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Will i be 5'4" forever?
I'm 16, smoke pot, addicted to caffene, don't eat that well, and hate being short. I am currently 5'4" and am a female-bodied individual. Will I grow more? If I illicitly use human growth hormone will it actually make me taller? Is there anything at all i can do to get taller or am i stuck at this height forever?
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- Susan YarrawongaLv 76 years ago
At 16 you have probably reached you peak height already.
To grow taller plenty of protein, calcium, vitamin D and zinc all help.
To reach your potential height you need adequate sleep (from 8-10 hours per day), adequate calories and a normal healthy diet.
Plenty of protein from eggs, meat, poultry, sea food and dairy products helps as well as calcium from milk, cheese and other dairy products. You also need plenty of zinc from red meat, oysters, mussels, nuts and seeds and zinc fortified cereals and mueslis. Vitamin D3 via the Sun also helps.
Some growth spurts are very small so often you don't notice them.
Most girls usually stop growing at 15 and in most cases any further height growth from 15-21 is insignificant but there are exceptions such as late bloomers.
Most guys usually stop growing at 18 and in most cases any further height growth from 18-25 is insignificant but there are exceptions such as late bloomers.
Under eating and under sleeping can, to some extent, stunt your height growth. Exercise does not help your height growth and smoking can actually reduce your potential height by a whole inch.
- ?Lv 66 years ago
You will keep growing till you're 20 which is when it will finally stop. And the pot is definitely not helping
