If you want to grow taller, human growth hormone (HGH) can help you to do so. However, there may be a limit of HGH in your body and if you want to grow taller, you will need to somehow increased amount of pages present in your body. It is possible to increase the levels in a few natural ways. Let’s find out how you can do that.

Sleep more

About 70 to 80% of your HGH production happens when you are sleeping. If you sleep for 7 to 9 hours straight, you have more HGH production in the body. You will get the best results when you get, peaceful, re-energizing and restful sleep. To sleep better you can use a cooling mask which will help your body to produce more melatonin which in turn will help you to sleep better. You can also use a sleep machine and follow certain rules to have a better sleep.

Intermittent fasting

Intermittent fasting can help you to increase your production of HGH in the body. When you go for a long duration of without eating anything, your body will produce more HGH. A study found that during fast, HGH in women increased 1300% and 2000% in men. So, find a specific day of the week and go for intermittent fasting, which will increase your HGH and that will help you to grow taller than you are.

Do not eat 2-3 hours before sleep

If you want to increase the HGH levels in your body, you will need to check your insulin levels. The insulin level should be as low as possible when you go to sleep for production of more HGH during the sleep. If your insulin levels are high your body will produce less HGH. So as to keep your insulin levels low for production of more HGH, if you need to eat well before you go to bed. You should never eat 2 to 3 hours before sleep because that will increase the levels of insulin in your body. You should also avoid sugary processed foods because they generally tend to spite your blood sugar levels immediately.

Lose some weight

Losing some weight will also help you to increase your HGH levels in the body. If you are overweight, you are likely to have high levels of insulin. It is also likely that your body will become insulin resistant and so it will not be able to get rid of the excess insulin produced in the body. As mentioned earlier, if you have too much insulin in your body, the production of HGH will be less. So, you need to lose some weight because that will help you to increase the levels of HGH. There are different fat loss and weight loss plans and workouts available which will help you to focus on losing the extra fat and weight.

Perform intense workouts

If you perform intense workouts, that will increase your HGH levels in the body. There is a phenomena called as “exercise induced growth hormone response” or EIGR. According to scientists, if you perform intense workout, after the workout your body you will create EIGR and that will increase the levels of HGH in your body. Weight training workouts including compound exercises will help you to do intense workout for your whole body. High intensity interval training or HIIT will help you to increase EIGR in your body. Such workouts include jumping jacks, sledgehammer or battle rope workouts, ski steps and many other exercises.

References

1. Smaller To Taller – Increase Your Height With Breakthrough Research!
2. Advances in pubertal growth and factors influencing it
3. Nutrition and Growth