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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are they willing to do the work?  Ok, here goes.

Basketball, running,  lots of stretching exercises (pull ups on bars), yoga, swimming - every day.

Lots of good nutritious food. Don't give them junk or fried food. Severely limit added sugar and processed foods.  Give them good quality organic protein, and lots of green and colorful veggies. Whole grain plant based foods. Organic dairy.

Multivitamin every day.

Good personal hygiene and home hygiene.

Good quality sleep.

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Does this really do it??[/quote]

Yes, if done before puberty. [b]Once the space between bones are closed and there is no space for the bones to grow (as they will touch each other), the bone stops growing.[/b]  That is the reason that height is predicted by "bone age" which measures how much space to grow exists between two bones.  However, before the space between the bones are closed, you can "stretch" your bones as it is still being "built"  by good nutrition, exercise, hygiene and sleep.  Mainly you are stretching and building your growing bones.  Good hygiene is important so that your body's energy goes towards growth and not towards fighting germs.

Running, jumping, stretching etc elongates the existing bones and helps in making the bones stronger. Also it makes the skeletal muscles stronger and stretches the vertebras too.  By just doing yoga and improving posture you can gain an inch of height.

Some endocrinologists recommend taking a calcium-magnesium-d3 and K2 MK7 supplement too. But, a very well balanced, organic and nutritious diet can probably take care of all the important minerals. [/quote]

No. This is NOT how it works. Google "epiphyseal plates."

The epiphyseal plates are the growth sites, but bones don't keep growing until the "touch each other." Somebody made that up out of whole cloth.[/quote]

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