Growing Taller Naturally: Understanding Your Growth Hormones

If you are like me and not completely happy with your current body height, then chances are you are looking for ways to grow taller naturally. Of course, the term tall is relative and depending on the culture or country, someone might be seen as tall or short. In the end, if you are not happy with your height, then it doesn't really matter what others say, though. See, your height and growing in general are based on your body's growth hormones. Growth hormones are not just responsible for your bone size and structure; they can also determine your muscle mass. Hormones are produced by your body's glands, whereas the hormones itself are chemical components. The glands are responsible for producing them and releasing them into your blood streams, so that they can consequently be delivered to the right places in your body. Once arrived, the hormones then trigger the according growth process and body development.

Growing and developing your body is just one of two functions that your hormones have. Sometimes, hormones are responsible for triggering a new process that has the purpose of mass producing other hormones. As you can see, your body's hormonal balance can quickly become very complicated through these chain reactions. However, since people know how important these growth hormones are if you want to grow taller naturally, many started to look for other streams to tap into for more of these hormones. Most of these streams are external sources in the forms of injections, supplements or pills. See, there are certain amino acids that can be used to produce growth hormones. By consuming such amino acids - whether it's in the form of an injection, pill or supplement - the body starts to produce more of the according growth hormones. It is something that bodybuilders commonly use for their purposes, too. However, this is also where it gets quite dangerous.

It is definitely not recommended for anyone to take in such products with these hormone stimulating amino acids without proper instructions from a supervising doctor. There are so many side effects to these products that it is questionable whether it's ever a good idea. These side effects can be quite detrimental to your health in the form of hair loss, high blood pressure, nervousness, drowsiness and more. As I have already mentioned above, your body's hormonal balance is extremely complicated. Moreover, everyone's body is different, thus making it even harder to be able to know how many amino acids would be healthy for any certain individual. Whereas it would be nice to be able to successfully tap into such external sources, it's just too risky in my opinion.