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Is Increasing Height Possible After The Age Of 27?
Question: Hi Doctor, My age is 27 and i working in IT sector. i want to gain height of 2- 3 inches, is it possible to gain at this age? In order to gain the height i'm following diet by having natural supplements like almonds, dates and doing yoga, stretchable exercises. By doing above things, is it help full to gain the height? if so how many days or months it will take?
Brief Answer:
Height increse is not possible at this age.
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Welcome to health care magic,
Height increase is mainly depends on genetic and racial factors and it is under the influences of hormones.
Human growth is regulated by somatotropin (human growth hormone) which is secreted by anterior pituitary gland, which gradually subside after adolescence.
Bones grow by contribution of new bone from growth plates at each end of long bones. After adolescence these get ossified & there after no further growth is possible.
Thus, height of males or in case of females, stops to increase further at the age 18 to 21 years and 16 to 18 years respectively.
As i said,generally after the age of 21years in boys,epiphysial fusion occurs at bony ends which MEANS our space between two bones get vanished.
So,there will be almost no chance to increase your height even by hormonal treatment.So there is no question about any specific diet (natural supplements-almonds,dates),stretching exercises or even by yoga which can increase height.
I do not want to give you a fake hope here since this is the fact.
I am sorry, to say that as you are already 27 years old, no further increase in height is possible.
Also,I would advise you NOT to not rely on any commercial advertising claiming to increase height by some diet or specific oil or height gainer tonics.
You can continue to take healthy or balanced diet containing all nutrients,vitamins and minerals with regular exercises and yoga as they all are good for our health but not useful to increase height.
Hope this detailed explanation will help you to understand clearly and if you have any doubt feel free to ask me.
Thanks and Regards,
Dr.Sandip Kabra
Height increse is not possible at this age.
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Welcome to health care magic,
Height increase is mainly depends on genetic and racial factors and it is under the influences of hormones.
Human growth is regulated by somatotropin (human growth hormone) which is secreted by anterior pituitary gland, which gradually subside after adolescence.
Bones grow by contribution of new bone from growth plates at each end of long bones. After adolescence these get ossified & there after no further growth is possible.
Thus, height of males or in case of females, stops to increase further at the age 18 to 21 years and 16 to 18 years respectively.
As i said,generally after the age of 21years in boys,epiphysial fusion occurs at bony ends which MEANS our space between two bones get vanished.
So,there will be almost no chance to increase your height even by hormonal treatment.So there is no question about any specific diet (natural supplements-almonds,dates),stretching exercises or even by yoga which can increase height.
I do not want to give you a fake hope here since this is the fact.
I am sorry, to say that as you are already 27 years old, no further increase in height is possible.
Also,I would advise you NOT to not rely on any commercial advertising claiming to increase height by some diet or specific oil or height gainer tonics.
You can continue to take healthy or balanced diet containing all nutrients,vitamins and minerals with regular exercises and yoga as they all are good for our health but not useful to increase height.
Hope this detailed explanation will help you to understand clearly and if you have any doubt feel free to ask me.
Thanks and Regards,
Dr.Sandip Kabra
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