Welcome to the Dr. Berg's Healthy Keto and Interminute Fasting Podcast, where Dr. Berg takes you on the journey for the truth about getting healthy and losing healthy weight. Let's talk about how to increase your height.

Is it possible?

Yes, it sure is.

In practice over the years, I've had a handful of patients who had kids that really were not developing

and that certain children and the family were taller, but another child really was not

growing like they should. And so they wanted my advice. So I'm going to tell you what I recommended

because it was successful. Now, normally between age one and puberty, you should grow roughly

about two inches a year. And then when you reach puberty, it should be about four inches a year.

And then you pretty much stop growing between the ages of 18 and 20. And that's a generality

because some people stop growing a little bit before that. And yet others continue to grow a little

bit longer than that. But that's roughly the age group that you stop

growing. So if you're that age or less and you want to grow a little bit more, what I'm about to

tell you may help you. And of course, there's a genetic limitation. However, if you are deficient

in certain nutrients, that can significantly affect your height.

So the three hormones that are involved in growth

are number one human growth hormone, okay?

And that is produced by the pituitary gland,

and it works through the liver.

The next hormone is IGF1,

that's insulin-like growth factor, number one. And that

hormone is made by your liver, and it's controlled by the growth hormone. And then we have the thyroid.

If the thyroid is not producing enough hormones, that can create a stunted growth. So let's start

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