Question 1

can taking supplements like zinc, calcium, magnesium or vitamin d cause height to increase in an adult over age 35?

Accepted Answer

Supplementing with: Vitamins and minerals will not increase your height.  Please use the things you mention w/professional guidance so you don't overdo or imbalance calcium/magnesium.  Peace and good health.

Question 2

what kind of vitamins should i buy to help increase height at 17 before its too late to improve my height ? i'm 5'1 at 17 , no diseases .

Accepted Answer

Be happy and healthy: Most people reach their maximum height in their late teens. Without nutritional problems or chronic childhood illnesses, height is based on genetics and parental heights. Aside from eating right, exercising, sleeping well, and being happy, there's little a person nor his doctor can do to increase height. An adults' multivitamin (which includes vitamin d) is fine to take, but won't change height.

Question 3

any truth to online ads claiming meds, vitamins, exercise/stretching can increase height in adults? how about @ almost 40 yo? some say massage does it

Accepted Answer

Just say no!: After your growth plates fuse during your teens, no magic combination of meds, vitamins, exercising/stretching will increase height, short of spending prolonged period of time in zero gravity to allow your intervertebral disks to decompress. But that will only gain you 1/2-1", not anything dramatically different. Those folks selling dietary supplements don't have to prove effectiveness or safety.

Question 4

is there a vitamin or hormone that someone aged 16 could take to increase their height?

Accepted Answer

No: While proper nutrition is needed to reach your genetic height potential, there are no vitamins to accurate you above this point.

Question 5

do you know which vitamin helps your height increase?

Accepted Answer

Taking a vitamin: won't cause you to grow taller than your genetic potential

Question 6

can i increase my height at age 23?  i m female. my parents are tall ? in childhood i was suffering from vitamin d disease rickets.

Accepted Answer

No: Sorry to give you disappointing news, but it is rare to grow after age 16-18, in fact most girls stop growing around age 14. Bone growth is caused by "growth plates" and once the growth plates close (usually 2-3 years after puberty) the bones are unable to grow.

Question 7

can taking any of the following lengthen bones and increase the height of an adult female: zinc, calcium magnesium, vitamin d, vitamin k, vitamin b?

Accepted Answer

No: Hi. At 30 years old, you're long done gaining height. Nothing you can do to add height after your long bone growth plates fuse in your teens. If you have a healthy diet, of the vitamins and mineral you list, the only ones you're at risk for not getting enough of are calcium and vitamin D, so assure you're getting enough of them. But no supplement of any kind will lengthen bones in you.

Question 8

my height has stopped.and i've tried medicine but in vain please suggest  me some diet or vitamins for growth and also exercise tips.

Accepted Answer

Good luck: There is no diet that will help you grow.

Question 9

please tell me what vitamins can i take that focuses on growth/height?

Accepted Answer

No specific Vit: Height is determined by eating habits as a youngster. Vitamins at 34 will have no effect on growth

Question 10

how much vitamins should i take per day (a,c,d,e,b,k) iam 22 years old and male, my weight is 98 kg and height is175cm?

Accepted Answer

Take a good multivit: You are young, and will do well on a good multivitamin. You can purchase that anywhere, and Whole Food has a lot of selection to choose from. Most of them are in or more than the minimum RDA. KADE are fat soluble. So you don't want to overdo. They can accumulate faster than the water soluble ones: B, C. Read the instruction to find out how many tablets you need to take per day. Usually 1.

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A member asked:

Can taking supplements like zinc, calcium, magnesium or vitamin d cause height to increase in an adult over age 35?

A member asked:

What kind of vitamins should i buy to help increase height at 17 before its too late to improve my height ? i'm 5'1 at 17 , no diseases .

A member asked:

Any truth to online ads claiming meds, vitamins, exercise/stretching can increase height in adults? how about @ almost 40 yo? some say massage does it

A member asked:

Is there a vitamin or hormone that someone aged 16 could take to increase their height?

A member asked:

Do you know which vitamin helps your height increase?

A member asked:

Can i increase my height at age 23? i m female. my parents are tall ? in childhood i was suffering from vitamin d disease rickets.

A member asked:

Can taking any of the following lengthen bones and increase the height of an adult female: zinc, calcium magnesium, vitamin d, vitamin k, vitamin b?

A member asked:

My height has stopped.and i've tried medicine but in vain please suggest me some diet or vitamins for growth and also exercise tips.

A member asked:

Please tell me what vitamins can i take that focuses on growth/height?

A member asked:

How much vitamins should i take per day (a,c,d,e,b,k) iam 22 years old and male, my weight is 98 kg and height is175cm?

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