does eating certain things acutally effect youur growth??

Question

if i havent had a growth spurt yeat and i usually drink 750ml of milk a day, does this actually help or is it mostly genetics that affect how tall u will be

Answer 1

eating a balanced diet, of which milk/calcium is a part, will help you acheive your best height,, but your best is partly limited by genetics

Answer 2

Sorry genetics control your height. Drinking milk is very good for you and 10x better than drinking pop or sugary juice products. I don't know how old you are but generally once someone reaches the age of 19 they are as tall as they are going to get. Growth around the midsection is a whole different story!

Answer 3

Anything with Protien that is all natural, like Soy, Barley, Wheat, Hops, Vitamins, All that stuff builds strong muscles, bones, & gives your body fuel to reach it's maximum potential.

Regular milk is very bad for your body, I strongly reccomend switching either to organic milk (no hormones), or soy milk.

Work out regularly, but don't overdo it. Let your muscles grow by giving them rest for a couple of days after you work out. The whole idea of building strong muscles is to work out, which stretches and scars the muscle tissue, then letting them heal. When your muscles heal, they will heal a little bigger, and a little stronger.

Don't overdo weightlifting if you are under 18. This will stunt your growth. Concentrate more on your cardiovascular endurance.

I reccomend talking to your doctor or nutritionist, and ask them to reccomend a diet plan and some vitamin suppliments you can take every day.

Other than that, the rest is genetics.

Answer 4

Milk is horrible for you -- stop drinking it immediately!

And yes, height is genetic.

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EDIT: sorry, milk is BAD for you!
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IS COW'S MILK
MAKING YOU AND YOUR CHILDREN SICK?
"Hundreds of millions of dollars are invested each year by the Dairy Industry and milk processors to insure that Americans will drink milk and eat dairy products. Some of those dollars are used to pay for advertising and some of those dollars are donated to congressmen and senators who vote on issues affecting the Dairy Industry. Some of those dollars are paid to the American Dietitians Association (ADA) which promotes the use of milk and dairy products. Some of those dollars are granted to universities to finance research that supports the marketing message of the Dairy Coalition.

Adult Americans would react with repugnance when faced with the suggestion of drinking human breast milk, How about milk from man's best friends, his cats and dogs? Instinctively, one knows that there are substances in milk which are intended for the young of each specific species.
Yet, we continue to drink milk from cows. That practice has been made acceptable. We drink a tall glass of milk, unaware that we also are consuming powerful growth hormones, enormous quantities of dietary cholesterol, fat, allergenic proteins, insecticides, antibiotics, viruses, and bacteria...."
- Robert Cohen, author of "Milk A to Z"

Do you or your children suffer from any number of unpleasant conditions ranging from excess mucous and post-nasal drip, to chronic colds and flu, recurring ear infections, bed-wetting, adult incontinence, gastric upset, diabetes, arthritis, acne, skin disorders, crohn's disease, tuberculosis, constipation and/or diarrhea, heart disease, osteoporosis, allergies...?? and the list goes on... There is much evidence that points to cow's milk as a MAJOR contributing factor in most chronic and degenerative conditions - conditions which are sharply on the rise but were almost unheard of prior to the industrialization of agriculture and massive increases in the amounts of pollutants we ingest from our diets.

"But," you say, "my parents drank milk and their parents drank milk, and everything I see on TV and read in magazines tells me that it's healthy and necessary for a balanced diet!!"

Thinking back... how many of your relatives succumbed to a chronic disease?... or were plagued with chronic conditions throughout most of their lifetime? Chances are... those who drank milk straight from the cow (non-homogenized and non-pasteurized) were 'healthy as a horse', provided that the cow grazed on non-chemically treated grasses in an organic field.

The modern problems with milk consumption started when agricultural farmers, including dairy farmers, turned to chemical fertilizers and hormones and antibiotics, all of which pollute the animals, their by-products (milk & meat) and ultimately 'us'.

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