Dr. Ahmed Mostaque
There are certain things that affect our growth. How our body’s growth and development depends on both internal and external environmental factors. Although, there are some of which we have no control over, such as hereditary. We need to better understand what our body needs to grow over time.
Also, it is very important to understand the things that have a negative impact on our height. Here we will learn about factors that are affecting your growth and things that will help you improve your height.
1. Nutrition
The most important factor affecting your growth is ‘Nutrition’. The type of food you eat will affect your height, growth, and health. You need to know the quality, quantity, and types of food that will help you promote your growth.
Your food intake is the most important part which will determine how much growth you can possibly obtain. There are foods that will increase or decrease your potential growth. It affects your height directly.
After careful consideration and research, the daily content of protein, carbohydrates, fats, and water can be achieved if the following items were taken regularly. Please take note that this is a guideline and you are free to your own thoughts. Feed yourself rationally to increase your height, be full of energy, and live a fuller life.
2. Vitamins & Minerals
An adequate and sufficient supply of vitamins and minerals must be consumed in order for all the physiological functions of the body, in particular growth and development, to take place at the most optimum level.
Eating fish is of supreme importance, it has lots of minerals that other foods lack, and helps your body grow. Undoubtedly, vitamins and minerals are responsible for your bone length and density. The bone mineral established during childhood and adolescence may be the determinant of bone minerals in adulthood.
3. Sleep
Sleep is extremely essential for your body to grow. It is when your mind entrusts to repair, remove, and replenish your body. Also, getting the right amount of sleep regulates your body’s ability to grow. Therefore, it is very necessary to place yourself in a perfect sleeping environment. That way you will be benefited from its growth-enhancing rewards.
You will be surprised to know that we are taller at the start of the day than at the end of the night. Because of gravity, our bodies within the standing position, are attracted toward the ground. At the end of the day, the disks within the spine are compressed by the load of the body. During the night, our spinal column is in an spread out and relaxed position.
A lack of sleep for either children or adults can bring on serious consequences. Some report shows that sleep deprivation can have negative effects on your growth. This is because your body releases HGH while you sleep. Production of this hormone and others may go down if you aren’t getting enough shut-eye.
