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Would an excessive amount of drinking milk and eating vegetables make you taller?

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No: Provided adequate nutrition you can alter a person's eventual adult height. There are rare instances where growth hormone is used to increase a person's ultimate height when certain unusual medical problems exist. Talk to your doctor about a healthy diet.

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Answered 12/21/2014

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