Up to this point it might seem as though little can be done to increase growth hormone release and to improve height, especially in those who might have an age or body fat related impairment in growth hormone release. But, before you give up, please read on... the entire story has not yet been told. It has been found... nutritional supplementation can continue to influence growth hormone release even in older adults. Two recent studies using highly controlled experimental designs, have found that nutritional supplementation with the amino acids L-Arginine and Ornithine can produce a rather large increase in growth hormone secretion over many hours. Peak levels found in circulation were greater than those produced by strenuous exercise or sleep and the elevated levels were sustained for up to 8 hours during the day.
A persons growth span begins at fertilization, goes on throughout the nine month gestation period to birth until the moment when a person reaches his maximum height between the ages of eighteen to twenty-six years.
I dont propose to give you a biology course; there are excellent books that can do better justice to the subject of growth. However my goal in this first chapter, is to illustrate the principal factors which contribute to ideal height development in humans.
By the term milieu I mean geographic and climatic conditions. Living conditions, heat and humidity, all these affect physical development.
Milieu also means quality of life which I characterize as the application of proper hygienic measures, the purity of air and water and healthy living conditions.
Heredity could be defined as the transmission of the physical and moral characteristics of parents (or ancestors) to their children. Hereditary specifications are determined by those elements lodged in the chromosomes which are called genes. Every man and woman inherits genetic potential.
Nutrition will be discussed in depth in a later stage. For the moment I only wish to enumerate the foods essential for growth: Protein, Carbohydrates, Mineral salts, Vitamins and Fats.
Pay particular attention to protein. This substance in large part, makes up your blood supply and your muscle and bone tissue. Foods rich in protein are not to be forgotten for whoever wants to grow. That the present generation is generally taller than the previous one is due in part to better nutrition.
Where growth is severely retarded, it would be best to consult a medical specialist called and Endocrinologist. When dwarfism is due to pituitary problem growth hormones can be injected or you may take products such as Growth-FlexV Pro.
I have only touched on the vast field of growth by enumerating the factors which promote growth. Further study of these factors could be of particular help to you.
