<p>C2, it's not sleeping patterns that matter.</p>
<p>When you wake up, you're taller because your vertebrae pads have decompressed overnight.</p>
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Again, Chris C2, nutrition will only have a significant impact if you are extremely underfed. While living off twinkies and pop-tarts certainly isn't good for you, it won't impact your height as long as you're not starving yourself. A 'horrible diet' isn't really all that horrible in the first world.
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C2, it's not sleeping patterns that matter.</p>
<p>When you wake up, you're taller because your vertebrae pads have decompressed overnight.
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<p>I know... I was using myself as an example to show that sleep and diet don't have much of an impact on height.</p>
<p>ive got a 5'2" dad, a 5'1" mom, a terrible diet, moderate sleep, and I'm 5'8", but I did stop growing at age 13 which was really weird.</p>
<p>before puberty eating well, getting sunshine (to make that vit D), and doing something active once in a while helps -- i've got a sister who looks exactly like me in face and stature and even likes the same music -- my mom put her through a lot of sport and she had very good nutrition and more sun compared to my childhood, and got less sick, so it looks like she'll be 1-2 inches taller -- but of course it might be just that we're similar in some genes but the height ones are different</p>
<p>after puberty nothing except surgery helps -- in my home country i know there is a surgeon who is very well known for making people taller -- but it is a very painful procedure that goes one for over a year with possibility of side effects -- i heard it entails putting these metal things into leg bones and keeping them there for months - which sounds long and painful -- of course you cannot walk in the process so you have to be sitting or lying down all the time (so you cannot go to work or school meanwhile) -- i think they do this procedure in united states in rare cases of really stunned growth</p>
<p>also, after sleep you're a few centimeters taller
and of course shoes help :)</p>
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after puberty nothing except surgery helps -- in my home country i know there is a surgeon who is very well known for making people taller -- but it is a very painful procedure that goes one for over a year with possibility of side effects -- i heard it entails putting these metal things into leg bones and keeping them there for months - which sounds long and painful -- of course you cannot walk in the process so you have to be sitting or lying down all the time (so you cannot go to work or school meanwhile) -- i think they do this procedure in united states in rare cases of really stunned growth
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<p>I read about this procedure in the newspapers back home in Asia. However, it only allowed the girl to gain about 3-4 inches ( which was a big deal for her since she was about 4'10 or something .. ) and apparently it was very very painful.</p>
<p>Do short people have a harder time finding a job?</p>
<p>EE_STU: Yes, they do. The world is such that the first thing people ask on your resume is your height. A 6'4" idiot with a 60 IQ will be a success in life, while a 5'5", dedicated, smart, hard-working person will have a drudgery-filled life.</p>
<p>So you know what to do now to get a good job!</p>
<p>Great...now if only I can pass myself as an Anglo white...:rolleyes:</p>
<p>Lifting weights properly won't stunt growth. Most kids in high school don't lift properly. Squatting, which is probably the most beneficial lift for most sports, is the easiest to screw up. Make sure you learn to lift from some who really knows what they're doing (not necessarily the same thing as a person who is really strong).</p>
<p>Its mostly genetics. My parent are 5 5' and Im 5 8'. That formula works for me.</p>
<p>Holla's hit the nail right on the head. Definitely find a qualified person to teach and correct your form. Form is very important when lifting weights. Drop your ego and lighten on the weight and get your form right first. The big moves like squats and deadlifts can really hurt your knees and back. The most important thing is to always keep your lower back straight and never let it round. Also warm up first, then stretch before you lift.</p>
<p>i tried for four years and finally stopped last year. nothing works. i'm doomed to be short...forever.
YAY!</p>
<p>I believe unless height is a requirment for a job, it's illegal in america to ask something like that for a job. Just like it's illegal to ask a birthday or if you have kids.</p>
<p>Yup, every1 here's right. </p>
<p>MILK: A friend who drank lots of milk had ginormous growth spurts. </p>
<p>SLEEP: Another friend who didn't get much sleep stayed short for years.</p>
<p>HEALTHY FOOD: The same friend as the SLEEP one also ate a lot of junk food.</p>
<p>POSTURE: Another friend complains about being too short, but slumps a lot. If she just kept her back straight, she'd be and look taller.</p>
<p>Oh and also, with the friend examples above, genetics didn't seem to play much of a role in height.</p>
<p>E.g. the short (SLEEP and FOOD) friend had a really tall dad and an average height mom.</p>
<p>E.g. the tall (MILK) friend had a tiny mom, but an average-tall dad</p>
<p>hey I started a thread about this awhile ago...in the College Cafe thing. Just look in my profile or search for it</p>
<p>A crazy idea I've heard is to extend the seat of a bike up to a point where sitting on it will result in your feet being barely able to reach to the footpetals of the bike with your legs extended; vigorously cycling on the bike in this a way will cause your legs to eventually stretch to accomodate the stress they receive from such strain, along with a diet heavy in calcium....refute please?</p>
<p>I can't believe how ridiculous this thread has become...</p>
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Yup, every1 here's right. </p>
<p>MILK: A friend who drank lots of milk had ginormous growth spurts. </p>
<p>SLEEP: Another friend who didn't get much sleep stayed short for years.</p>
<p>HEALTHY FOOD: The same friend as the SLEEP one also ate a lot of junk food.</p>
<p>POSTURE: Another friend complains about being too short, but slumps a lot. If she just kept her back straight, she'd be and look taller.
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Yes, 4 people is about the agreed upon size of a perfectly acceptable test group.</p>
<p>why would you want to become taller in the first place? oh wait, i do know why..because ppl think you're 9 even though you have a chest, you get the kids menu, little kids laugh at you, adults treat you like you're 5, and until i read this thread, i though i could still get a job, but apparently not. i stopped growing when i was 12, and according to the hospital, i'm 4'9", which would make me a dwarf - but i think they lied. anyways, i don't think you should look for methods to become taller, it's all kind of stupid. my mom bought me these asian shoe things that "massage" your feet and those things hurt like heck. i think all us short ppl should just stick together and take over the world.</p>