It is a well known fact that people who are shorter than average are generally more self conscious for that same reason.
Now, average height varies from country to country but the average height of most US citizens hovers around 5′10″ for men over the age of twenty, and 5′5″ for women.
Your height is determined by two different factors; nature and nurture. When you are born, your height gene is already predetermined based on your parents, grand-parents, etc; therefore this is obviously the ‘nature’ factor in which you have no control over.
The other factor is one that you have complete control over; your environment, or ‘nurture’. A persons environment plays a large roll in determining how tall you become.
Obviously it is difficult for you to control your environment very much when you are young, but as you grow older, you can make healthy choices about what you eat, your vitamin & mineral intake, your posture, and stretching exercises.
So, although it is not possible for anyone to alter, or choose the genes they are given (at least not yet!), it is completely within your control to choose your environment wisely.
As mentioned in previous articles, making sure that you are eating a high calcium diet such as milk cheese, yogurt, etc, is key for ensuring healthy bone development; in turn, gaining height.
Combining a calcium rich diet with vitamin D and proteins is the best way to promote height gains through diet.
In addition to your diet, doing routine stretches and exercises that are designed to help people gain height, are proven to work and can increase your height by up to as much as 6 inches; height increases obviously varies from person to person depending on the persons level of desire to grow taller.
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