How to grow taller?

On August 04 2007 22:53 Schones_Chaos wrote:
You know the vitamins your parents tell you to take as a kid? they work.
I am 5' 9" at 15 (just turned 15)

On August 04 2007 22:48 Pressure wrote:
milk
at least thats what strafe told me and hes like 202cm (6 8)

im 5 5 its ok man T.T

On August 04 2007 23:04 Flying_Llama wrote:
Its pretty funny, some people in my highschool take growing pills that dont do shit. It's just sad, they're so obsessed with their height and stuff and i think sometimes you just gotta accept it. I heard that your height is mainly based on ur genes, diet, excersize and stuff like that. But im not too sure about the genes part because both my parents are kinda average/short (5'8 and 5'5) and I'm 6'0 at 15 so...i duno. You should swim or play basketball and get alot of calcium. I just play alotta sports n i used to take calcium pills which help alot imo....

I guess sometimes ur height is kinda based on luck so even if you dunt grow, dont get too upset cuz theres prob lots of ppl in the world dats shorter/ just like u.

On August 04 2007 23:00 FirstProbe wrote:
tough luck buddy
chances are your growth plates have more or less fused...
by the way, did you know that girls tend to be taller at a younger age (c.f. boys), yet end up shorter? - thats cos of estrogen! (both bits)

On August 05 2007 00:55 HellAngel wrote:
Use one of those stretching torture devices

On August 05 2007 00:23 stuthedog wrote:
all your theories about growing up in 3rd world countries as causes of height SUCK. how the hell do you explain Africa where everyone's starving and they're still growin up to be 6 feet and over??

On August 05 2007 01:33 dementus wrote:
ask strafe. are you by any chance stockily built? you should trade info with him.

On August 04 2007 22:56 fusionsdf wrote:
Genetic potential plus nutrition minus stressors is a basic formula. Genetically speaking, the heights of mother and son and of father and daughter correlate, suggesting that a short mother will more likely bear a shorter son, and tall fathers will have tall daughters.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_height#Determinants_of_growth_and_height

Milk is no more important than other food with nutrients. Unless you severely neglect your diet, nutrition shouldnt really impact your height.

On August 05 2007 02:13 TheFoReveRwaR wrote:
By the way, everyone who suggested milk as a way of growing taller is a tool. Ok I feel better now.

With increased job anxiety in China’s market economy, more Chinese men and women are opting for painful body-lengthening procedures to get taller. A June 2005 report on China Radio International updated the 2002 News of the Weird story, in which “hundreds” were enduring the months-long “Ilizarov procedure” (forced breaking of bones in the leg, then manually adjusting leg braces four times a day that pull the bones slightly apart, then waiting as they grow back and fuse together). As a 33-year-old, 5-foot-tall woman (aiming for 5-4) said in 2002: “I’ll have a better job, a better boyfriend, and eventually a better husband. It’s a long-term investment.”

On August 05 2007 01:25 TheFoReveRwaR wrote:
All that can be done to affect your height is to simply eat a proper diet, and avoid serious diease/infection.

By the way, everyone who suggested milk as a way of growing taller is a tool. Ok I feel better now.

On August 04 2007 23:15 CaucasianAsian wrote:
i'm 6'1 and i never drank milk until very recently. my dad is 5'11 and my mom is like 5'4. i'm the tallest person in my family.

On August 05 2007 09:36 Hawk wrote:
this is hilarious, all the people saying that diet has an impact. the only time i ever drank milk was with cereal and im 6'2. it is 100% genetics, nothing else

On August 04 2007 23:30 FirstProbe wrote:


so errr, who's your real dad?

On August 05 2007 01:47 lingwu wrote:
eat more SEAFOOD,, FISH MEAT,,, i thinks that what works for japanese anyways.

On August 05 2007 10:22 evanthebouncy! wrote:

Japanese and Tall normally don't go in the same sentence.

On August 05 2007 10:03 BigSausage wrote:
its genetics. nutritions will hardly give u any height boost if u r short. asians r shorter i ngeneral. white and blacks r taller.

On August 05 2007 10:37 xM(Z wrote:
fig_newbie if you can prove that backwards you have a point.

On August 05 2007 10:55 azndsh wrote:
where do i dl ram?

where do i dl better genes?

On August 05 2007 00:40 travis wrote:
i love how much bullshit people just randomly spew out like they know what they're talking about

On August 05 2007 12:11 Kreeeee wrote:
It's genetic, GG!

On August 05 2007 12:12 stuthedog wrote:
hey so why the hell are gymnasts so short?? are they like heavy weight lifting or is it all that high knee impact exercises they do or all both? do they keep em malnourished?

On August 05 2007 12:16 fig_newbie wrote:


i give up -_-;;

On August 05 2007 12:18 Kreeeee wrote:


You have no proof or sources, so it is inevitable that you will give up as you have no solid argument.

On August 05 2007 10:30 fig_newbie wrote:


I'm going to suggest something completely unscientific here.

1. Find an Asian born and raised in the US.
2. Ask him if hes ever been to his country. Ask him if hes taller than people there (Japan and Singapore wont count).
3. Repeat with every Asian you meet.

I'm pretty sure you'll end up finding Asian Americans are as a whole taller than their counterparts in Asia, even among their family. The difference isn't as pronounced now as it was 10 years ago as food is a lot easier to come by even in the poorest areas and sanitation has increased dramatically, but it should still be noticeable.

What does this mean? In layman's terms, the people you find here and their comparison groups have been matched on many genetic factors by virtue of their nationality. They are essentially, for the purpose of this exercise, identical genetically. So why the height difference? Logically, the only thing differentiating the person you found and people from his country of origin is environmental (e.g. diet). You can repeat this for many people coming from an underdeveloped, malnourished state (and no, Europe doesn't count as underdeveloped) and the results will be very similar.

On August 05 2007 12:43 BigSausage wrote:


dude so what, they eat better, so a little bit taller than their home grown counter part is logical, but what i said its compared to white and blacks, asians r short as fuck. and dont bring yao ming and shit into the discussion, they dont represent the likes of average chinese or asian

On August 05 2007 12:52 Physician wrote:
the only way is to find a doctor, that knows what his doing - an endocirnologist if possible, that is willing to use growth hormone on u.. you don't have much time though - it has to be this year ~

On August 05 2007 12:48 fig_newbie wrote:


Thanks for agreeing with the diet. That was the only point I was trying to get across. The reasons as to why whites and blacks are taller than Asians are more complicated, so I didn't even bother addressing it.

On August 05 2007 12:57 BigSausage wrote:


the reason is genetics, its not diet. ppl r not equal, if u r naive enough to believe anything can be accomplished by giving same shit to every1, then y do blacks always hold the fastest time in 100m, no other races have been able to even break the 10s barrier.

On August 05 2007 12:43 lastshadow wrote:
if you whore calcium for about 6 months, you can grow a max of 4 inches.

On August 05 2007 10:41 fig_newbie wrote:


explain por favor?

On August 05 2007 15:35 xM(Z wrote:

do americans that live in asia grow shorter?
black people living in asia would, in time, have shorter dicks?

On August 05 2007 15:35 xM(Z wrote:

do americans that live in asia grow shorter?
black people living in asia would, in time, have shorter dicks?

On August 05 2007 12:57 BigSausage wrote:


the reason is genetics, its not diet. ppl r not equal, if u r naive enough to believe anything can be accomplished by giving same shit to every1, then y do blacks always hold the fastest time in 100m, no other races have been able to even break the 10s barrier.

On August 05 2007 17:07 BigSausage wrote:
the whole thing is genetics. u cant get fucking taller by drinking milk and whore calcium from birth to death, the growth would be too small without the genetics factor. just face the reality, u r what u r, u cant change shit about it. all u can do is move forward with what u have or blame ur parents for shitty genetics.

On August 05 2007 08:52 fig_newbie wrote:
How can you say :



and follow it up with:



Milk qualifies as part of a "proper diet"

On August 05 2007 12:18 Magicbox wrote:


That has probably something to do with hormonic suppression, which actually is a factor in growing. This can limit your potential height.

On August 05 2007 16:55 fig_newbie wrote:

Really? Are you being serious?

I mean, you can do this in your own home too. You don't have to go to Asia. Just feed your kid white rice, give him some dirty water (make sure its brackish and opaque, shouldn't be too hard if you take a shit in it beforehand), "forget" his vaccinations, and otherwise emulate the provincial life of a Chinese/Indian/Laos/Filipino farmer. Be sure to expose him to lead paint chips and put a couple drops of arsenic in his sewer water for good measure.

I'm sure he'll grow up fine and dandy. Maybe even be taller than you!

On August 05 2007 18:04 fig_newbie wrote:
You're a lot more civil here than some of the other posters and I appreciate it.

No, I dont know any specific time in history when Chinese people are taller than they are now. I dont know of any racial group in history that are taller than modern cohorts. From what I've gleaned from casual reading, people now are taller than they've ever been, the reason being better sanitation, diet, and medical interventions.

I don't emphasize environment over genetics and I apologize if it came off that way but I was just trying to shunt the avalanche of bullshit that claimed height is 100% genetic. The truth is, it really depends on how much of each (genetics, environment) you're getting. If you have a pituitary tumor (lets classify this as a genetics) ala Robert Wadlow, you're going to be growing at an obscene rate, maybe 3-4 inches a year. Your body needs to adapt to that, you'll be constantly hungry and eating to sustain that growth. Otherwise, it will be stymied (permanently if you starve to death, an extreme example but I hope this clarifies it more). Conversely, you can be born with achondroplasia (midgetry) and barring any hormonal intervention therapy, no matter how much you eat you're not going to exceed 5 feet. These are extreme examples, but they illustrate that neither genetics or environmental are 100% responsible for your height. They interact with each other. Your best bet to become taller is to try and alter your environmental influence because modern medicine doesn't have the means (yet) to change your genetic makeup. That means eating a good diet (such as drinking milk, which is the mother of nutritional growth foods), getting the essential nutrients, avoiding things that will chop your legs off, etc etc.

On August 05 2007 20:25 Funchucks wrote:
Oh man...

I love when people say, "Play basketball to grow taller!"

Is that a running gag, or do people actually believe that?

The best way to grow taller is to saw your femurs in half and install an expanding brace. Turn the screws a little every day and the bone will grow to fill in the gap. Just be careful of infection, or you'll end up a couple feet (and legs) shorter.

Option 2: Human Growth Hormone (HGH). This has the added benefit of making your ears and nose look funny. Also, buying it from the shady suppliers you have access to as a non-legitimate medical case and a non-millionaire-athlete means you'll probably end up with something extracted from pregnant goat urine that makes your nipples grow out like fingers.

Option 3: buy thick-soled shoes, find a nice short girl, and get the fuck over it. 5'7" isn't even especially short, and at 17 you'll probably still gain an inch or three. I was 5'7" at 16 (I know because my driver's license still says that), and now I'm around 5'10". If you want to maximize your growth, eat right, stay active, get enough sleep, live healthy, and don't stress over trivial shit like being a hair below average height.

On August 04 2007 22:47 vstar wrote:
I am a 17 year old guy but I believe my height isn't so tall compared to the rest of the people I know, or just with people in general. I am only 5'7 so I need serious help how to grow. I excercise every day so I am not like fat or anything ><;;

Any methods? I really want to grow to at least 5'11!!

I am still going through puberty but I aim to be 6'5, I am currently 5'7 so I have a long way to go. Alpha males ftw.

On August 29 2008 15:36 PsycHOTemplar wrote:

Ha... AAHAAHHAHAHAHHAHAHHHA!

... Good luck

On August 29 2008 15:02 ._. wrote:
It is quite possible to grow after puberty. Although growth plates often close by the time you reach adulthood, it is still possible to gain an inch or two over a long period of time by artificially increasing your HGH level through a combination of intense exercise, sleep, nutrients, and stretching exercises.
You won't grow as fast as when you were a kid, but some growth is possible.

http://giantscientific.com/

is an entire community devoted to growing after puberty, a free, no bullshit guides to it, whether it be the insecure types or tall people wanting to grow taller (cough* me)

I am still going through puberty but I aim to be 6'5, I am currently 5'7 so I have a long way to go. Alpha males ftw.

I am posting this cause I think it will help all the short Asians out there..Good luck.

On August 29 2008 15:02 ._. wrote:
It is quite possible to grow after puberty. Although growth plates often close by the time you reach adulthood, it is still possible to gain an inch or two over a long period of time by artificially increasing your HGH level through a combination of intense exercise, sleep, nutrients, and stretching exercises.
You won't grow as fast as when you were a kid, but some growth is possible.

http://giantscientific.com/

is an entire community devoted to growing after puberty, a free, no bullshit guides to it, whether it be the insecure types or tall people wanting to grow taller (cough* me)

I am still going through puberty but I aim to be 6'5, I am currently 5'7 so I have a long way to go. Alpha males ftw.

I am posting this cause I think it will help all the short Asians out there..Good luck.

On August 29 2008 22:50 Rev0lution wrote:



Alpha males is not 6'5. 6'5 is FREAK.

On August 30 2008 00:32 meegrean wrote:
Mushrooms.

On August 30 2008 02:02 Muggsy Bogues wrote:
Play Basketball

On August 04 2007 22:50 itzme_petey wrote:
milk, basketball, and correct posture.

On August 04 2007 22:50 itzme_petey wrote:
milk, basketball, and correct posture.

On August 29 2008 15:02 ._. wrote:
I am posting this cause I think it will help all the short Asians out there..Good luck.

On August 30 2008 04:24 Pressure wrote:

being a korean sucks

On August 30 2008 03:53 Mora wrote:
how does playing basketball make you GROW TALLER?

i cna't believe the sheer volume of people who suggest this. explain to me what i dont understand. i'm obviously ignorant.

On August 30 2008 04:30 FrozenArbiter wrote:

Black people are good at basketball.
Black people are generally taller than white people.

Ergo, basketball makes you tall.

You're welcome.

EDIT: Evidence would suggest it will also increase your penis size.

On August 30 2008 04:28 Luddite wrote:

Aren't Koreans the tallest, on average, of all the Asian countries?

Anyway, this is completely unrelated, but there's an HG wells story called The Food of the Gods about people who figure out a miracle baby food that lets people grow to be like 20 feet tall.

On August 30 2008 05:10 ScarFace wrote:
Of course they are, South Korea is the most financially well off of all the asian countries- well, to be honest, I guess Japan would take that, but in general, the more prosperous the country you live in, the taller you will be. Nonetheless, I think its just genetics that make Asians shorter, even in Canada, its very rare to see an Asian who's above, say, 5'8. Though I have seen it once or twice.

On August 30 2008 05:11 Folca wrote:
rofl, I see 6'0 asians very much in the states

On August 30 2008 05:11 Folca wrote:

rofl, I see 6'0 asians very much in the states

On September 04 2008 10:45 goldenkrnboi wrote:
my mom is about 5'2", my dad is about 5'7", my sis is about 5'2".


i'm 14, and i'm pretty close to 5'11"-6'

so it's not all genetics.

though i've only grown a total of about 2-3 inches in the past 2-3 years.

On September 04 2008 10:30 aZnvaLiaNce wrote:
how about a lot of masturbation? i heard that = faster testerone produced = more growth and pubes

On September 04 2008 10:45 goldenkrnboi wrote:
my mom is about 5'2", my dad is about 5'7", my sis is about 5'2".


i'm 14, and i'm pretty close to 5'11"-6'

so it's not all genetics.

though i've only grown a total of about 2-3 inches in the past 2-3 years.

On August 30 2008 05:11 Folca wrote:

rofl, I see 6'0 asians very much in the states

On September 04 2008 15:36 kemoryan wrote:
Yeah, sure, drink a lot of milk. But before doing that please read this.

"Everything you know about cow's milk and dairy is probably part of a Dairy industry MYTH. "

Article:
http://www.peta.org/mc/factsheet_display.asp?ID=98

On September 04 2008 16:25 lxginverse wrote:
get laid as often as you can.... lol

it works for me since im 5'4" when i was 14

im 5'11" now and im 18

On September 04 2008 16:25 lxginverse wrote:
get laid as often as you can.... lol

it works for me since im 5'4" when i was 14

im 5'11" now and im 18

On August 29 2008 15:02 ._. wrote:
I am still going through puberty but I aim to be 6'5, I am currently 5'7 so I have a long way to go.

On September 04 2008 15:58 travis wrote:


You should try to find a source people are more likely to believe.

Many will say "hey, this is peta's website - and discount anything it says".

On September 04 2008 17:57 kemoryan wrote:


Well, I dont really care if they believe me or not. It's up to them, I just put here the first site I found about the subject. If anyone drinks milk (or plans to) but is also interested in his/her own HEALTH, I guess that link is enough convincing to at least motivate them to do a bit more research by themselves. WHich was what my post was meant for (and who the heck is peta btw?).

On September 04 2008 17:15 Titusmaster6 wrote:


This is your logic?

On September 04 2008 15:58 travis wrote:


You should try to find a source people are more likely to believe.

Many will say "hey, this is peta's website - and discount anything it says".

On September 04 2008 18:33 fight_or_flight wrote:

I saw it was peta, and said "forget it". But then since you are talking about it, I decided to read it anyways. However, when it started out by talking about cows and their vanity, I just had to stop. That was in the second line.

On September 04 2008 19:01 FakeSteve[TPR] wrote:


well, if PETA wasn't so batshit fucking crazy, they'd probably be a better source of information

On September 04 2008 19:29 pandabearguy wrote:
both of those sites look pretty sketchy

milk is good for you

that's not some ancient dairy myth perpetuated by the Knights Templar or the Freemasons or something, it's the truth

:|

On September 04 2008 19:36 kemoryan wrote:


Ok you, sir, lack of total sense of argumentation.

On September 04 2008 21:58 Hawk wrote:



And you can't get a credible source. PETA certainly isn't, the nomilk is some radom bs website and Rense is a conspiricy theorist. Whoopie.

On September 04 2008 22:16 Elite00fm wrote:
im like 6"3 and 18 years old

sleep a fuckton (like 2am until 2pm whenever you can!)

don't stress about stuff, for example: "damn, I just failed that math exam, oh well shit happens!"

On September 04 2008 22:59 Nitrogen23 wrote:
apparently 1/2 the tl population is 6'4"+

On September 05 2008 01:47 {88}iNcontroL wrote:


You're a young poster but you'll get it. The internet is made up of well hung young geniuses who are all tall, athletic and over-sexed.

On September 05 2008 02:12 {88}iNcontroL wrote:
Nordic people are the tallest on earth per capita I believe.

On September 05 2008 02:16 JoxxOr wrote:

Not only that. We're the greatest as well
6'4 here, 17 years old

On September 05 2008 02:16 JoxxOr wrote:

Not only that. We're the greatest as well
6'4 here, 17 years old

On September 05 2008 02:33 {88}iNcontroL wrote:


I disagree.

Nordic people speak some of the ugliest native languages known to man. You guys also eat some of the worst food. Nothing politically important happens over there and for the most part the most radically liberal horse shit comes from that region as well.

The best argument for "we're the greatest" can be made by the simple fact that Swedish/Norwegian women are among the hottest around. I hear the propensity is really good too in said catagory.

On September 05 2008 02:33 {88}iNcontroL wrote:


I disagree.

Nordic people speak some of the ugliest native languages known to man. You guys also eat some of the worst food. Nothing politically important happens over there and for the most part the most radically liberal horse shit comes from that region as well.

The best argument for "we're the greatest" can be made by the simple fact that Swedish/Norwegian women are among the hottest around. I hear the propensity is really good too in said catagory.

On September 05 2008 02:54 Storchen wrote:


Some of the worst food?!
Have you ever eaten Kalvsylta?
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or Renskav?
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Kroppkakor?
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or my favorite Blodpudding?!
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Until you have you just shut up about worst food!!

On September 05 2008 02:58 Hittegods wrote:

I've never felt more Romanian, but I assume you're being sarcastic cause those dishes are fucking nasty. You forgot pölsa, svartsoppa and surströmming though.

On September 05 2008 02:49 Hittegods wrote:

Semi-agree. The food sucks and not a lot happens here. We're not liberal at all though, we're actually quite communist, which sucks equally much. As for language, I'd say that until you actually learn a second one, you have no saying in that. Although finish is wtfhideous.

On September 05 2008 03:07 {88}iNcontroL wrote:


I have "learned" 3 languages.. cannot speak them very well but your assumption is hilarious. I have taken a year of spanish, a term of german and actually I took 2 years of latin.

By "liberal" I meant something other than political liberalism..