I hesitated posting this, but my daughter told me that we both could not have imagined this, and she is right. We often compare heights, and she noticed this first. I was reaching to clean a ceiling fan and she noticed that I had grown! She was right. I would always have to get a chair to clean this fan. It did not stop there. We measured ourselves standing next to each other, and clearly her eyes used to hit right below mine. Now there is about a 2-inch difference with me being taller! Could this be? Has anyone EVER heard of growing taller ta my age?
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10-08-2006 09:34 PM #1
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growing taller at age 43
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10-08-2006 10:00 PM #2
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If teeth can regrow it seems reasonable that the spine can become healthy also whether this actually means bone growing or not. Let us know how it progresses. If you have documentation such as measurements in your medical records pre-raw it would be something Alissa might could use for her TV show.
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SWEET !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PLEASE SAY THIS IS SO.
i'm like tired of saying 5'2 if my neck and back is cooperating
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10-08-2006 10:18 PM #4
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Maybe you have better posture.
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10-08-2006 10:19 PM #5
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codajess, is probably very right!
I'm improving my posture everyday, and it may be that, but i'm also getting taller. Could be the posture, and the growing, a combination, or just one.
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10-08-2006 10:33 PM #6
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Here is a study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition about vegies and bone mineral status.
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10-08-2006 10:35 PM #7
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Hm, maybe I ought to get a new tape (the one I bought for the trip to Portugal broke recently) and remeasure myself? When I applied for my first passport around 16 years ago, I was 1.47 m; my latest measurements, within the last two years, were 1.504 and 1.507 (one's height varies by a few millimeters over a day).
I would first guess that the discs in the spine are firming up.
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10-08-2006 10:37 PM #8
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:) Feels good to know that our bodies are noticebly getting better/optimum with the raw-food diet.
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10-08-2006 10:50 PM #9
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WOW! That defies everything that I have been taught! Good news!
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10-08-2006 11:06 PM #10
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Wow, I hope I grow! It'll make my BMI lower!!
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10-09-2006 03:47 AM #11
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I've grown too but I don't know when it happened. I think my dad stopped measuring me at about age 16, figuring I had grown all I would. All these years I thought I was not quite 5'7" but when they measured me at the Dr. I was not quite 5'8" I have been doing a lot of stretching so I wonder if it might be that.
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10-09-2006 06:55 AM #12
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Awesome. I've always wanted to be 5'6" or 5'7" At the moment I measure at 5'4" from the scoliosis, but I'm really 5'5". After my chiropractic appointments (that i don't go to) I grow .5-1"! I'm also very low on my growth hormone hah hmmm....
After college one of my aunts shot up 3 inches!
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A person is also taller when they first awaken. During the night the spine is allowed to stretch back out. So if you measure yourself in the morning, you will probably be taller than if you measure at night after your spine has had a whole day to compact back down.
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Very possible that through exercise weight loss and proper diet that you have eleveated pressure between vertebrae along the spine. especially if you worked on your core using pilates and yoga type exercises.
I also believe in cellular regeneration. So if raw is birthing new cells for healing why not cells for growth were growth may have been previously stunted due to injury, mutations, poor diet, etc....
At the age of 18 I was 5'11 1/2" then by 22 I was 6'1 1/4" . When I work on my core 2-3 times per week my full figure body looks leaner, slimmer and people swear that I've lost 10lbs. when they see me. The funny thing is I'm NO SLOUCH and always thought my posture was good, but thru pilates and yoga I see that my posture can be GREAT!It is, therefore, evident that it is possible to cure by foods, aliments and fruits; but as today the science of medicine is imperfect, this fact is not yet fully grasped. When the science of medicine reaches perfection, treatment will be given by foods, aliments, fragrant fruits and vegetables, and by various waters, hot and cold in temperature.
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10-09-2006 11:07 AM #15
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makes sense
Ok, this was night when I noticed this, but I can say that I have been doing a lot of stretching exercises and also did the rebounder. I was wondering if it was all of the stretching because I stretch in my bed to the point of actually hearing things pop, and boy does it feel good! I use the corners of the bed to grip while I stretch to my maximum. This makes perfect sense to me. Truthfully, there was once a time years ago that I truly thought I was taller then got shorter. I guess now, I am regaining my natural height!
This is just too cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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