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does rice stunt your growth
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Dr. Mark Diamond answered
46 years experience Pediatrics
No: This is not a side effect of this drug.
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Dr. Danny Proffitt answered
43 years experience Family Medicine
No: It just doesn't. This type of exercise has no correlation to your endocrine system which controls growth and development. Do it right and with the r ... Read More
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Dr. James Ferguson answered
46 years experience Pediatrics
Depends on situation: A short term treatment (4-5 days or less) of therapeutic steroids is thought to have minimal if any effect on growth. Long term (weeks to months ) of ... Read More
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Dr. Lois Freisleben-Cook answered
41 years experience Pediatrics
NO: It cannot
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Dr. James Ferguson answered
46 years experience Pediatrics
Wouldn't think so: Sugar is a nutrition source that can be used by the body to maintain blood glucose or converted to various storage forms in the muscles, liver or fat ... Read More
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Dr. Michael Sparacino answered
37 years experience Family Medicine
No: Be careful though. Your bones are still growing and the growth plates are fragile. If you injure them by lifting too much or too often, you could caus ... Read More
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Yes: adolescents who begin smoking early, before they have achieved their full growth, are shorter than their siblings who do not smoke. Smoking reduces b ... Read More
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Dr. Vic Kalman answered
35 years experience Orthopedic Surgery
No: Too much exercise will not stunt your growth. It is important to learn the basics of wt training and get medical clearance from your doctor before you ... Read More
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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered
25 years experience Psychiatry
No, it doesn't stunt: Growth. Shark fin soup, made from the cartilaginous pectoral & dorsal fins of shark, has been in use since at least the ming dynasty in china. It is u ... Read More
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