CAN raw food make you TALLER?

[Green_Woman]

Someone has the "raw can't make you taller but it can make you cuter" quote in their signature line... well, I present a dilemma to you all:

Can raw food in fact cause a growth-spurt in an adult woman???

My Story

3 years ago, when I was first introduced to raw foods, I was 5'3" and weighed around 130 lbs. I was never terribly healthy, low-energy, easily-exhausted, battling hypoglycemia, constant joint pain, etc.

1 year ago, when I began to transition back into the raw-foods mentality, I was 5'3.75" and weighed around 110 lbs. I was eating 1 can of tomato soup and 1 hershey's choc. bar a day... sometimes not even that much! Sometimes I would also have a sandwich or a cup of Maruchan. (Healthy, healthy, I know... :eek:... I was just getting out of a VERY bad relationship and had been starving myself to meet his "requirements".)

6 months ago, I started hard-core back on High Raw... I immediately began to GAIN weight (I was underweight for my body-type at 110lbs) and my body also shed alot of the previous health issues, such as the hypoglycemia, joint pain, etc.

ONE WEEK AGO, I went to my OBGYN for a follow-up on my recent ER-visit and guess what!?! The nurse measured and weighed me, told me her measurements, and I didn't believe her. So I made her do it all again. This time I made sure I was standing properly, heels to the floor, etc... SAME MEASUREMENTS!

I was 5'4.75", and weighed 120lbs!!!!

IN ONE YEAR, I GAINED ONE INCH!!! But I am 23 yrs old!!!??? So.... what gives??? Did Raw Foods make me TALLER????

[annavon]

Wow, I wish I started this diet 25 years ago (when I first heard about it) I was 23 then. Maybe I would have grown. I don't have much hope of growning now. After all, I am 48. I can always hope. I am 4'11". ;)

[Crazy Healer Lady]

WOW, very cool!! I love that raw made you gain weight ^_^ Goes to show it helps your body find its healthy balance!

I believe it's never to late for your body to do anything. Give it the right nourishment, and it will do what it is meant to do: Heal and be at a healthy and balanced state. If that means growing an inch, yay!

[ArcturusXIV]

Damn, I'll be happy if I get taller! I'm only 5' 7".

[Lady Green Jeans]

Loved reading your post. Awsome! Glad you gained the height--and the health in being raw. At 53 coming up, will be happy if I don't start shrinking :eek:! My best wishes for your continued raw health.

[Inca_faerie]

Your bones can keep growing up till age 24-25, also some people have growth spurts later in life (early 20's instead of late teens)

[Green_Woman]

The only thing about it that sucks is the spidery white stretch marks... aahhhh!!! What can I eat that's RAW that will help me get rid of stretch marks????


:eek:

[JennaBoBenna]

rawstrength grew a little bit and attributes it to raw :)

[juliebove]

I grew at some point. It was before I tried this diet. Was shocked when I went to the Dr. and was told I was 5' 8" and not 5' 7" like I thought. What happened in my case, I think was I quit having myself measured because I thought I stopped growing. Apparently I didn't/

[curlygirl82]

That's sooo cool!! I've heard that MSM helps with scars, maybe that would help? Thanks for sharing, that's really inspiring! You should post a before/after!

[bicb85]

I would also like to know if anything can help with stretch makrks- maybe eating raw for long enough would allow the body to heal itself? I have had them since I was 10 and I am 22 now.... they are pretty light but I would still love for them to fade more!

[rawstrength]

Yay for growing! I also grew an inch in the first six months I was raw :) . But I'm 18 (still it amazed me, because I hadn't grown since I was eleven).
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[mel_s12]

Rub some cacao butter on your stretch marks! That may help!

[lsollars]

I am 47 and have had a curvature of the spine all my life and get regular adjustments at the chiropractor. On Raw and 2 tablespoons of Udos Oil a day - I have had substantial improvement in my spine straightening and grewsome too.

[Green_Woman]

Isollars,

Amazing! I'm sharing your story with my roommate!!!