
• Younger, tighter, thicker skin
• Hair regrowth
• Wrinkle removal
• Elimination of cellulite
• Sharper vision
• Mood elevation
• Increased memory retention
• Improved Sleep
Everything You Need To Know About The Industry Behind GH
From Ron Klatz Book "10 Weeks to A Younger You” p.21—"It is ironic the government agency charged with finding answers to the disabilities of old age has in its 25 year history never taken a public position on anything except in 1996, shortly after the publication and wide distribution of his book, "Grow Young With HGH. The NIA (National Institute of Aging) created a barrage of radio and television public safety announcements warning America about the unscientific claims of anti-aging medicine, that there was NO evidence to support the claims that nutrients, hormones or anything else could slow the inevitable decline of aging.
This strongly worded, high visibility media campaign was totally unprecedented and unique. The NIA, an agency whose budget now is $630 million, has never spent more than $1 million per year on anti-aging clinical research according to Richard Sprout, M.D., former deputy director of the NIA. So it was not surprising to me that even this most senior level staff member hadn't hardly a clue as to what comprises the practice of anti-aging medicine.
So, why is the NIA against anti-aging medicine? The answer cannot be science, as it is mainstream hardcore documented scientific literature, experiment and clinical observation, which is the body of a new specialty of anti-aging medicine. The textbooks and educational materials of this new science are almost exclusively derived from the original publication from Lancet, the New England Journal of Medicine, Archives of Internal Medicine, Hospital Practice, Science, etc.
The answer must be found in the politics of medicine. Anti-aging medicine is a major affront to those who insist on directing 95% of the U.S. healthcare budget toward disease oriented medicine, while allowing less than 5% of that $1.5 trillion dollar budget to be spent on prevention.
Many at the NIA have made their careers poo-pooing the notion that "aging is not inevitable,” never mind the facts and the clinical successes of hundreds of thousands of people benefiting from these breakthrough therapies.
Still, the genie is now out of the lamp and the advances in aging reversal cannot be stopped. Proof positive of this fact was the airing of the PBS television special, "Stealing Time: The New Science of Aging,” in June of 1999. This landmark show documented the science of anti-aging medicine and the great advances in improving the quality and quantity of life span, that life spans of baby boomers should soon reach 100 years and that aging interventions as practiced by anti-aging doctors is real!
The NIA and the AARP sponsored this incredibly accurate documentary on the future of healthcare and anti-aging medicine. It seems that they have at last begun to acknowledge the truth, age may be inevitable but aging is not!
Still the effect of this public media campaign to discredit the science of anti-aging has built up momentum over the years and remains a stigma in the minds of many. Now you have the facts to change your mind.
There are some 20,000 Anti-Aging Physicians worldwide who have seen outside the box of drug based symptom focused treatment of disease. These all condone or use injectable Growth Hormone in their clinical practice.
A man 40 years old has less than 1/2 the testosterone a man of 25 has. Human Growth Hormone production peaks in our late teens and falls about 25% per decade after age 25.
• At 40 your HGH is about 75% that of a 25-30 year old you feel a little different.
• At 50 your HGH is about 55% that of a 25-30 year old and you feel it.
• At 60 your HGH is about 40% that of a 25-30 year old the effects snow ball & it is obvious to all. [1]
Three Questions You Should Ask When Buying a Growth Hormone Supplement
1. Call up any other company that sells HGH precursor or HGH Homeopathic supplements and see if they can even articulate the difference between a actual somatotropin (recombinant GH), a precursor HGH and a homeopathic HGH?
Answer: Most companies will not be able to accurately answer these questions. Recombinant GH is Growth Hormone made in a laboratory via bacteria. It is a science you can use a bacteria to create amino acids, enzymes, insulin and Growth Hormone also called Somatotropin. It is a 191 amino acid chain that is identical to what your own body produces. From 1985 until 1996 the only method of administration was by injection. In 1996 researchers figured out how to make this large polypeptide absorbable in your mouth, bypassing the need for injections. This took what was once a prescription based item into a consumable item. Like any protein or metabolite of amino acids this is now in the category of a food supplement. Like vitamin B-12 you can get by injection from a Doctor or you can go to your local health food store and by pills that absorb them right into your mouth. The first requires a prescription the second does not.
Precursors stimulate the release of IGF-1 out of your liver and this does not equate to increasing Growth Hormone a 191 amino acid polypeptide. Homeopathic GH products have no actual Growth Hormone in them. They have only vibrational energy signatures. Most Homeopathic liquid GH products contain alcohol in them. Alcohol would destroy any Growth Hormone present. Also what you need to look out for in this HGH industry. There have been fly by night distributors who throw up a web-site and only answer questions by email or not at all; causing you frustration. Really there's nobody to ask questions too. Some of these companies only stay around for a few months and are gone. Compare that with an actual healthcare practitioner Stephen Heuer, Nutripath who has the expertise on helping people regain their health for 17 years. He also knows while most people over the age of 40 benefit from oral Growth Hormone not everyone needs it.
2. What to look out for when selecting an HGH supplement?
If it is a pill or powder it is a precursor and has no actual GH in it. It is not growth hormone and does not increase Growth Hormone levels. It may temporarily increase IGF-1 levels which is not an accurate reflection of actual Growth Hormone levels in the body. Benefits may be partial and temporary compared to actual GH.
The Media Is Biased Toward Pharmaceutical Advertisers and Other Special Interests
Human Growth Hormone has gotten a bad rap because of the media has been reporting on the occasional overuse by professional athletes to optimize their athletic performance. Even in excessive dosages the only negatives reported were joint pain, higher blood pressure and higher sugar levels in the blood, all of which return to normal after two weeks of discontinued usage. When giving the body a dose of GH that is only complimentary and not excessive it is a holistic health miracle. Hormones are powerful and giving your body a quantity that the body was designed to produce in your prime years is the ideal to follow. When will medicine learn from nature instead of trying to override her? Giving your body a physiological dose is safe and health giving to nearly everyone. Once over the age of 40 taking HGH can create a marked improvement in the quality of your life. But I have had exceptions where parents gave it to their teenagers. One time I had a 16 year old boy who was so busy with school and two or three sports that he became very run down. He got on our oral GH and within 3 months was back to normal. Two other cases were parents who wanted there teenage boys to grow taller. One was a Dentist who gave it to his 12 year old boy. From age 12 to 14 the boy grew 4 inches. The father was pleased with the results. Another was a mother who gave it to her 14 year old son. She wanted him to gain in muscle size and from age 14 to 16 he did gain appreciable muscle and neck size. She was pleased with the results. That was a case where he also took an amino acid supplement we carry called Amino Sports
3. What To Look Out For If You Find Another Oral GH Product Claiming to Have Real GH In It?
If you do find a real liquid Growth Hormone product the question to ask is how well is the GH absorbed if at all? Getting the large polypeptide called Growth Hormone to be absorbed into your mouth is no easy trick. All other real GH products I've tried were pathetic performers. These include, Regenesis, Sol Body and Sol RX, Vita GH and others. No one wanted to reorder these products. One company claims to have a delivery system called MMC (Macro Molecular Complex), my personal and client response was no results. What is The Most Effective Delivery System for the GH Peptide?
Oral Growth Hormone can be wrapped up in a carbohydrate (polymer matrix) or fat (liposome) and transported through the mucus membrane of the mouth. I've tired both versions myself and on hundreds of clients. Real world results show me that the fat coating (liposome) is superior to the carbohydrate (polymer matrix) delivery system.
My 30 Years Of Experience As Nutritional Researcher and 17 Years As a Nutripath
As a nutritional researcher for 30 years, and having had personal health challenges that required my constant attention, I have learned what only a full time profession can teach. What works and what does not. What's effective and when to use it. The distillation of this knowledge is embodied in my healing practice called Cocoon Nutrition. Misinformation on nutrition abounds. Not every substance studied needs to be taken. Much of the dietary supplementation people are buying does not address the cause of their ailments. The following information will hopefully help you to separate the wheat from the chaff on the subject of Growth Hormone supplementation.
The Media Is Biased Toward Pharmaceutical Advertisers and Other Special Interests
Human Growth Hormone has gotten a bad rap because of the media has reporting on the occasional overuse by professional athletes to optimize their athletic performance. Even in excessive dosages the only negatives reported were joint pain, higher blood pressure, higher sugar levels in the blood. All of which return to normal after two weeks of discontinued usage. Giving the body a dosage of GH that is complimentary only and not excessive is a holistic health miracle. Hormones are powerful and quantities that the body was designed to produce in your prime years is the ideal to follow. When will medicine learn from nature instead of trying to override her? Giving your body a physiological dose is safe and health giving to nearly everyone. Once over the age of 40 taking HGH can create a marked improvement in the quality of your life. But I have had exceptions where parents gave it to their teenagers. One time I had a 16 year old boy who was so busy with school and two or three sports that he became very run down. He got on our oral GH and within 3 months was back to normal. Two other cases were parents who wanted there teenage boys to grow taller. One was a Dentist who gave it to his 12 year old boy. From age 12 to 14 the boy grew 4 inches. The father was pleased with the results. Another was mother who gave it to her 14 year old son. She wanted him to gain in muscle size and from age 14 to 16 he did gain appreciable in muscle and neck size. She was pleased with the results. That was a case where he also took an amino acid supplement we carry called Amino Sports.
Is Growth Hormone a Steroid?
Another misunderstanding is that HGH is a steroid. Steroids are made from cholesterol; this is where the word steroid derives from; that is the word sterol. Cholesterol is used by your body to make all the adrenal and reproductive hormones called steroids. These include Pregnenolone, estrogen and testosterone. HGH on the other hand is a 191 amino acid peptide and is therefore a protein. HGH is prescribed to treat the signs & symptoms of low HGH production. + Mayo Clinic Reports on Aging & HGH . [2]
My Personal Introduction to GH and How the Growth Hormone Supplement Industry Got So Much Attention
In 1998 I was introduced to oral Growth Hormone spray, and for the first time in eight years I was feeling stronger, happier and had a marked reduction in my cravings for sweets. For the first time in eight years I felt like my adrenals were holding their own. I slept better, had more energy and was more extroversive. I introduced my clients to the product and got the same feedback. More energy, sleeping better, better blood sugar, absence of craving for sweets, loss of 6 to 12 pounds of fat in one month without dieting, and joint pains going away within 3 to 60 days on the product. Now from over nine years of working with ingestible Growth Hormone spray with 20,000 plus people, we have accumulated dozens of testimonies, some of which are very impressive, such as disc regeneration, elimination of Tarsal Tunnel syndrome, severe joint pains going away, weight loss, deeper sleep, and more. Growth Hormone is a natural substance that your body already produces. That production diminishes after age 28 and consequently your repair rate slows down and so do you. When Growth Hormone is reintroduced into the system it triggers all cells of your body to absorb amino acids. Amino Acids are what you need to make proteins. Once your cells can make proteins efficiently a cascade of health building benefits can occur.
What Drug Companies don't Want You to Know
I ask this question: Why would anyone want to poison themselves with an over the counter or prescription toxic drug to treat a symptom when it is possible to feed the body what it is lacking and create the proteins to cause healing on all levels? Healing is what alleviates pain permanently! Most people don't know such a choice exists. Well it is high time that you all find out that you can heal just about anything with natural nontoxic methods. One of the most potent aids to healing is Growth Hormone.
Studies based Upon Injectable Growth Hormone
Growth Hormone has been studied extensively in its injectable form, and the distillation of those studies can be found in the book "Grow Young with HGH” by Dr. Ronald Klatz. In 1990, Dr. Daniel Rudmen published a study he'd conducted on men between ages 61-80 after 6 months on injectable Growth Hormone showed all the benefits listed above:
This landmark study showed for the first time that aging was a treatable condition. It showed that aging could be partially reversed. From this time forward injectable growth hormone was sought after by the rich of the world. Ever wonder why so many movie stars in their 50's and 60's still look so young? Growth Hormone may be their secret. However in the injectable form it is painful to administer and it is prohibitively costly at today's price range of $130 to $360 per week. Since Growth Hormone has been put into this unique spray delivery system we are seeing the same benefits as the injectable as is indicated in all of our testimonies.
IGF-1 Does Not Equal Growth Hormone
The traditionally accepted theory has been that most of the biological effects of growth hormone (GH) are mediated by circulating (endocrine) insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I). This dogma was modified when it was discovered that most tissues express IGF-I that can act via an autocrine/paracrine fashion. In addition, both GH and IGF-I had independent effects on various target tissues. Using tissue-specific gene deletion of IGF-I in the liver, it has been shown that circulating IGF-I is predominantly liver-derived but is not essential for normal postnatal growth. Therefore, it is proposed that non-liver tissue-derived IGF-I may be sufficient for growth and development. Thus the original somatomedin hypothesis has undergone further modifications.
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Where HGH is Made In the Body and Which Companies First Invented a procedure to Make It In the Lab?
Human Growth Hormone is a 191 amino acid peptide produced by the following tissues; the pituitary, brain, lymphocytes, placenta, mammary tissue, and pineal gland. In 1985 Genentech was the first company to manufacture Growth Hormone in a laboratory. The peptide they made was a 192 amino acid long peptide. This is not the identical form the body produces and is therefore inferior. Then Eli Lilly in 1986 produced the 191 amino acid peptide which is the identical form to human HGH. In my experience this is the most effective form you can use.
How Fast You Make Proteins Determines How Young You Are
Levels of Growth Hormone decline after age 28 and can be raised back up by supplementation. The science of how Growth Hormone works is interesting. Nearly every cell of the body has a receptor site for GH. GH triggers the cells to absorb amino acids. This then is turning on the ability of the cell to produce proteins. The appearance of wrinkles and shrinkage of size in elderly people is nothing more than cells shrinking in size due to a loss of proteins. Youth: is repairing faster than breakdown is occurring . Aging: is the body breaking down faster than it is repairing. So once you've passed 28 years of age or so, the level of GH production starts to decline. Consequently the body begins to breakdown faster than it can repair. At age 20 you have 20 nanograms of GH per milliliter of blood. By age 80 you have 2 nanograms of GH per milliliter of blood. This slow-down is also experienced as less energy, slower healing of injuries, longer time to recover from sickness, poorer sleep, increase in fat weight, less control of blood sugar, age spots on the skin, wrinkles, sagging tissues, gray hair and aching joints. Increase your rate of repair and it is amazing how quickly you can notice feeling good again.
Stopping A Free Radical Cascade With GH
It is theorized that free radical damage is a primary cause of aging. The damage done to cells from chlorine, bad vegetable oils, smog, pesticides, harmful electromagnetic fields, and many other unnamed free radicals we're exposed to daily causes cells to break down faster than repair can occur. Once a cell is damaged by a free radical it can trigger the release of proteases. Proteases are enzymes which digest the remainder of the cell that has been damaged. Proteases also digest surrounding healthy tissue causing an unnecessary amount of cell loss and breakdown. When Growth Hormone is taken it enables the body to produce protease inhibitors at the cellular level. This then blocks the cascade of cellular breakdown from free radicals. To prevent cells from breaking down prematurely is a great contribution to health, vitality and longevity. It saves the body a lot of unnecessary repair. This is one of the major reasons for the vast therapeutic efficacy of Growth Hormone supplementation.
Do I Need To Test My GH Levels Before Taking It?
For anyone over 40 years of age the levels of GH have declined sufficiently that upon taking an effective product like Chrysalis, 90% of people notice more energy and better sleep within the first 24 hours. But give it the full 30 days before you make any conclusions. For people over 40 years of age testing for levels of GH in the body prior to taking it is really not necessary, as your levels are not going to be as high as when you were 21, which was your biological prime. If your levels are low you will feel the effects quickly after using Chrysalis.
Precursors vs. GH
There is a vast difference between real Growth Hormone and Precursors or products. Precursors consist of free form Amino Acids like Arginine, Ornithine, Glutamine, Lysine, GABA, Glycine and other ingredients like predigested animal glands and herbs. Another precursor category is the liquid predigested collagen products. Precursors are supposed to stimulate the release of stored Growth Hormone from the pituitary. The actual fact of the matter is that they only work partially in young people (who don't need it) and not at all in older people (who do need it).
This is based on urine GH testing done by AAL labs. You can see increases in IGF-1 but not Growth Hormone itself. You can also see increases in IGF-1 from eating a candy bar or taking the supplement DHEA, neither of which increase actual GH (Somatotropin) levels in the body, whereas the actual peptide Growth Hormone has consistently regenerated the body. When you eat a meal your IGF-1 levels increase and your HGH levels decrease. When you fast your GH levels increase and your IGF-1 levels decrease. This means that an increase in one does not automatically mean an increase in the other as is popularly taught.
Amino acid HGH (precursors) stimulates your liver to release stored IGF-1. Due to the many factors that can raise and lower IGF-1, most doctors and researchers of HGH consider this test unreliable. Based upon current research real recombinant GH will make a difference in your body. Amino acid precursors products do not and cannot do what actual Growth Hormone can do. A lot of people are losing a lot of money on precursors and getting zero results.
The Role of Free Form Amino Acids with Chrysalis
Most people are in a negative nitrogen balance. This means you do not have enough amino acids in the blood to keep up with the repair needs of your body for an entire day. This means that at various times in a 24 hour day you're body is eating up muscle proteins to meet its urgent amino acid needs for creation of glucose, immune proteins, and neurotransmitters. The body not wanting to compromise any one tissue for its proteins will dismantle proteins throughout the entire body in a sort of lets be fair and not take too much from any one tissue. The area where this happens to be the most noticed is the thinnest muscles of the body. Thin muscles in the body include the diaphragms (pelvic & diaphragmatic), the abdominal wall and eye muscles. As these thin muscles are sacrificed for amino acids needs they grow thinner and weaker. This leads to hernias with regard to the diaphragms and the abdominal wall. For the eyes it leads to weakened eye muscles that cannot dilate and or contract the pupil well enough to give focused vision, hence poor vision. For many people taking our 6 hour Immune Power Colostrum will supply amino acids and growth factors that will improve blood sugar and overall repair in your body. This can compliment the effects of GH in the body.
Our Immune Power Colostrum can create a synergistic effect when used with Chrysalis. Chrysalis can signal the cells to open up and absorb the amino acids and Immune Power Colostrum supplies the amino acids. Proteins can now be made, new cells created and healing of injuries can occur at a very rapid rate. The combination of Chrysalis and Immune Power Colostrum may accelerate you to a more pain free life.
GH and Cancer
I quote from the book "Resetting The Clock? a book about the benefits of hormone therapy. "All the evidence indicates that HGH does not increase the risk of cancer and does not cause established cancers to grow more rapidly.? [4] It is a crime that certain quote "health authorities? and the media have steered the innocent public and especially the senior citizen away from using GH. Seniors stand to gain the most from Oral Growth Hormone supplementation. Their mobility and cognitive abilities may all markedly increase when using oral GH. A popular misconception is the idea that Growth Hormone can cause tumor cells to grow. This does not align with the facts. For example, we are most protected from cancer when we are in our late teens and early twenties, when our GH levels are at the highest. As we age, our GH levels decline, and we see an increase in the rate at which cancer occurs. GH supports the cell's uptake of amino acids. This controls the cell's ability to repair. When cell organelles such as the mitochondria are improved in their function, cellular respiration is improved, meaning that the cell's ability to utilize oxygen improves. Tumor cells are anaerobic (make energy in the absence of oxygen) and in the presence of oxygen either revert back to normal cells or die. GH supports healthy liver and pancreatic function, which are key organs to protect one from cancer. The liver helps to maintain proper tissue pH. An alkaline tissue pH will protect you from tumor growth. Dr. Otto Warburg won the Nobel Prize for the following discovery: once tissue oxygen levels drop by 40% or more, an environment for spontaneous tumor cell proliferation can occur. He also measured the pH around tumors and found them to be much more acidic than normal tissues. Thus Dr. Warburg identified that an acid tissue pH and a deficiency of oxygen were the terrain requirements for tumors (anaerobic cells) to grow.
Cancer has gone away while on Injectable Growth Hormone
Minor skin malignancies have vanished without surgery after a period on HGH. One man with squamous cell carcinoma, one of the faster spreading varieties of skin cancer, was completely cured without surgical or other treatment. Dr. Frackelton has found consistent increases in natural killer cell lymphocyte counts in his elderly patients, in some cases by as much as 300% [5] . Naturally killer cells identify and help eliminate cancer.
Large Study of Over 800 People Show No Occurrence of Cancer
More reasons to believe that Growth Hormone replacement might actually prevent cancer. In a 2 year study done by Doctors Chein and Terry they have seen no cases of cancer among their group of more than 800 people between the ages of 39 and 70, although these people are in an age group where cancer rates are expected to rise. Nor has there been a higher than expected rate of occurrence of cancer among European adult patients treated for GH deficiency. And in the one case study reported by Doctors Chein and Terry, using multi-hormone replacement along with growth hormone resulted in a normalizing of the PSA levels of a patient with prostate cancer. [6]
pH and It's Role In Cancer Prevention
Two good books that talk about using an alkaline pH therapy to overcome cancer are "The Calcium Factor? by Robert Barefoot and "The Politics In Healing? by Dan Haley. Cocoon Nutrition carry's "The Politics In Healing?. These books will give you an excellent education on pH and cancer. The most effective alkalinization product that I've found in 17 years of nutritional practice is products we carry called Angstrom Calcium and Magnesium. We see saliva pH change for 6.8 pH to an 8 pH in 90 minutes. The minerals not only support an alkaline pH as measured by the saliva pH but also support your bone density. So you can see that the facts do not support the theory. It is important to understand the cause of cancer as proven by Dr. Warburg in order to remove the fear that surrounds it.
Cancer Requires the Same Nutrition As Normal Cells
Another point of view is to realize that cancer requires the same nutrition as normal tissue. It requires amino acids, minerals, fatty acids and sugar; do you therefore stop eating to starve the cancer? No. Modern medicine starts with the wrong premise, that of second guessing the self correcting intelligence of the body. The body has one program and it is that of self preservation. All diseases are an attempt on the part of the body to deal with a given stressor in an effort to heal you or prolong the life of the body. Therefore when you bring in any nutritive substance the body will work to heal itself. The real cause of cancer is based in having a deficiency of oxygen inside the cell. The deficiency of oxygen is caused from a few things. One is the cell walls are deficient in linolenic acid also called omega 3. This fat is required for the cell to absorb oxygen into itself and it can be obtained from flax oil not fish oil. Another factor is an overly acidic pH in the body that lowers tissue oxygen levels. PH controls oxygen levels the more acidic the less oxygen the more alkaline the more oxygen. Morning and evening saliva pH should read between 7-7.4 to indicate a healthy tissue pH in your body. The reason for the excess acidity is due to an overly acidic diet and the presence of toxins in the body. The number one toxin to remove to improve your health is mercury. Yes mercury is the king pin of the toxins in your body, however you also need to remove all heavy metals, chemical and plastic toxins. You got the mercury from your mercury fillings and vaccines. The body has no effective capacity to eliminate mercury quickly. It takes so long you could be waiting the rest of your life. The recipe for heavy metal detoxification can be found on our website www.cocoondetox.com. Prevention of cancer is the best plan of action this requires knowing the diet that creates ideal health for you. If cancer has occurred for you or a loved one then I recommend a consultation with myself as I have a very effective protocol for helping the body regain its self healing powers.
GH is Not the Only Remedy For Ideal Health
While GH can do a lot for your health, I always want people to be aware that to be 100% alive and well really feeling good requires three things. It requires 1) Detoxification of all toxins including heavy metals, chemicals and plastic toxins. Number two is replenishing your body with correct nutrition from both food and supplements. Supplements are essential for most people as food is too depleted to supply all that is needed. And three is to clean up of all toxic emotions by doing the mental clean up of your conscious and subconscious thinking with the tools offered by Dr. Michael Ryce. To do this I recommend Dr. Michael Ryce's book "Why is this Happening to Me Again? and his training's on DVD. To get his information go to www.whyagain.com
What other Safety Issues Exist Around Oral Growth Hormone Supplementation?
Are there any side effects? In some people the morning dosage can cause sleepiness. If this persists then taking the bedtime dosage is the only dosage for you to take for the first 2 months or so. After which typically the morning dosage no longer causes the sleepiness. For a lot of people, this would not be considered a side effect as sleep is a critical part of healing. In fact it is a sign the GH is working very well. Our culture lives in chronic stressed out state which leads to adrenal fatigue or exhaustion. To reverse this you need to turn on your parasympathetic nervous system and turn off your sympathetic nervous system. This then will cause to you relax and recharge. If you're feeling tired after taking GH, it's just your body telling you that you need to rest and in that rest, you will repair, recover and rejuvenate.
What Ages Should Consider Taking or GH?
What ages are unsafe to take it? No age can be hurt by taking small physiological dosages. However people between the ages of infancy through age 28 may not need it if they are robustly healthy. If on the other hand you have a teenager who is burning the candle at both ends with sports, academics and fast living then it may be helpful to use to cause accelerated recuperation. So using it for temporary periods of time for teens and young adults has been very helpful. For the most part people from age 40 and above are the main ones who will feel the product the most. Can you overdose by taking Chrysalis? Anything can be taken in excess. However when taking the recommended 3 sprays one to two times per day then for the most part no you cannot overdose on Chrysalis. Some people have taken 10 sprays per day in order to accelerate the healing process of some acute pain.
Other Benefits of injectable Growth Hormone
When children are growing, it's important that the nutrients they ingest be converted to bone, muscle, and organ tissue, not to fat. The natural HGH their body produces is crucial to this process. HGH is also essential to synthesizing collagen, the substance in our body that keeps us flexible, limber and wrinkle free. In a GH study on young people between ages 22 and 33 after six weeks on injections, gained 3 pounds of muscle and lost 1.5 lbs of fat. Ratio of muscle to fat improved by an average of close to 25%. In another study 8,000 adult athletes found HGH to be superior to anabolic steroids as there were no harmful side effects. Patients took HGH for only 3-6 weeks and in that short time, bodybuilders claimed they got results that lasted up to 12 months. Some athletes claimed to have gained up to 40 pounds in six weeks while reducing their body fat. Others claimed to have gained appreciably in height: HGH seems to allow the body to grow closer to the level of its ideal potential programmed into the individual's genes.
Testimonies from Satisfied Customers Using Chrysalis
High PSA improvement testimony: "I am a 55 year old male that has had 55 year old prostate problems. In February of 2002 during an annual physical my PSA level came back at a 3.5. My doctor sent me to a specialist that did a biopsy and ultrasound that came out negative so they told me to come back in 6 months for a follow up. In September of 2002 I went back for a follow up and my PSA had jumped to 5.0. I was told come back in approximately 3 months for another follow up. In October of 2002 I heard about Chrysalis on the radio, I bought some and started to try it.
In November, of 2002 I went back for another follow up and my PSA dropped to a 3.5. In January of 2003 I went back for another follow up and my PSA was 2.9. I am 3/4 through my 3rd bottle of Chrysalis. I find it significant that after 5 months and not quite 3 bottles of chrysalis my PSA, which was on the rise before taking it, reduced from 5.0 to 2.9. And more than that, I can sleep through the night without having to get up three or four times. I cannot find the words to properly thank you for this miracle. Very truly yours: Loren Wayne Johnson.”
Improved Thyroid Function: "Dear Cocoon Nutrition (Stephen Heuer), I just had to let you know the exciting things Chrysalis has done for me. It has been a gradual process over the past six months and I am thrilled to let you know that: I've lost a stubborn ten pounds and my waist is returning. My back pain of the past seven years is almost gone. Most amazing of all, my thyroid has returned to normal after 20 years of low thyroid. I feel like I have a new lease on life and am so thankful for this incredible product, with a grateful heart, Patty (RN), 64." July 24, 2001.
Improved knees, skin and walk without limping: "I just thank God and you for the amazing healing that took place in my body. Since I have been on your products, I am able to bend my knees, fungus has cleared up on my back, my skin looks better on my face and I am able to walk with out limping. I don't have to have surgery because I am much better. I am 44 years old and people think that I am between the age of 25 - 30. It is amazing what Chrysalis and the Quantum Trio have done for me. Also I am telling people at my job about these products and some are ordering already. My life has been enhanced so much plus I am toning and losing weight. God bless you always." - Kim Reddick
Sleeps soundly with lots of inner drive during the day: "I am Joseph Rossi, DOB April 1922, a newcomer to Chrysalis, utilizing it since August 2000. Chrysalis provides me with remarkable results; I sleep soundly through the night, a new experience for me. During the day I find that I have a tremendous inner drive, with unbounded energy, again something I have not enjoyed for a number of years. Your delivery method with the pump bottle spray is most advantageous and convenient to use. Essentially, I wish to thank Cocoon Nutrition for making available such an outstanding dietary supplement, which in my case provides the opportunity to improve my quality of life. Again, thank you, Sincerely, Joseph Rossi."
Arthritis pain reduced and no longer needs Celebrex : "Dear Cocoon Nutrition, my name is Charles Bower. I have been taking Chrysalis for a month and a half now and have found it to have a dramatic improvement in my life. I am sixty-two years old and have been suffering from arthritis for 25 years. My arthritis has consumed my hands, knees and spine. After a month on the Chrysalis, I noticed improvement in my ability to go up and down stairs, as well as the pain from the arthritis in my hands is gone. The improvement is so significant in fact that I no longer need to take Celebrex, my prescription medication for arthritis. I have received many other benefits as well; my blood pressure has gone down to 145/97 from 175/140. The medication that I have been on has not been able to stabilize my blood pressure for 10 years or get my diastolic under 100. Also, my sex drive has increased and my wife has also commented on my hair looking darker. Thank you Cocoon Nutrition, I feel great! Sincerely, Charles Bower March 27, 2003.?
Lost 12 pounds, increased muscle mass and has more energy: Dominique Gagliardi started using a competing product, GHR15, and did not get the results he expected. In his words, "I then started using Chrysalis and had unbelievable results. After a month of using Chrysalis I lost 12 pounds, increased my muscle mass, and now have more energy than I did when I was in my twenties. Even when I wake up in the morning, I feel very refreshed. I'm a new man at forty years old. Thank you Cocoon Nutrition.”
Testimonies Customers mention Cocoon GH. Chrysalis is the same product as Cocoon GH just with a new label.
Shawn: Many age reversing benefits.
John Frey: Severe arthritis, sciatica, back pain and headaches alleviated in three weeks on Cocoon GH/Chrysalis and gets off pain killer Ultram.
Ben: After one week on Chrysalis shoulder pain diminished enough to return to gym for light workouts.
Barbara: Severe Foot and Clave pain healed while on Chrysalis.
Dominique: Lost 12 lbs in one month while increasing muscle mass.
Joyce Williams and Joseph Rossi: X-Rays show the beginning of disc regeneration and reversal of osteoporosis and back all back pain is gone.
Connie: Energy Restored
Carole: Teenager increases neck and upper body size using Chrysalis and Amino Sports.
Emma: Hip pain gone and believes cartilage has grown and blood pressure returns to normal.
Gail: Aches and pains go away, eyesight improves, sex drive increases and menopause symptoms go away.
Gloria: I have struggled with arthritis since 19 but now 95% of my pain is gone and hair has started to darken.
Anthony: Pressure behind eyes improves while on Cocoon GH/Chrysalis.
Chris: Painful tendonitis gone.
Louis: Restored Kidney function got off dialysis.
Marie: After 2 months hair is returning to its natural color and my arthritis has disappeared.
Marty: Restored health in 3 days.
Pat: Restored thyroid function and weight loss.
Dosage Instructions
Take 3 sprays of Chrysalis at bedtime and upon arising, hold in the cheek or under the tongue for 90 seconds before swallowing .
Price and Ordering Instructions
Chrysalis is regularly $85 for one bottle. From now until March 1st 2008, it will be discounted to $65 per bottle. When you buy 3 at a time you get ½ off on your third bottle. Making it $162.50 for 3 bottles, this saves you $113.50 over buying 3 bottles at the regular $85 price when you include shipping charges.
Compare these prices with the cost of injectable GH: You have the cost of the Doctor visit $245.00 then you have the expense of $160 to $320 per week for injectable GH. Plus you have the pain of giving yourself an injection. All of this can be eliminated with our oral spray GH. Also customers who have been on injectable GH have reported that they got equal results and preferred the oral spray. One customer had reactions to the preservative in the injectable GH. All of this is avoidable on oral GH spray. Sales of prescription recombinant Growth Hormone (rGH) were over $2.4 billion in 2005 [7] . If rGH were really that dangerous why then would the wealthy of the world would be spending $2.4 billion on it?
Chrysalis comes with a 60 day Satisfaction Guarantee Call Cocoon Nutrition at 888-988-3325 or visit http://www.cocoonnutrition.org/ .
Clinical Study on Chrysalis of people between the ages of 35 and 85.
http://www.csmngt.com/human_growth_hormone.htm [1]
http://www.csmngt.com/human_growth_hormone.htm [2]
http://arjournals.annualreviews.org/koi/abs/10.1146/annurev.physiol.63.1.141 [3]
Resetting the Clock, Elmer Cranton, M.D. & William Fryer [4]
Resetting the Clock, Elmer Cranton, M.D. & William Fryer [5]
Grow Young with HGH, Ron Klatz M.D. [6]
http://www.csmngt.com/human_growth_hormone.htm [7]
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
A dark day for the game
http://www.latimes.com/sports/printedition/la-sp-mitchell14dec14,0,1058154,full.story?coll=la-headlines-pe-sports
A dark day for the game
Mitchell names 86 players as users and spreads blame for 'steroid era'
By Bill Shaikin
Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
December 14, 2007
NEW YORK -- — In a blow to the reputations of baseball legends, journeymen players, team owners and union representatives, an investigative report on drug use in the major leagues released Thursday by former U.S. Sen. George Mitchell blasted America's pastime for its slow and ineffective response to what it called "baseball's steroid era."
The 409-page report released here amid great fanfare and serial news conferences cited performance-enhancing drugs as a widespread problem that involved players from each of the 30 teams in both the National and American Leagues.
Mitchell named 86 current and former professional players as drug users, saying they ranged from those "whose major league careers were brief to potential members of the Baseball Hall of Fame." But it was that group of big names that turned Mitchell's report into an instant sensation and one of the biggest scandals in modern U.S. sports.
Among the report's disclosures were:
Seven-time Cy Young Award-winning pitcher Roger Clemens repeatedly used steroids and human growth hormone, injected by his conditioning coach. The same conditioning coach, Brian McNamee, also provided human growth hormone to Clemens' New York Yankees teammate Andy Pettitte, who wanted to speed recovery from an elbow injury.
Former Angels and Boston Red Sox slugger Mo Vaughn, a one-time American League Most Valuable Player, acquired human growth hormone when he was recuperating from a serious ankle injury. The report reproduced copies of checks for $3,200 and $2,200 written to a trainer who provided the hormones.
Former Dodgers relief pitching ace Eric Gagne had human growth hormone shipped directly to the clubhouse at Dodger Stadium. And former Dodgers catcher and fan favorite Paul Lo Duca thanked his drug supplier with a handwritten note on Dodger Stadium stationery.
Adding to the impact of Mitchell's report was his extensive use of canceled checks and other documents, among them internal correspondence from front offices in Los Angeles and Boston indicating that management knew about drug use and took it into consideration during trade talks.
"Everyone involved in baseball -- the commissioner, club officials, the players' association and the players -- shares responsibility," Mitchell said.
Mitchell urged baseball Commissioner Bud Selig to grant amnesty to players in the interest of moving forward, but Selig pointedly reserved the right to suspend any active players cited by Mitchell.
Selig, who appointed Mitchell to conduct the investigation, had hoped the report would satisfy congressional critics pressing for reform. However, within two hours of its release, Selig was summoned for hearings before two committees in the House of Representatives.
Critics sounded off from all sides.
Clemens' attorney Rusty Hardin issued a statement denying the pitcher used steroids and all but threatening a lawsuit. The Houston attorney said: "There has never been one shred of tangible evidence that he ever used these substances and yet he is being slandered today."
Hardin also complained that Clemens has "no meaningful way to combat what he strongly contends are totally false allegations. He has not been charged with anything, he will not be charged with anything and yet he is being tried in the court of public opinion with no recourse. That is totally wrong."
Jose Canseco, who fingered former teammates as steroid users in a book referenced in Mitchell's report, expressed disappointment in its contents. He called the report "a slap on the hand" and said some names of drug users were missing. He told Fox Business Channel that New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez should have been included.
"I could not believe that his name was not in the report," Canseco said. Scott Boras, Rodriguez's agent, did not respond to messages seeking comment.
Besides Clemens, Pettitte and Vaughn, other stars listed by Mitchell included former Dodger Kevin Brown, David Justice and Barry Bonds. Another former Most Valuable Player on the list, Miguel Tejada, was recently traded from the Baltimore Orioles to the Houston Astros.
"Other investigations will no doubt turn up more names," Mitchell said.
Selig said he commissioned this investigation against the wishes of his closest advisors. The probe is believed to have cost owners more than $20 million, but neither Mitchell nor Selig would provide a figure.
"If there were problems, I wanted them revealed," Selig said. "If there were individuals who engaged in wrongdoing, I wanted those facts to come to light. If there were recommendations that would improve our drug testing program, I wanted to improve them. His report is a call to action. And I will act."
Mitchell issued a series of recommendations, among them to let a third party independent of owners and players run the sport's drug testing, to increase random year-round tests, to establish an investigative unit to pursue allegations of drug use beyond testing and to record every package received by a player in a clubhouse.
Selig said he would implement all recommendations that do not require union consent and ask the players' association to discuss the rest "in the immediate future." Donald Fehr, executive director of the association, said the union would consider Mitchell's recommendations. Selig also said he would convene an "HGH summit" shortly.
Mitchell's report indicated human growth hormone has replaced steroids as the performance-enhancing substance of choice because baseball does not test for human growth hormone.
The owners have funded research for a urine test -- and Fehr said the players would agree to such a test if one can be developed -- but said current blood tests for human growth hormone are of "dubious or little practical value."
In his report, Mitchell cited a "widespread misconception" that baseball did not ban steroids and other performance-enhancing substances until 2002. Baseball expressly prohibited the illegal use of steroids as far back as 1991, according to the report, but did not test for them until 2003.
Although the union had consistently opposed testing without reasonable cause, thus "delaying the adoption of mandatory random drug testing in major league baseball for nearly 20 years," Mitchell also chided owners for not pushing for testing sooner "because they were much more concerned about the serious economic issues facing major league baseball."
Said Mitchell: "With the benefit of hindsight, it is clear that baseball missed the early warning signs of a growing crisis."
In general, Mitchell said, his corroboratory evidence included other interviews, phone records, shipping documents, canceled checks and money orders.
"Many players are named, their reputations adversely affected forever," Fehr said, "even if it turns out down the road they should not have been."
Fehr said he welcomed Mitchell's suggestion that active players not be suspended but said the union would fight on behalf of any player who might be disciplined. Mitchell said Selig should grant amnesty to those players and look to the future.
Said Mitchell: "Spending more months, or even years, in contentious disciplinary proceedings will keep everyone mired in the past."
Yet Selig insisted he would consider suspensions "on a case-by-case basis" and act "swiftly" in doing so. "I think, frankly, that is a byproduct of this investigation that I need to address."
The Kansas City Royals signed outfielder Jose Guillen for $36 million last week, well aware he would be suspended for reportedly ordering steroids and human growth hormone. On the day Guillen signed, Selig suspended him for 15 days.
bill.shaikin@latimes.com
Times staff writers Dylan Hernandez and Lance Pugmire contributed to this report.
A dark day for the game
Mitchell names 86 players as users and spreads blame for 'steroid era'
By Bill Shaikin
Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
December 14, 2007
NEW YORK -- — In a blow to the reputations of baseball legends, journeymen players, team owners and union representatives, an investigative report on drug use in the major leagues released Thursday by former U.S. Sen. George Mitchell blasted America's pastime for its slow and ineffective response to what it called "baseball's steroid era."
The 409-page report released here amid great fanfare and serial news conferences cited performance-enhancing drugs as a widespread problem that involved players from each of the 30 teams in both the National and American Leagues.
Mitchell named 86 current and former professional players as drug users, saying they ranged from those "whose major league careers were brief to potential members of the Baseball Hall of Fame." But it was that group of big names that turned Mitchell's report into an instant sensation and one of the biggest scandals in modern U.S. sports.
Among the report's disclosures were:
Seven-time Cy Young Award-winning pitcher Roger Clemens repeatedly used steroids and human growth hormone, injected by his conditioning coach. The same conditioning coach, Brian McNamee, also provided human growth hormone to Clemens' New York Yankees teammate Andy Pettitte, who wanted to speed recovery from an elbow injury.
Former Angels and Boston Red Sox slugger Mo Vaughn, a one-time American League Most Valuable Player, acquired human growth hormone when he was recuperating from a serious ankle injury. The report reproduced copies of checks for $3,200 and $2,200 written to a trainer who provided the hormones.
Former Dodgers relief pitching ace Eric Gagne had human growth hormone shipped directly to the clubhouse at Dodger Stadium. And former Dodgers catcher and fan favorite Paul Lo Duca thanked his drug supplier with a handwritten note on Dodger Stadium stationery.
Adding to the impact of Mitchell's report was his extensive use of canceled checks and other documents, among them internal correspondence from front offices in Los Angeles and Boston indicating that management knew about drug use and took it into consideration during trade talks.
"Everyone involved in baseball -- the commissioner, club officials, the players' association and the players -- shares responsibility," Mitchell said.
Mitchell urged baseball Commissioner Bud Selig to grant amnesty to players in the interest of moving forward, but Selig pointedly reserved the right to suspend any active players cited by Mitchell.
Selig, who appointed Mitchell to conduct the investigation, had hoped the report would satisfy congressional critics pressing for reform. However, within two hours of its release, Selig was summoned for hearings before two committees in the House of Representatives.
Critics sounded off from all sides.
Clemens' attorney Rusty Hardin issued a statement denying the pitcher used steroids and all but threatening a lawsuit. The Houston attorney said: "There has never been one shred of tangible evidence that he ever used these substances and yet he is being slandered today."
Hardin also complained that Clemens has "no meaningful way to combat what he strongly contends are totally false allegations. He has not been charged with anything, he will not be charged with anything and yet he is being tried in the court of public opinion with no recourse. That is totally wrong."
Jose Canseco, who fingered former teammates as steroid users in a book referenced in Mitchell's report, expressed disappointment in its contents. He called the report "a slap on the hand" and said some names of drug users were missing. He told Fox Business Channel that New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez should have been included.
"I could not believe that his name was not in the report," Canseco said. Scott Boras, Rodriguez's agent, did not respond to messages seeking comment.
Besides Clemens, Pettitte and Vaughn, other stars listed by Mitchell included former Dodger Kevin Brown, David Justice and Barry Bonds. Another former Most Valuable Player on the list, Miguel Tejada, was recently traded from the Baltimore Orioles to the Houston Astros.
"Other investigations will no doubt turn up more names," Mitchell said.
Selig said he commissioned this investigation against the wishes of his closest advisors. The probe is believed to have cost owners more than $20 million, but neither Mitchell nor Selig would provide a figure.
"If there were problems, I wanted them revealed," Selig said. "If there were individuals who engaged in wrongdoing, I wanted those facts to come to light. If there were recommendations that would improve our drug testing program, I wanted to improve them. His report is a call to action. And I will act."
Mitchell issued a series of recommendations, among them to let a third party independent of owners and players run the sport's drug testing, to increase random year-round tests, to establish an investigative unit to pursue allegations of drug use beyond testing and to record every package received by a player in a clubhouse.
Selig said he would implement all recommendations that do not require union consent and ask the players' association to discuss the rest "in the immediate future." Donald Fehr, executive director of the association, said the union would consider Mitchell's recommendations. Selig also said he would convene an "HGH summit" shortly.
Mitchell's report indicated human growth hormone has replaced steroids as the performance-enhancing substance of choice because baseball does not test for human growth hormone.
The owners have funded research for a urine test -- and Fehr said the players would agree to such a test if one can be developed -- but said current blood tests for human growth hormone are of "dubious or little practical value."
In his report, Mitchell cited a "widespread misconception" that baseball did not ban steroids and other performance-enhancing substances until 2002. Baseball expressly prohibited the illegal use of steroids as far back as 1991, according to the report, but did not test for them until 2003.
Although the union had consistently opposed testing without reasonable cause, thus "delaying the adoption of mandatory random drug testing in major league baseball for nearly 20 years," Mitchell also chided owners for not pushing for testing sooner "because they were much more concerned about the serious economic issues facing major league baseball."
Said Mitchell: "With the benefit of hindsight, it is clear that baseball missed the early warning signs of a growing crisis."
In general, Mitchell said, his corroboratory evidence included other interviews, phone records, shipping documents, canceled checks and money orders.
"Many players are named, their reputations adversely affected forever," Fehr said, "even if it turns out down the road they should not have been."
Fehr said he welcomed Mitchell's suggestion that active players not be suspended but said the union would fight on behalf of any player who might be disciplined. Mitchell said Selig should grant amnesty to those players and look to the future.
Said Mitchell: "Spending more months, or even years, in contentious disciplinary proceedings will keep everyone mired in the past."
Yet Selig insisted he would consider suspensions "on a case-by-case basis" and act "swiftly" in doing so. "I think, frankly, that is a byproduct of this investigation that I need to address."
The Kansas City Royals signed outfielder Jose Guillen for $36 million last week, well aware he would be suspended for reportedly ordering steroids and human growth hormone. On the day Guillen signed, Selig suspended him for 15 days.
bill.shaikin@latimes.com
Times staff writers Dylan Hernandez and Lance Pugmire contributed to this report.
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