How to grow taller?!
Question: I'm 16 years old and i'm 166 cm tall, is it normal? What should i do to grow taller?
Answers: I'm 16 years old and i'm 166 cm tall, is it normal? What should i do to grow taller?
Not sure if its normal...
To grow taller you have to:
1. drink cow's milk (if you are allergic to cow's milk then soy milk would be an alternative)
2. eat a lot of protein rich foods (like meat, bean curd and etc.)
3. sleep 8-10 hours
4. exercise for at least 10 minutes everyday but be sure to warm up first to avoid muscle cramps or sprains!(jogging, running, walking, playing and etc.)
hope that helps >_<
You're height is well in the normal range. The lady above has some good tips, listen to her.
Height is a sensitive issue in our society. There are many people who believe that height is not an important issue. Of course, people build their happiness and reach their goals regardless of their height, but it is much harder for those of us shorter than average. Most people who believe that height is not an important issue, are of average height or taller. Others would say: human growth cannot be increased by will. WRONG! Human growth can be increased and I will prove it to you!
Most short children do not have a serious growth problem and grow about 2 inches each year between the ages of 3 and early adolescence when sex hormones contribute to an even faster growth rate. Most of us reach an adult height, which is about the same as our parents'. However, there are diseases that can cause poor growth. If you ever had any accidents that could cause serious damages to your body or if you just feel that there is something wrong with your health, this should be discussed with your physician. If you are not aware of anything abnormal which could slow down your height increase, most likely nothing is wrong with your body and you have a great chance to grow taller.
Some children grow very slowly and are considered short amongst their peers until they gain enough inches to become average height and even taller in one single summer. Are there any explanations to this? Does it just happen all on its own or do we make it happen? My answer is: it happens when teenagers switch their activities to the ones that are perfect for their growth, quite often without even being aware of it.
There is a certain age at which most people usually stop growing: men - 25, women - 21. It occurs shortly after puberty. However, these numbers can be changed! It is possible to continue growing until 25 for women and 27-30 for men. Certain exercises, physical activities, right diet, and other things which are important for human body's growth make growing taller possible even for those individuals who thought they reached the age when their growth has stopped.
An average person, no matter what height he or she is, has a potential to be 2 - 4 inches taller, and often - even more! Then why are most people shorter than they could be? Simply because they don't do everything to get the most out of their potentials and do not know how. That is why I have developed the program designed to get the most out of growth potentials for those who are not satisfied with their height.
There are many reasons for our lack of growth, but the most important one is the limited and unbalanced level of growth hormones in our body. It is growth hormones that grow the cells, bones, muscles, and organs of our bodies. Growth hormone is a protein produced particularly by the pituitary gland. Proteins are made of building blocks known as amino acids. Located in the center of our brain, the pituitary gland is often called the master gland because it controls the release of many of the body's hormones.
There are two unnatural ways to increase growth hormone level:
1) Using growth hormone - releasing products like glycine, glutamine, agrinine, ornithine, niacin, and 16 other amino acids which you can get with or without a prescription. Such substances and drugs are usually used by body builders. They are also useful for elderly people to increase their growth hormone level. Some of them are good for boosting immunity, protecting the liver, fighting cancer, helping rebuild body tissue after surgery or trauma, and many other treatments.
Because amino acids help produce growth hormones, some of them, with proper exercises, may be taken to increase your growth. However, I would not recommend doing this self-treatment without medical supervision, especially for children. Any of these drugs has to be taken with proper dosage and some of them with other drugs or nutrients. Improper usage may cost you serious problems.
Also, there are many side effects from using these products: diarrhea, low toxicity, headache, drowsiness, muscle spasms, dizziness, high blood pressure, nervousness, depression, hair loss, gaining weight, and many more.
So, be careful!
2) Another unnatural way to increase growth is the man-made growth hormone received by series of injections (which cost from $12,000 to 18,000 per year), prescribed after careful evaluation of a person's growth pattern and growth potential. These injections may help you to grow, but inducing growth too quickly may inhibit later growth.
In addition, unnatural growth hormones may produce other various side effects including: high cholesterol, diabetes, liver abnormalities, increased tissue stiffness, carpal tunnel syndrome, musculosketal disease, neuropathy, allergic reactions, pancreatitis, hyperglycemia, visual deterioration, headaches, vomiting, increased liver enzyme levels, increased sweating, edema, pain in general and back pain specifically. Pick the one you prefer. If you receive these injections, your body will adapt to this drug and will refuse to produce natural growth hormones after you stop receiving injections.
If you think these procedures are not for you, there are other ways to increase growth hormone release naturally, with no side effects! They are explained step-by-step in my book, "Growing Taller Secrets", and based on special diet, physical, mental exercises and other activities.
Genetically, every person has been "preprogrammed" to attain a certain height. However , most people never reach this height simply because they do not do everything right for their body to maximize growth. To make the most out of your potentials you need to learn how and use your knowledge!
Now, IS IT POSSIBLE to increase human height? YES!
How do I know ?
At the age of 20 I was 5'1" tall and didn't grow since 16-17 years of age. I was desperate to find a way to grow. Doctors were recommending only growth hormone injections, saying there could be side effects and no guaranty this would help. The only person who gave me a good advice was my coach from karate. He told me: "If there is a way for you to grow, it must be from right exercise and the right diet". At that day I had decided to investigate if my coach was right, experimenting it on myself. I knew if I would find the way to increase my height, I could help so many people like me to grow taller.
I started to experiment with all kinds of physical and mental exercises, learning and trying many types of diets, learning everything there is to know about growth hormone and its development. I had teamed up with many doctors and medical scientists to research on this issue. It took us almost two years on research, trial and error before reaching some conclusions. Moreover, I had finally noticed big changes in my height. At the age of 28, I was 5'7". Not much, but I'm taller than my parents and 6 inches gained after a 5 year period of not growing, to me was a huge victory.
After all these years of learning and experiments I could finally say - YES, there is a way to get taller! My team and I have created a step-by-step program which tells you exactly what has to be done to maximize growth. A lot of people, including my friends of different ages and height have followed the program. Some of them actually helped us in our experiments, and it worked for everyone who took it seriously and followed all of my instructions.
Today, many years since the release of my book (published in 1999), thousands of people around the world are working to increase their height with my program. Every day I receive few thankful letters from people who have great results. I am really glad that my work became so popular and the result of my work has helped so many people.