When we are talking about short stature, we have to understand that there really is 4 basic causes of short stature.

1. Malnutrition

2. Genetics

3. Pathology (i.e. growth hornome defiency).

4. Psychosocial

For the first cause, malnutrition, that is easily to explain. One’s diet and quantity of good food one can consume early in life determines one’s growth and final height. Less food and less nutrients lead to a stunted growth of one’s maxim potential. This can be correctly for the future younger generation by increasing one’s economy, wealth and more access to food.

For the last cause, psychosocial, that is also easy to explain. One’s mental and emotional state is under so much anxiety or stress, either from one’s situation or surroundings or internally, that one’s height is stunted from one’s psychological makeup or state. This can be corrected by developing a stronger and less stressful environment with good commerce, stable politics, and no wars.

I would assume that for most of use, we are not suffering from such a high level of malnutrition or psychological anxiety that our short stature is from those two causes. So let’s focus on just the two causes in the middle.

One of them is pathological in nature. When a person who is born to average sized parents somehow through random chance or bad luck ends up with some form of osteogenetic disorder, it almost always leads to short height. One of the most common is growth hormone deffiency. The best player in the world right now (in my opinion) Lionel Messi, was diagnosed with growth hormone diffiency when he was just a  small child. HIs parents brought him to the doctor since he was shorter by over 1 feet difference between other kids his age. The doctors determined he was not getting the amount of GH in his system. He was treated with GH therapy by daily injections which was said to cost up to $40,000/year (source).

Other types are like Osteogenetic Imperfecta which Sean Stephenson was suffering from. Osteogenetic Imperfecta is where one’s bones are so brittle that it becomes really easy to break. Even though such a disorder is genetic in origin, it was really by chance Sean was born with it, but his parents genes stated he was more likely to be born and grow into a normal sized body. This is short stature from a pathology

The other type of short stature is really genetic in nature. That means that if a geneticist was to look at their genes and hereditary lineage they would say the person would most likely end up in the lower percentile of height within the chosen population group. When one looks at the various countries, ethnicites, and groups of people in the world, there is some noticeable patterns and trends in height that one would be hard to ignore. There just seems to be groups in the world who are just on average taller than another group. The only evidence needed is just from looking at the Wikipedia article on Human Height and check the chart on average heights for different countries of the world (HERE).

People from countries like Vietnam are in general shorter than people from Serbia, and we could state that it is just in the pre-programmed genetics of the group. Sure, there are always a few exceptions and statistical anomalies in every population, but in general the number reveal what  the trends are very clearly.

Overall, it is easier to become shorter than taller. It is easier to decrease in height from taller to shorter that to increase in height from shorter to taller.

From a completely clinical or medical point of view, genetic short stature is not defined by the medical community as a disorder or pathology, so it will be close to impossible for people who have genetic short stature to gain the medical communities support in finding a solution to their dreams of height increase. As for the people who develop short stature from a pathology, it is much easier for them to gain the support of the medical and scientific community to find a solution to their size increase ambitions because the medical community has defined those types of disorders, even if they are genetic in cause to be a pathology.

This is why people who are genetically predisposed to be short from their parents will rarely be given GH therapy to increase their height. The doctors don’t think there is anything wrong with them medically. The people who are suffering say dwarfism from a growth hormone diffiency like Messi can claim they are suffering from a medical disorder and endocrinologist will be okay in giving them GH therapy and expensive injections.

Now is it fair that some people can easily get GH therapy treatments and others don’t? No, but that is the current status quo at this time within the medical community and society . If you develop short stature because your parents were on the short side, the doctors probably won’t help you. If you develop it from random chance, the doctors will be willing to help out.

It seems for any serious height increase enthusiast on the internet, they have all heard of this guy named sky and his website easyheight.com. Skye’s real name was Ryan Nguyen, a 5′ 6″ vietnamese pharmacist student and intern , which was what he was when he first started on his search around 2003, almost a decade ago. I would assume he is probably in his 30s now, have moved on and doing something else with his life, probably have a wife and kids, and late at night still wishes at some point to increase his height. These types of desires which was once an obsession never fully goes away, but only goes into hiding. If nothing happens, that desire lays dormant and slowly diminishes away as time and life moves forward. However, if something does happen, that spark can be reignited.

Well, I have tried to get to his website but it was shut down, and I would guess it was shut down recently, maybe around 2010 or 2011. However the internet is a very interesting place. I used the way back machine and found sections of his website from 2004 all the way upwards to 2010. On the site was a lot of good information which I wanted to repost here. I personally would have liked it if he could have left  the site alone and let future Height increase seekers to look through it. It only costs like $12/ year to keep the domain and hosting privileges.

So this will be the first of many posts that was on sky’s easyheight.com site. This is for his post on “The Dutch Diet”.

Now, this diet posted by sky was mainly talking about the component which are supposed to help increase in height. For a more complete view of what goes into a Dutch diet, I went to another source HERE. I’ll post the results down below.

Dutch Diet in a nutshell

You don’t like following recipes? We totally understand. Just stick to the following rules for a healthy average day:

1. Never skip breakfast. Just eat two pieces of whole grain bread with something you like on it.

2. Never skip lunch. Just eat two (or if you’re really hungry three) pieces of whole grain bread with something you like on it. If you go to work or school, pack your lunch!

3. Dinner means a small piece of meat or a piece of fish (that may be bigger), two serving spoons of rice or potatoes and two (up to four is optional) serving spoons of vegetables. Dessert is some fruit or a bowl of yoghurt with fruit.

4. Eat at least two pieces of fruit every day.

5. Snacks are okay, but chose healthy ones: fruit, carrots, whole grain low fat biscuits, olives, a hand ful of nuts. (Fruits, carrots unlimited, nuts or biscuits, max three snacks per day.)

6. Drink as much water or green tea as you can. 8 glasses is a good target.

7. Got weak for a day? Don’t panick. Just do a Balance Day the next day. There are several options to make up for that one bad day.

8. Exercize. Take the stairs, play with your kids outside, go for a walk or rather a run. Seriously, you have to get moving. If you hate it, stimulate yourself to do half an hour, 3 times a week. If you really want to lose weight: move as much as you can (Target: half an hour heathy breathing every day, raking the yard counts too!)

I was looking through the Impartial Height Increase Boards and the old EasyHeight website and it seemed like Alfalfa was for a time the holy grail for height increase seekers. Somehow there was a slight movement years ago where people started taking alfalfa supplements thinking they would grow taller. I wanted to see if there is any validity to the people’s claims that Alfalfa can increase one’s height.

From the ABC Homeopathy website located HERE, I find this solution/recipe for a homeopathic height increase solution.

1)baryta carb 1m….one dose once in 15 days 

2)calcaria phos 3x..2 tablets 3 times a day 

3)alfalfa tonic….1 teaspoon 2 times a day half hour before meals 

all medicines to continue for one year.. 
mark her height now check every 6 months 
satisfaction guaranteed 99.9%

Me: Note that Baryta Carb is mentioned again and the calcaria phos (aka calcium phosphate) is also mentioned. I had written in a previous post about the possibility of using Baryta as a form of homeoopathic height increase solution.

If we go to the Impartial Height Increase Board, this is the type of posts I am finding there. (Source 1)

To the Alfalfa users December 28 2004 at 9:45 AM Joe  Those of us from the first group of Alfalfa takers should be approaching 3 months of usage. It was around this time that Kaneka said he noticed he was taller (that he was looking down on a friend that was previously at his eye level). I have been taking Alfalfa for 10 weeks and 4 days now, but no increase in height. At least not since the last time i measured myself, last Friday. No increase in height or circumference of skull. I am 23, and have been taking a reasonably high dosage of Alfalfa. I had upped the dosage from 7 to 8 x 3 of 500mg a day by the 7th week n 3rd day, then upped it to 10 x 3 a day, exactly 2 weeks later. If this was Kaneka, surely he would have grown by now! However i haven’t. There obviously is some other factor we are not looking into? Maybe it’s something like the blood group (not sure which i am, but i’ll find out) or bone density? I guess everybody is different, and for some of us, perhaps we should be prepared to take higher dosages for longer, in order to see results? I weightlift sometimes..used to do it 4 times a week but have cut down since Alfalfa taking..maybe this is another factor? I was feeling sensations in my head when i was on 8 x 3 a day, nothing major, just like slight headaches, no significant difference with that since i went up to 10 x 3 a day. I don’t know whether to use the headpains thing as an indicator of how well this is working or not, but i thought maybe i should increase the dosage gradually until the headpains worsen, what do others reckon?Also i’d like to ask Kaneka, when did you actually up your dosage to 21 a day? Plus by 3 months, what were your headpains like? Sorry if you’ve already been asked this.    Respond to this message
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Kaneka	Re: To the Alfalfa users December 28 2004, 10:55 AM  Yes, I have answered this already, probably more than once  But anyway, I was up to 7 per meal by around the 1st month mark. The strong head pains were in full swing within about 6 weeks, and gradually intensified as time went on.Bad luck with the lack of growth so far, but dont give up yet with it – the head pains are surely a sign that something is going on… Just be vigilant about those acromegaly symptoms -I dont want your nose to be the only thing that grows, lol.
smalldude	Re: To the Alfalfa users December 28 2004, 8:36 PM  Hmm yeah we are still not sure why it’s not working for some…did you do any height increasing intensive exersises? Or any kind of intensive exercises? Mostly all of them did.
Jamie	Re: To the Alfalfa users December 28 2004, 9:19 PM  There seams to be alot of factors of “why” you havent grown such as; Age(23), maybe blood type, exercise routine, dosage and diet etc.Remember you are over the age of (21), so your growth rate will be much slower then people who are under that age. I personally think your “exercise routine” needs to be changed, and include maybe “running” or/ and “swimming” into it, and NO weightlifting if possible, because the HGH that your body makes will go into muscle building and repair. 3 months is not that much of a long time period for Alfalfa to kick in…try it for another 2 months and see what happens. What’s your diet like – pretty nutritous & healthy? I’m not sure on “dosage” matters, but maybe and i mean maybe, some people will need a higher dosage to get things going…but it is more dangerous! Keep trying anyways, Jamie Workouts: (1) 70 jumps a day (30 in morning, 10 afternoon, 30 at night) (2) 900 skips a day (200 morning, 500 afternoon, 200 night) (3) 15 mins hanging on bar (5 mins in morning, afternoon & night) (4) Roughly 30 mins of 3 different stretching exercises 6 days a week (5) Weightlifting 4 times per week (6) Cycling with raised seat 40 mins 3/4 days a week
Joe	Re: To the Alfalfa users December 29 2004, 6:55 AM  Thanks for the responses guys.’Hmm yeah we are still not sure why it’s not working for some…did you do any height increasing intensive exersises? Or any kind of intensive exercises? Mostly all of them did.’ – Smalldude i’ve only really been doing hanging and skipping, and some stretching inbetween each set of hanging. No real Cardio work as such. The routine i started out with has changed somewhat, due to it being difficult over the Christmas period. Biking has stopped temporarily but i will continue in the new year. Hey Smalldude, are you part of the Alfalfa taking gang? It’s just i only seem to see you give advice on the subject . Do you have a routine of your own? – Jamie. You could be right about including running or swimming. Swimming would be ideal, as it’s like an all-in-one workout, i definately wouldn’t need to do as much weightlifting if i did swimming. However it’s hard to fit it into my lifestyle. I’ll give running a go in the new year though. My diet as you say is ‘pretty nutritious and healthy’. A good mix of protein and carbs, and very rarely do i eat fatty foods. I will probably increase Alfalfa dosage in the future too. That workout of mine has gone down the pan of late lol. I don’t do the jumps anymore because it knackered my right knee. The 30 mins of stretching exercises i gave up, because i haven’t exactly seen any progress and besides i’ve replaced it with the strecthing i do inbetween hanging. Present Routine: (1) 900 skips a day (200 morning, 500 afternoon, 200 night) (2) 15 mins hanging on bar (5 mins in morning, afternoon & night) with stretching inbetween each set. There are 8 sets. (3) Weightlifting 3ish times per week3 x 10(500mg) of Alfalfa. 4 x 500mg of L-arginine. 3 x 100mg of Sea Kelp. 1 x 15mg of Zinc with copper. 1 x ultra-vitamin tab. Future Routine: (1) 900 skips a day (200 morning, 500 afternoon, 200 night) (2) 15 mins hanging on bar (5 mins in morning, afternoon & night) with stretching inbetween each set. There are 8 sets. (3) Weightlifting 3ish times per week (4) Running for 30 mins per day (5) Cycling with Raised seat 1hr, 4 times per week (6) Legs hanging with weights 1hr before bed (7) Dying from exhaustion from all of the aboveOh and 100 Alfalfa tabs a day lol. Nah 12 x 3.
Cables	Re: To the Alfalfa users December 29 2004, 9:00 AM  Just thinking here but since Kaneka has the B+ blood group thta is most effective with alfalfa simply means it probably absorbs more o it better, therefore if you are not B+ you should take more.Jamie has had the pains and grown, kaneka has had the pains and grown therfore i think you have to be experiencing the pains. In the last week i have upped from 7500mg a day to 1500mg and i am justoing into my third month. I thikni willup more after a while till i experience the pains. REMEMBER since Kaneka is B+ taking 21 tabs a sdayforhim may be like taking 35 a day for someonewho isn’t a B+ blood group. as the absorption differences of the blood types could be the factor.
MrShortie	My blood group is B+ also. Took 24 Alfalfa tablets from GNC per day, don’t feel a thing . December 29 2004, 10:23 AM  My blood group is B+ also. Took 24 Alfalfa tablets from GNC per day, don’t feel a thing in my body.
Sebastian	Re: My blood group is B+ also. Took 24 Alfalfa tablets from GNC per day, don’t feel a thin December 29 2004, 7:36 PM  I’ve started to take Alfalfa this week and I already feel some slight headaches even if I am taking only 3 x 4 pills of 650 mg per day. Also, my blood type is A+ . However, I also take Kelp (2 X 2 X 650 mg) and liquid Glucosamine HCL + Sulfate. It is possible that Alfalfa is not the only substance involved in growing. In fact, it is possible Kelp and Glucosamine help it as synergists. This message has been edited by sebastian1980 on Dec 29, 2004 8:58 PM
Jamie	What do you expect? I never felt anything at 8 x 500mg x 3 either…Up that dosage slowly December 29 2004, 7:38 PM  nt

From Giant scientific, more posts (Source 2)

majorflux Sophomore Height SeekerJoined: 15 Aug 2005 Posts: 53	Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2005 1:08 am    Post subject: alfalfa program i just starting my alfalfa program tonight …im gonna take total of 12 tablets a day (3 per meal, 4 meals a day) …i got really inspired reading this info from easyheight.com http://www.easyheight.com/alfalfa.htm …so today is 9/13/2005 ..i will stick with this for one month…and report back on 10/13/2005 …hopefull with gain..if you have tried alfalfa before ..please post and let me know of your result thanks
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Osiris Sophomore Height SeekerJoined: 22 Aug 2005 Posts: 74 Location: MD	Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2005 5:33 pm    Post subject: Well, goodluck. I had absolutly no success. I didn’t gain an centimeter but I didn’t do it for that long and I did not overdose. I only took 2-3 tablets daily for about 3-4 months. I did not buy much because it was pretty expensive like ~10$ for 100tablets. May have to take large doses for a longer period of time. Maybe anti-estrogen with alfalfa will work well. I tried taking l-arginine didn’t really do much either.Iv read that a mix of l-arginine and l-ornithine before 1hr of intensive exercise will help boost GH quite a bit. Maybe taking it before bedtime would be smart and help GH release. _________________ Age:17 (DOB:May 7,1989) Gender: M Height:5’10” Artificial Height Gain:0 Weight:135lbs Parent’s height:5’3″,5’7″ Short-term Goal: 5’11” by age 17.5 Long-term Goal: 6′ adult height
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flamejob Rookie Height SeekerJoined: 22 Aug 2005 Posts: 21	Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2005 10:14 am    Post subject: l-arginine and l-ornithine are inefective .. they been doin the rounds as bodybuildin supps for years and have long been discredited!all that arginine will do is awaken any coldsores you might have … or increase nitrous oxide in the body and help you get a ‘woody’! alfalfa will do nothin to force your body past its genetic potential growth wise …. i wish people would would wake up be rational about these things… is a plant gonna make you grow??? i mean well puhlease ,lol!  cut your balls off before you reach puberty and you will grow day in day out , year in year out untill you die .. but who wants to live like that ?? alfalfa will be as effective as eatin a tin of beans for height increase! hope this helps. save your money and send it me!

From HeightQuest.Com (source 3)

“”Alfalfa is reported to be the richest natural source of ipriflavone.   Ipriflavone increases calcitonin levels but as we learned in our research about Calcium, osteoclasts are essential part of endochondral ossification by degrading matrix that prevents cells from growing to their full potential.  Ipriflavone may have similar effects to calcium given that it increases serum Calcium levels.  Calcitonin is important in L-type Calcium Channels.  CGRP is related to Calcitonin and regulates the mechanical response of bone to load.””

“”Alfalfa also increases stem cell proliferation and IGF-1 expression two anabolic activities which will help you grow taller.  Alfalfa also allows you to inhibit estrogen with less negative consequences. “”

Me: Here is what is most insightful from the Posts which I hope the readers get as a major takeaway (source)…””you guys know that isoflavone is the plant estrogen and can bind the same receptors on cells as human estrogen.. and also the fact that estrogen causes bone fusion.. and also the fact that alfalfa and soybeans are rich in isoflavones… so.. um.. if u take a lot of alfalfa or drink a lot of soy milk.. won’t it cause earlier bone fusion?””

So there is a possibility that Alfalfa actually decreases height from earlier growth plate fusion than helping it in the process. I wanted to figure out who or how the entire alfalfa movement even started so I had to find the posts put up by Sky from EasyHeight (source )

I was looking through the diagrams and exercises that were on the E-Products and I did see a set of exercises which can possibly stretch out the body a little and maybe give a little extra height once one gets out of bed. Overall, it has a small chance of expanding the vertebrate and the backbones a little but it will help keep the core muscles taut and strong through a daily exercise routine. It involved the exercises of stretching one’s body out horizontally while in bed.

From the downloads section for E-Book title “Grow Taller Secrets” page 17-19 (Source Link)

Preliminary Exercises

1. Before getting out of bed each morning (and before going to sleep each evening), stretch your

arms and legs to their limit. Point your toes towards the foot of the bed, point your outstretched
arms towards the head of the bed, and stretch your body to its limits. Twist and turn your body in
every possible direction, stretching every joint and muscle in your body simultaneously.

2. Still in bed, lying flat on your back, place your hands on your hips and lift your legs and lower torso into the air so that your weight is resting on your elbows and upper back. In this position,
with your feet straight up, rotate your legs in the same manner as if you were riding a bicycle.
Continue the pedaling motion for 60 seconds.

From page 28.

4. Lie down on your stomach with your hands behind your back, clasp your hands together and
interlock your fingers. Arch your body so that your head, shoulders and legs are raised off the
ground and maintain this position. Rock your body forward and then backward several times, and
then relax. Repeat this exercise 5 times. While still on your stomach, stretch both arms out in
front of you and rest them on the floor. Commence raising and stretching your legs upwards,
alternating legs, without bending your knees. Do this 5 times with each leg. As in all exercises, if
at any time you become very tired, stop and rest before continuing.

From page 30.

6. Lie flat on your back with your hands below your buttocks. Raise both legs off the ground,
straight up. Bend your knees and lower your toes so that they touch the floor. Lift your hips off
the floor, supporting your body with your hands on the floor. Arch your body so that your weight
lies only on your shoulders and your toes. Lower your hips so they rest on your hands, lift your
toes, straighten your legs, and lower them to the floor so that you are in the starting position.
Repeat this procedure 10 times, each time trying to arch your body as much as possible when you
touch the floor with your toes.

From page 49.

Exercise # 9: Legs and Ankles

Lie flat on your back, on a firm surface, arms stretched towards your toes. Place your
palms flat on the floor. Keeping both feet together, raise them upwards and bring them over your
head until your toes touch the floor behind your head. Use the palms of your hands on the floor
for extra leverage to lift your legs up and over your head, and to help raise your hips off the floor.
The first few days you perform this exercise, it is not absolutely necessary to have your toes touch
the ground. However, without overexerting yourself, bring your toes as close as possible to the
ground. Pause when your toes touch the floor, and slowly bring your legs back to the original
position. Perform this exercise 5 times.

Sometimes we might be taller than we really are and we don’t realize it. One of the easiest ways to make the mistake in thinking one is shorter than what we really are is because we have not been standing or using the right posture when we are getting our heights measured. I personally know that from a quick shift in posture or positioning of one’s standing or feet, ones height can deviate by as much as 0.5 of an inch.

When you are getting measured for height, most of you want the nurse, (or your mother) to make as accurate of a measurement as they possibly can. Especially when you are on some program or routine where you are trying to increase your height, you want to be very accurate and exact in your methodology for measuring your height. What you might have thought was a slight height increase was really from a different standing position. If you are one of those types of people who had a perfectionist attitude, you might want your height down to the nearest millimeter.

The thing I wanted to say in this post was that with different positions and postures, your measured height will change. If you are just a few millimeters below 5′ 10″ which is supposed to be the US male average, you might not want to claim you are 5′ 10″. For most people who you meet in life, they won’t care what your height is. For some people their height is a very personal thing, which they don’t want to reveal or share with others. Just the same things is true for many women about their weight. Some women are absolutely scared to death to step on a scale in their bathroom for fear that their boyfriend or husband might come by and see how much they really weigh. Women have been known to even develop panic attacks before and after stepping on the bathroom scale and seeing the number that pops up. Their entire mood or state for the day can be determined and dependent on the number they see on the scale.

Weight is something that is very variable so if one has a rather erratic and volatile emotions, one’s emotions can actually fluctuate along with one’s weight. If your self-esteem is attached or dependent on your weight, then your self-esteem will fluctuate and change a lot as your weight changes though out time.

With height, that is something far more concrete which changes very little. Your height is sort of set. If your self-esteem is dependent on your height, your self-esteem is a more constant thing.

So can we help you slightly better about yourself from given you a little extra height from better standing postures? Yes.

Note: For you to really notice the results, you would have to shave your head to notice the changes, which is not something I would suggest to most females. 

For most people, when they are getting their height measured, they puff out their chest, arch their back forward, pull their head backwards slightly, and make their neck taut trying to elongate their spine in the upwards axis direction. However, one thing that many people forget is that their feet and leg positioning affects they measured height as well. Here are a few tips for you the next time you measure yourself to gain another 0.25-0.5 extra inches.

1. In general, the human legs and feet are no supposed to be pushed together. One way to lose 0.25 of an inch in measurement is when you push your legs together for the measurement. When you keep your legs apart, approximately 8-10 inches apart from each other, that is when you get the tallest measurements. From my own, old obsessive testing,

2. I realized that one’s height can also be boosted with the feet are slightly tilted away from each other, not completely parallel to each other.

3. It is slightly advantage to raise one’s shoulder a little. the human body’s bones are connected by ligaments and cartilage. The raising of the arms do help keep the neck straighter and cervical vertebrate more aligned and less curved.

4. Don’t tilt the head backwards, but use the muscle in the back of your neck to extend up and puff out a little

5. From a previous posts, tilt the head slightly down, so your eye gaze is downwards by around 30-45%. The back of one’s head is usually more pronounced that one’s forehead. That means that the tip of the measured height is that of the slightly bigger back of the skull cap than the front.

6. Most people try to suck in their stomach/gut for the measurement. The better idea is to just breath in air from both the chest and stomach. Most people only breathe from their chest, not their stomach. People who do yoga learn the technique of breathing from their lower stomach as well. Don’t suck in air, but Keep the stomach expanded with air inside, not keep the stomach flattened. The expanded stomach means a slight decompression of the middle thoracic vertebrates, but that may only be 1-2 extra millimeters

7. Move around your buttocks area around a little and test your real height by tilting the hips a little. The femur proximal ends in the hip sockets are often not completely straight down from the joints.

8. Try not to push the shoulder backwards or forwards. That means try less to puff out the chest. Puffing out the chest too much automatically results in the shoulder being pushed back. the shoulder being pushing back means the neck vertebrate has less movement or degree of freedom. The shoulder pushed forward just leads to more cervical vertebrate curvature.

9. If you are truly breathing in air and expanding our your torso through your diaphragm too, then your chest will be automatically puffed out a little. That is what is supposed to be done.

10 The legs are expected to be parallel, but the feet don’t have to be. If you find that the parallel feet position is more comfortable do that one instead of allow your feet to be tilted outwards slightly.

This post was the result of a stage years ago when I went through some height measurement testing from watching my own height deviations from postures and body positioning. Maybe it can help you get bumped from “slightly less than 5′ 10” to “a little over 5′ 10” if another person ever asks you how tall you are .

This is one of those question which can come up quite often if you are ever at a dinner party and you make the claim that people can still grow taller even after their have reached physical maturity.

Usually the first question is “how is that possible?” to a “tell me more about this idea/method/technique” to a “can this method work on anyone?” The last question indicates two things. The first one is to test to see if you, who made the outrageous claim that people can still increase their height, is full of crock and bs, or whether you might even be crazy to make the claim. They are essentially testing to see how credible you and the idea sound.

The second intention is often to see if they qualify to be able to get the technique done on them. They want to see whether they are in the group of the general population that can get it done. Again, they are still testing your credibility. People these days are not stupid. Most people, especially men, refuse to believe in anything that they can not see with their own eyes or touch. While women can be slightly more lenient and choose to believe that such things are true and can exist, men are known for their hardcore, no-nonsense approach to how they view the world. As a male, and as a person who was raised in a very scientific and pragmatic family growing up, I am not going to tell any type of lie, exaggeration, or hype on any height increase technique.

My answer to the question “What percentage of the general population can increase their height?” is that I would say It really depends on 2 main factors. The first factor is how much are people talking about when they refer to an increase in height. The second factor is what type of lifestyle do the people who want to increase their lifestyle have at the current time.

The first factor really means how much height difference are the people talking about when they talk about height increase. Overall, many people can achieve around 1 inch of extra height if they followed a program which involved stretching, strengthening their core muscles, and learning how to move and stand properly from the Alexander Method.

The 2nd factor means that people who are not regular exercisers and who don’t take care of their body are more likely to notice dramatic results. One thing to note is that in terms of natural height increase, most people never fully reach the maximum potential that their body and bones allow them to be. People who live in the developed cuntries spend a lot of time in front of the computer. The small screens and small fonts causes eye strain and increased possibility of myopia (and maybe even astigmatism) which lead to people slouching and curving their back forward. The continued action over time eventually makes most people decrease in height from bad lifestyle. The ironic thing is that the people who can get the most dramatic and most noticeable results are the ones who actually have lived lazy, unhealthy lives. They are the ones who have lost the most height from bad lifestyle choices. They minimized the height potential. For the people who have been exercising and performed in athletics, they are the ones who will probably get the least results since they have already pushed their bodies to the limit of what their body is capable of.

I would say that in terms of what is realistically possible, if the desired height increase was to only 1 inch, the percentage of the population who can achieve that could be around 30%. For 2 inches, the percentage is around 2-3 percent.