what food to eat to get tall?

ravjot525 · Post by **ravjot525** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 1:43 am

what food do i need to eat or what do i need to drink that can help me grow faster. im 16 but not that tall, please help! thankx

dan00 · Post by **dan00** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 2:42 am

I dot think eating foot will make you tall.
Im fairly sure its genetic.

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ravjot525 · Post by **ravjot525** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 2:20 pm

yh but, some people know some foods that help them grow faster. if i wanted to buy protein which 1 should i buy

Boss Man · Post by **Boss Man** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 5:59 pm

ravjot525 wrote:yh but, some people know some foods that help them grow faster.

Who does?

There may be some foods that could conceivably have an effect on the Thyroid, which is connected to growth hormones, but most growth in humans is genetic, and programmed in your DNA from birth, though other factors like healthy Bone development, and having conditions like Muscular Dystrophy, Spinabifida, Motor Neurone etc etc, that debilitate the muscles and / or Nerves and / or Bones, will be a factor in whether you grow, or can grow properly in the first place.

jd12 · Post by **jd12** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 6:44 pm

I know that sleeping for 9-11 hours a day is supposed to help a lot, but i'm not sure if that would help since you're 16...

Boss Man · Post by **Boss Man** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 7:47 pm

Sleeping actually lengthens the Spine, by about 3cm, I think it's Cm not Inches, as standing upright slightly compresses the Spine, from the weight of the Human Head.

However this horizontal lengthening of the Spine occurs in Adult life too, and is not permanent, otherwise gaining said height every 24 hours, would make people roughly, about 3-4 times the height of a T-Rex Dinosaur, by the age of 18, were that to be the case.

Though yes, sleeping can encourage Bone growth to some extent in healthy childhood circumstances.

jd12 · Post by **jd12** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 7:57 pm

yah it's 3cm you were right. But i was told that you only grow while u sleep so sleeping longer encourages more growin...

Boss Man · Post by **Boss Man** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 9:47 am

I would assume upto a point. I don't think going beyond a certain level of sleep, would continue to stimulate more growth, I think the body would have a limit.

jd12 · Post by **jd12** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 4:04 pm

Yep that's what i meant you explained it better though.... I know sleeping longer sure helps me, everytime i sleep for a long time i get a growth spurt, but that's just me and i'm just 14...

Boss Man · Post by **Boss Man** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 4:52 pm

Growth spurts are to a certain extent though, connected to to the Thyroid, and your Growth Hormones, and Testosterone levels.

Sleep is a part of that to some extent, but I'm pretty sure it is not the primary factor in childhood growth.

dynghetti · Post by **dynghetti** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 6:14 pm

what age do people stop growing?

Boss Man · Post by **Boss Man** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 8:16 pm

18-21.

However apart from the usual things like Hair, Nails etc etc, a few other things continue to grow, such things being the Ears and Nose.

I don't know why that is though.

Peter · Post by **Peter** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 12:03 pm

the only thing you can do is eat very health get all you vitamins ect... lots of milk

Peter · Post by **Peter** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 12:03 pm

the only thing you can do is eat very health get all you vitamins ect... lots of milk

and dont drink any soda

(Rage) · Post by **(Rage)** » Sat Jun 09, 2007 2:38 pm

Well, I heard you do get taller when you sleep, and it's true, but once you wake up, you go back to how you were.

Plus, I took in bio that the bone is an alive part of our bodies, it actually changes, and reshapes ( i forgot the process name, tho)

For me, 2 years ago I was 158 cms
NOW, i went back 156..and couple of months I back up to 157.

It's sorta scary, but It's possible...cause our bones rearrange themselves.
If im correct, Every 10 years or so, I don't know. Don't count on info, I suck at remembering things, but either ways;

HANG on things, stretching and all helps. That was made us tall when we were kids, climbing, and haning into sticks or so.

I myself, is a bit hopeless from the "get" taller side.