GROW TALLER RIGHT NOW

Why Do You Want To Grow Taller Right Now?

2009-10-06T22:01:00.000-07:00

It's a hypothetical question, but really, have you ever thought about why you want to grow taller? What do you think you will gain if you grow inches overnight? Why are we so obsessed with finding methods to gain height?

I ask this not to tell you that it's pointless, and in fact you should be commended on your desire to improve, and your energy to chase your dream of maximum height. However, what is pointless is the thought that some people have that height-gain is the be-all and end-all of life.

You, my friend, are more than how tall you are. Self-improvement begins with character, not with any physical attribute. Do not be depressed if you're short. Do not be sad if you've tried for years to gain height with only a few extra millimeters to show for it. Keep trying, but never let it get you down that the results are somewhat less than advertised.

Some people are blessed with height, some people are blessed with something else. If height isn't in your books, it doesn't matter, keep trying, but don't forget to find and emphasize the good traits that you already have. History is full of short, great men, and also of tall, bad ones. And vice versa.

Pursue the height-gain, but don't think it makes you less of a person if you fail at it.

A Not-So-Secret Height Increase Secret: Platform Shoes

2009-09-14T09:40:00.000-07:00

They're advertised as "grow taller" shoes, "height increase" shoes, "be taller by up to 2 inches" inserts, and that sort of thing. They work, if that's what you're asking. They can't be simpler: you put them on, and when you stand up you've grown taller!

The problem is, like a wig on a bald man who's self-conscious of the fact, it's a prosthetic. It's a stop-gap, a piece of chewed gum you stick in the hole of your sinking boat. So, you may ask, where's the problem then? Look at it this way: people don't really want to grow taller just for the sake of being tall. What I mean is, there's a reason behind you're wanting to be taller. Maybe you think you're more attractive when you're taller, maybe you want to be a star player in your basketball team. In any case, chances are that being taller isn't an end of itself, but a path to something else.

Let's take what I think is a common reason why a man would want to be taller: to attract women. Now, attracting women is another activity that isn't an end-product, it's just a path to another goal. Biology class would have taught you that the male of the species attracts the female for the purpose of mating and producing offspring. So in the case of our man wanting to be taller, he must be living in a society wherein being taller is a trait that makes him more attractive to the opposite sex and therefore more likely to attract a mate and have offspring.

But the thing with humans is that we tend to form long-term relationships. So, if our man becomes successful in his quest for a mate, and the platform shoes were the reason for his success, then what happens when the time comes, and it surely will, when she notices that hi isn't so tall after all?

Something to think about in your quest to grow taller.

Height-Increase Secrets

2009-09-08T09:31:00.000-07:00

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Yes there are those lucky few who have all the height they'll ever need, but if you're not one of them, it doesn't mean there's nothing else you can do to grow taller. Your height isn't necessarily stuck at what your genes tell your body, there are things you can still do to squeeze out the maximum from your growth.

If someone tries to sell you some type of medicine or drug that is supposed to work on you overnight so that when you wake up, you'll have grown several inches taller, don't be fooled. Adolescents in their growth-spurt years can experience amazing increases in height, but of course this varies widely from individual to individual. Lifestyle and habits play a big part in your physical growth, and whatever your age, these two things can be adjusted in some easy ways to get you some additional height.

The first, and probably the easiest, of these changes that you should make into a habit is to turn in early every night and get a good eight hours of sleep. Scientific research has found a strong link between Human Growth Hormone (HGH) production and sleep. It has been determined that the beginning of the sleep cycle is when HGH production is at its highest, and continues throughout the entire cycle. It won't do to be worried about the occasional late nights at the office or at a party, your body should easily absorb that, but do try to have a good night's rest more often than not. Should you find yourself at the occasional party, smoking and drinking away, just be aware that the cigarettes and alcohol will negatively impact the way your body absorbs the calcium in your food or supplements, and that can adversely affect your height-gain.

Keeping our focus on growing taller at the dining table, avoid eating too much fatty food as this will have an adverse effect also. We cannot eliminate fat completely from our diet, but too little fat is rarely the problem with the food we eat these days. Eat more of protein and calcium rich food instead of fatty food. You can get your proteins as well as many more nutrients in beans, peas, and other legumes, and milk provides a source of calcium.

The effects of regular exercise are well worth the effort, and growth in terms of height is one of the many advantages you can get with moderate weight-lifting, running, swimming, and activities of that sort. Don't forget to get a doctor's go signal though, before you start on your exercise program. The spine, legs, and joints also respond very well to stretches which should form part of your exercise program.

And finally, are you ready for a secret that will give you an instant inch or two in height, without exercise, medicine, or any change in diet? Here is the secret revealed: good posture. Pay attention that your spine is as straight as you can naturally make it, don't slouch, stand proud. Just straightening up your posture will have you grow taller by an extra inch or two.

Grow Taller With Exercise

2009-09-03T10:48:00.000-07:00

It may be counter-intuitive to some people that exercise can help you grow taller. My grandmother used to stop my brother whenever he would lift weights, saying that it would prevent him from growing tall. To her, the weight pushes you down and compresses you, the direct opposite of growing "up."

Nowadays we know better, but I've found that there are still some people out their who are afraid of lifting weights because it might "push them down" when what they need is the opposite.

So yes, numerous studies have shown, and doctors tell us, that exercising helps to add to your height, and no, lifting weights won't push you down and prevent your growth. A simple explanation that I've read on the net is that exercise, any type of exercise, produces lactate in your body. That feeling described as acid burn is produced by lactic acid accumulating in your muscles, so I guess it's true that lactate is produced. Correct me if I'm wrong.

Lactate just so happens to be an essential component in the secretion of Human Growth Hormones (HGH), which as we've discussed in previous posts is the main component in height gain. So there is a direct link between exercise and growth, but there is no direct link I've found connecting weight-lifting (done moderately, of course) and stunted growth.

If you do want height-building exercises that are not counter-intuitive, you can also do stretches, which are also a form of exercise. The first one you can do is called the forward bend. Standing straight with feet shoulder-width apart, place the palms of your hands flat on the front of your thighs. Slowly, slide your hands down your legs, bending at the hips and spine while keeping the knees straight. Go down as far as you can comfortable go, then lightly hold whatever part of your legs you've reached. Now, pull down just a little bit more with your arms, bending your spine even more, but stop just short of feeling any pain. There shouldn't be any pain, just a bit of discomfort. Hold this position for 20 seconds, then release.

Next, lying face down on the floor, use your arms to life your torso up, as if you were doing push-ups, but keep your hips firmly touching the floor, so that only your spine bends back. Again, stop just short of feeling any pain, hold for 20 seconds, then release.

Do these two exercises in the morning and evening, then as you get used to it, increase the times in the day that you do it, up to around five or six times a day. Remember, never over-strain or put yourself in any pain.

These exercises will stretch your spine and strengthen the muscles that support it, as well as add flexibility to your shoulders, torso, and thighs. Do them regularly along with all the other height-incease habits, and you will grow taller.

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Grow Taller By Eating

2009-08-27T06:09:00.001-07:00

Some people regard diet as just another four-letter word, but if you really want to grow taller, then you’ll need to watch what goes into your mouth. The good news is that dieting to lose weight is not at all the same as dieting to add inches to your height. Growth needs nutrition to fuel it, and the trick is to know what kind of nutrition.

Whatever your age, you should already be keeping to a healthy diet, more or less. If you are, then you’re already far ahead of the game. The next step is targeting the right mixture of nutrients for suitable cell growth. Which nutrients are most needed by your body to grow taller? What sort of food should you consume for these nutrients?

In general, balanced diets have proper amounts of vitamins, minerals, proteins, fats, and carbohydrates. If your goal is height increase that happens naturally, you should concentrate on the first three of these: vitamins, minerals, and proteins.

See that you amp up, but still keeping to healthy levels, your consumption of eggs, fish, and drink a lot of milk. Also, your choice for veggies should lean towards beans, soy products, alfalfa, lentils, and peas. These all contain high levels of amino acids in proteins, a prime-mover in the production of Human Growth Hormone (HGH) in your body.

Eat a lot of calcium-rich food as well, and be wary of so-called calcium-inhibitors: foods that hinder you’re body’s absorption of the mineral. This means cutting down, or even stopping the intake entirely, of coffee, refined sugar, and alcohol. Your smoking habit also negates all that calcium you’re trying to eat, as will all that salt and fat in your food.

So to grow vertically without growing horizontally as well (for you directionally challenged individuals, that means “for getting taller without getting fatter”), take out some, not all, of the carbohydrates in your present diet, like bread, pasta and rice. Replace the portions you took away with beans, fish, eggs and other protein-rich foods, and drink milk or a soy drink if you’re lactose intolerant.

Adjusting your diet to target height gain like this should already get you well on your way to achieving the dream. But there are more things you can do, more “grow taller” habits you should get on right away, and we’ll be talking exactly about those next!

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How Your Body Grows Taller

2009-08-22T04:32:00.000-07:00

It's not a particular requirement to grow taller that you know exactly how your body does it, but it is an interesting thing to know, certainly something to keep in your arsenal of smart-guy factoids for the next office party.

Throughout your life, and assuming that you're normal, your pituitary gland releases human growth hormones (HGH) which are used in two ways: first, the HGH bind themselves into target cells throughout your body which, in very simple terms, they instruct to grow. The second way sends the HGH into the liver which processes them, amps them up, but also regulates the process so that your body's growth is balanced. HGH has been observed to be released in waves or pulses in the body, mostly occurring during sleep. That is why getting adequate sleep is very important if you want to maximize your natural potential for height increase.

While you're young, the pituitary glands produce a lot of HGH and therefore you grow and get taller fast, but as you age, the HGH production slows down, and so does your growth.

HGH has long been available as an injectable, mostly for children suffering from stunted growth. Why is it not advisable for you to take HGH injections for an easy way to gain inches to your height? Well, mainly because it's expensive and carries an entire set of undesirable side effects ranging from ear infections to abdominal pain and even to diabetes and hardening of the arteries, and many other things you wouldn't want to have.

(Just a little something to add to your factoid collection: HGH for injections used to be harvested from human cadavers, and often carried with it pathogens which in turn infected the patients who used it. Synthetic HGH was developed in the 1980s and so there is no need for cadaver-harvesting today.)

There are more, safer ways to increase the levels of HGH in your body without the use of injections, and at virtually any age. If you are not suffering from stunted growth and are within the norms of standard height, and would only like to gain a bit more for cosmetic purposes, for example, it will be well advised for you to explore the less intrusive and more natural ways to grow taller.

Grow Taller Right Now: The Newspaper Stretch

2009-08-21T10:55:00.000-07:00

One of the first techniques I learned which seemed to fit into the "grow taller right now" school, or at least in a gain inches in a reasonable amount of time, was what I now call the newspaper stretch. I believe I ordered it in a mail-order catalog or some such source, and at the time I paid a handsome amount for it. This was my first act of desperation in the desire to add a few inches to my height - sending precious cash away by post, not knowing whether it would even reach its destination or if it did, if the seller would actually send me anything useful.

I did get an envelope soon enough, and it contained a small printed pamphlet with 1 "surefire, guaranteed" method explained in about ten pages. Actually, the method itself took just one or two pages, the rest was fluff.

Here is that height gain method as I remember it: take a stack of newspapers and lay them on the floor, so that when you stand on the stack and reach up to the ceiling, your middle fingertip will just barely touch. I suppose there was a schedule involved, probably once first thing in the morning and once before sleep. I don't remember how long I was supposed to maintain the stretch each time.

The trick was then to remove one single page from the stack of papers every day, so that before very long, the newspapers would be gone and I would be tall enough to reach the ceiling. There were more instructions to the stretches but I've forgotten them now.

Did it work? I never found out. I collected the papers and I did the stretches and filled out the weekly chart so I could follow my height increase - for about two or three weeks. In the first week I believe I measured an extra 1/8th of an inch increase (which encouraged me greatly), but the second week's measurement either gave the same figure or went back to my original. In any case it depressed me greatly, until I quit a few days after.

I didn't return it to get my money back (which I could do within 30 days, but who does this anyway?), and that was that. I have learned a lot more since then, about other methods and shortcuts, and about human physiology as well, stuff that I will share with you.

In the next posts on Grow Taller Right Now I will discuss ways to gaining height that are much, much better than the newspaper method, so stay tuned!

Welcome to GROW TALLER RIGHT NOW

2009-08-21T02:56:00.000-07:00

Grow Taller Right Now is a blog where we explore different tips and tricks to make you (you guessed it) grow taller, right now! The world is full of people who are unsatisfied with their height, and in answer, the web has become awash with facts and fiction about height gain. How do you know which of these to believe and which to take with a grain (or several) of salt? (An aside: eating too much salt might interfere with your growth. Just sayin'.)

On these pages, we will explore the many methods people have used throughout the centuries to increase their height. No matter what reason you have to want to add inches to your height, we will try our best to give you the information you need. Tablets and pills, medicines and herbs, exercises and diet, all of these things have been used for the purpose, and within the pages of this site, we aim to examine them all.

From short and fat to lithe and tall: this is an elusive dream for many people, and who can blame them? By reading these pages, anyone can be that much nearer to achieving the dream.

Again, welcome to Grow Taller Right Now, and we hope you enjoy your stay!

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