When the issue of how to grow tall is brought up, a very common theme to people that believe that it’s not possible to grow taller naturally is to point out the fact that genetics is the single largest determinant of how tall a person is destined to become.
Of course, this is entirely true, but the line of thinking here is severely limited to the point that it can become detrimental.
No one can change their genetics, period. Even though science is breaking new boundaries every day, there is still no way to alter, shape or otherwise manipulate your basic genetic code that is imprinted within every living cell in your body. Simply put, what you are born with is what you have.
So if your genetics have pre-determined you to be a certain height, that is what you are stuck with, right? Well, this seems to be a plausible enough argument on the surface and until very recently it was believed by even the most hopeful of physicians and researchers involved in height research. However, luckily for us its not necessarily true.
While your genetics do determine almost everything about you, their primary role is to make what can be referred to as a foundational determination – or what can be referred to as a “base.” The “icing on the cake,” so to speak, is made up of environmental influences such as nutrition, health, and other variables that are largely influenced by you. Think back to the old, “genetics vs. environment” argument and you can note that no matter how long each side has been touted as the victor, there really is no “winner” because both criteria play such critical, interlocking roles in the development of any organism. In other words, they both win.
For another example of how the foundational role of genetics can be thwarted even though genetics can’t be changed, one only has to look at the hair on your head. Your genetics make the foundational determination of how fast your hair grows, your hair color, and the likelihood that you will begin to lose your hair at one point or another in your lifetime. However, external environmental criteria can alter each and every one of these foundational criteria: hair rate of growth can be accelerated by taking a supplement called MSM; hair color can be changed with dyes and artificial coloring; and even the unpopular genetic trait of baldness can be curtailed by utilizing medication such as Rogaine and Propecia.
The key to answering the question of how to grow tall doesn’t have to be centered around genetic principles, but instead by focusing on the external, environmental criteria. Make a positive impact on environmental variables that affect your height and you can, in fact, grow taller at any age as long as you are willing to accept the limitations of just how potent environmental changes can be, which are the limitations that your genetics have placed on your height in the first place.
In other words, growing taller is a very real possibility, but you have to accept the limitations placed on your height by circumstances out of your control.
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