Saturday, May 16, 2009

Are You Desperate To Look Taller?

By mboudakoupitt

There are many people in the world who think that they are stuck with the height their genes dictate. This simply isnt true! There are tons of ways to learn how to get taller.

Why doesnt this work? To understand this, first you must know how your bones grow. When we are infants, much of our bones consist of squishy, flexible cartilage. Much of this substance doesnt ossify into solid bone until we are much older. When we are going through puberty, growth plates on the ends of our longer bones lengthen gradually. Once they stop growing, however, there is nothing short of surgery that will make them grow again.

However, this doesnt mean that exercising is entirely useless. If you are still going through puberty, exercising regularly and doing stretches can help in lengthening your bones, as it releases height growth hormones. If youre no longer going through puberty, exercising to increase your muscle mass can also be beneficial. This results in your body looking thinner, which also helps in making your body taller.

In extreme cases, some resort to bone lengthening surgery to grow taller. Unfortunately, this surgery is very risky in lots of ways. Not only is it difficult to even find a doctor thats qualified to do this, but the complications afterward can make life very difficult indeed.

As we grow older, poor diet and a lack of exercise makes our bones weaker. This makes them more prone to breaking. Worse still, low calcium levels can result in our bones actually shrinking as our bodies draw calcium from our bones in a desperate attempt to make more. Keeping a good diet will keep your bones healthy and strong and prevent this from happening.

Exercise, in the meantime, is also important in how to look taller. When you are slim and muscular, its easier to look taller. Heavyset frames tend to look even shorter still. - 14130

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