How can I grow taller? People who give long, detailed answers?

Question

I am 14 and 4'11. I want to be 5'7 and a half. My dad has this gene where you're short as a child and like senior year of high school you get really tall. But I don't want to wait until then! Can someone help me????? Any rude or unhelpful or sarcastic answers will get low ratings or be deleted. Thanks! --Amanda

Answer 1

There is nothing you can do to hasten or increase height.  As a female, you are likely to be shorter than a male, like it or not.  My family had some very tall men and women in it and I thought I'd be taller when I grew up.  I was 5 feet tall in the 6th grade- and that was all I got.

It's genetic in nature, your height.  There are no exercise therapies, no drugs that anyone will prescribe you, etc.

I do understand why you want to be taller, trust me.  I hope that you do get a growth spurt later on, but for most females, growth ends earlier than for men.  That's why you'll see a really short boy in the 10th grade show up in 11th grade suddenly six or eight inches taller in the fall.

You may still grow a few more inches, but as you get closer to 16, I doubt that you will get much taller.

Answer 2

eat lots (but not enough 2 get fat) my mom says 2 jump rope but im not sure that'll work

Answer 3

I used to be really short and now all of a sudden ive shot up. I tried a load of things to make me taller, but none of them worked. If your really worried, go to see your doctor, you may have a vitamin deficiency somewhere along the line. But if its hereditary, i shoudnt think so, youll just have to wait im sorry.

Answer 4

Start doing stretching exercises daily and pickup a sport like swimming or basketball. That should make you grow taller. You can find the exercises here - http://www.squidoo.com/growtall

Answer 5

Well I don't give long detailed answers but i sorta have the same problem as you. I'm 5'5 and want to grow to 5'8 or 5'9, and I'm only 13. You can't exactly rush your body into growing fast a.s.a.p.

1. Milk is a great option since calcium helps your bones get stronger and grow. Drink a glass every night before going to sleep

2. You grow in your sleep so make sure you're getting enough sleep.

3. Do you play sports? If you do, it'll help because jumping and stretching and help you body in some way. I didn't really believe it at first but since I'm really athletic my parents and friends say I'll grow more.

Try those out. I can't guarantee you you'll start growing by tomorrow, but it will help. Remember, you're only 14 and you have a lot of time to grow, and you may end up taller than a lot of your friends when you're older, so don't worry about it.

hope this helped... =)

Answer 6

yoghurt, cheese, and boiled chicken. Your bones need phosphorus, calcium, and magnesium while your muscles need water, protein and carbohydrates to grow. Since you are growing taller, both your muscles and bones are getting bigger and longer. Don't waste your money or your health on drugs, alcohol or cigarettes.

Have the hair style that makes you appear taller. In order to appear taller, a hair style should be thin at the sides and higher up top, which can make you appear as much as an inch taller Avoid clothes with horizontal lines. Belts are horizontal so make sure you conceal it in your clothes.

Avoid clothes with a tartan or checked pattern. Avoid cuffs that makes your legs appear shorter.

• Wear clothes with vertical lines or striping. Vertical lines or stripping make a person appear thinner,

and thinness in turn gives impression of more height.

Wear shoes that will make you appear taller. If you are a female, this should be easy since you can find a lot of female shoes with 2 or 3 inches’ heels. For males, wear shoes with thick soles to add the illusion of height.

To increase your height, it is important that your blood is oxygenated as blood provides nourishment to your bones. Regular breathing will also purify your blood. There are three phases to breathing:

1. Inhaling - take in air into your body through the nose

2. Retaining - hold your breath inside your body

3. Exhaling - blow out air from your body through the mouth

It is during deep sleep that growth hormone does its job of thickening and lengthening your bones. So appropriate sleeping time (not the longer, the better) and correct sleeping posture is very important for your body to grow. Sleep is defined as a natural periodic state of rest for the mind and body, in which the eyes usually close and consciousness is completely or partially lost, so that there is a decrease in bodily movement and responsiveness to external stimuli.

During deep sleep, growth hormone produced by your pituitary gland is released into your blood stream and travel through your body and causes the thickening and lengthening of your bones. Therefore, you should achieve "deep level" sleep on a daily basis in order to coordinate your affords of exercises and proper diet. The following are some helpful tips on how to easily achieve deep level sleep.

Sleep in a comfortable and firm mattress.

Sleep in a room that is dark, quiet and fresh smelling.

Sleep with clean, soft, and comfortable clothes.

Keep your hands and feet warm. Scientific studies have shown that warm hands and feet will help induce REM (rapid eye movement) deep sleep. Cold hands and feet will keep you from deep sleep.

Drink a big glass of water before going to bed and when you wake up; this will help clean out your system.

Practice total relaxation and deep breathing for a few minutes before you go to bed.

Relax from head to toe. Close your eyes and relax every part of your body.

Maintain a habit of sleeping at the same time everyday, including weekends.

Sleep on your back with a flat pillow under your knees. This will align your spine properly and prevent any back aches caused by sleeping in a bent position.

Undoubtedly, the quality, quantity, and type of food we eat affect our height, growth, and health. We cannot emphasize enough how important your food intake is in determining how much growth you can possibly obtain. The types of food you eat will either improve or decrease your growth potential.

After careful consideration and research, the daily content of protein, carbohydrates, fats and water can be achieved if the following items were taken regularly.

Carrots Fish Liver

Egg Yolk Beef Red Meat

Milk Cheese Apples

Green Vegetables Potatoes Nuts

Yellow Vegetables Almonds Bananas

Peanuts Chicken Beans

Peas Salt 6-8 glasses of water per day

If you eat a lot of peanut butter, your height will not necessarily stop. Neither does masturbation stop height.

What might stop you from growing is smoking, drugs, alcohol, lack of sleep, stress, digestive problems, or lack of exercise.

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Answer 7

Plenty of protein (meat), calcium (milk) and zinc (red meat, oysters, mussels and nuts) will help your destined normal growth and a deficiency can stunt it.

Girls usually stop growing at 15 but sometimes growth continues until the age of 18 and in some cases up to the age of 21.

Sometimes there is no further growth 2 or 3 years after your first period.

Your peak height and when it is likely to occur is very difficult to predict and whilst 5'7 and a half is possible it is also uncertain.

If you have a growth spurt in your senior year of high school then 5'7 and a half may actually be quite a likely peak height.