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Since a 36 hour fast boosts growth hormone secretion, does it make you taller, if done once a week?
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Myth: If you are a kid with open growth centers in the long bones, you can grow taller.No dietary change, exercise or medication will make you grow taller than your genetic potential.An xray of your wrist and hand will identify growth potential. After puberty, if the growth centers have sealed, you are done growing taller.
Answered 4/16/2014
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Fast to be taller: Fasting will not make you taller. There is no known method to make you taller after you are fully grown.
Answered 4/16/2014
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