It's believed that 80 of your height is due to genetics and 20 is due to environmental factors
so in this week's video we're going to be talking about what you can do to help maximize your growth
now before we begin this is a two-part series all about scientifically supported information on how
you can help maximize your height this is episode two so we're going to go through four top tips to
help maximize your height as well as debunking some myths but if you haven't seen part one or
episode one make sure you watch that too because there's four additional extra tips on there to
help maximize your height so there's loads to learn now let's begin okay so let's move on
to tip number five tip number five is getting the right amount of vitamin d and calcium both
which are essential for the growth of bones and for the growth of height basically okay when it
comes to vitamin d i think the best thing that you really need to do is really look at where you live
for example are you getting a lot of sun are you getting a lot of sun exposure are you going
out much or are you always inside for example and also speak to your healthcare professional
if you want to take supplementation because obviously you're all going to be different ages
speak to your healthcare professional and see what they recommend okay here in the uk for adults we
generally recommend a thousand units of vitamin d daily especially during the sort of winter seasons
and sort of autumn season when it starts to get darker okay to take every day 1000 units every day
you can take it during the summer as well it's not going to cause any harm but always always
always speak to your healthcare professional about it that's the most important thing that you need
to do because you're all going to be watching it and you're all going to be different ages so
that's the first thing the next thing i want to talk about is calcium okay now we get calcium from
many different sources okay so it doesn't mean you have to drink copious amounts of milk or dairy
or cheese and stuff like that okay these are all important okay but you don't need to go crazy on
it but the main thing about calcium is if you are having a healthy balanced diet that we just spoke
about earlier you will be getting adequate amounts of calcium okay so remember that unless you have
some sort of absorption issues okay malabsorption issues anything like that that might make it more
difficult for the body to absorb calcium and other nutrients if you do have anything like that speak
to your healthcare professional about it now let's move on to tip number six tip number six
is all about stress okay really think about your life and how much stress you have in your life
if you have a lot of stress what can this can do is it can put a lot of pressure on the pituitary
gland and it can release not release reduce the release of growth hormones okay so remember we
spoke about the growth hormones earlier and the pituitary gland and basically sleeping
if you're having a lot of stress in your life this can reduce the amount of growth that we're going
to get basically because we're going to get less growth hormones really so first thing you need
to do is speak to your healthcare professional i think if you're having a lot of stress and it's
really affecting your life you need to speak to health care restaurant but the second thing you
can do as well is that do you have quite a few videos on stress relief and emergency relaxation
techniques and things like that that you can do that are really really going to help i will leave
a link to it up here and in the description below i feel like i'm plugging a lot of different videos
that i've made but all of these are coming into play with this video okay so if i was to discuss
each one of these this video is going to be really really long okay so i think the best
way to look at this video is we're going through different tips that you can do quite quickly and
then if you want to go into more information on them that information is available there for you
on youtube from videos that i've made already now let's move on to tip number seven this one is all
about exercise and i know we've had quite a few comments and questions about exercise in the past
and we're going to debunk some of this later on about weightlifting and stuff like that as well so
when it comes to exercise the main thing you need to remember is exercise in a normal amount okay a
normal amount of exercise is really good because it helps stimulate the release of growth hormones
which are going to help you grow more the issue of exercise if you're doing too much intense exercise
especially at you engage it can put more burden on the nutrients that we need okay to recover those
muscles okay that we're using to exercise so that can sometimes have a negative effect on growth so
the take-home message is exercise a normal amount okay don't not do any exercise because that's not
gonna help and don't go too much okay stay in the middle that's the most important thing okay so
moving on to tip number eight tip number eight is all about good posture okay i see it every
day i see patients every day with bad posture and bad posture just reduces your height okay
your natural height okay is a lot taller if you have good posture okay for example i'll try and
demonstrate this for you so right now you can see i'm just going to have some bad posture okay which
i see some people standing like this okay but if i you know just have good posture and stand straight
properly with my chest now and straighten my back i'm probably nearer to the top of the frame now
so by having good posture it's going to help increase our height but not only that it's
going to help our back as well to reduce any sort of back problems in the future as well
and lastly if you do want to improve your posture or your flexibility and stuff like yoga swimming
these things are really good for that as well so that's also another tip okay so that's a
few of the tips done the next thing i want to talk about is debunking those myths okay when
it comes to height there are a lot of myths out there and i've had a lot of questions from you
guys in the comment section from the previous video so i thought i'd answer a few of them
so let's start with them if you have any more questions please leave a comment below and we'll
hopefully do a bit of an update either on shorts or just on normal youtube okay so myth number one
the number one question i get asked by all of you on youtube does weight lifting reduce your height
okay or does it prevent you from growing to your maximum potential the easy answer to it is no
weightlifting does not do that there's no evidence that supports this however you need to make
sure that you are lifting weights with correct technique and lifting the right amount of weight
that you can handle okay because if the technique is not right it can have a negative effect as long
as your technique is correct and you're doing it right there's no problem with lifting weights and
it reducing your height at all okay so the answer is no lifting weights is completely fine but just
make sure your technique is correct that is the most important thing moving on to myth number two
myth number two is a common question i get as well is do you stop growing after you've gone
through puberty this isn't true because you can grow all the way up to 18 to 20 years it's just
when you're going through puberty that is when you're going to get your maximum growth spurt but
you can grow all the way to 18 to 20. moving on to myth number three drinking lots of milk will help
you grow this is a myth you don't need to drink copious amounts of milk we spoke about this a
little earlier as long as you're having a healthy balanced diet you're going to get enough calcium
you're having the leafy vegetables you're having eggs all this sort of stuff
that is going to be completely fine okay so you don't need to drink copious amount milk to get
loads of calcium and it's not going to help you grow any more okay so that is a myth as long as
you're having a healthy balanced diet that's the most important thing so it looks like we've come
to the end of part two if you haven't seen part one please i'm going to say it again make sure
to watch that because there's four additional tips to help maximize your growth like i said it's all
scientifically based so please go and watch it link will be up here and in the description but
before we end i just want to say please don't let your heart get to you it's something that's
really on your mind please don't let it get to you because it's probably the least thing
that i think about and i think most people like this when they meet someone new i think in life
it's all about bringing energy good vibes and love really and that's what people really look for
okay so please remember that sending you awesome vibes and i will see you next week