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Teenagers go through some of the most rapid changes during a person's life. Things like height and weight tend to fluctuate on a day-to-day basis, making it hard for people to know their exact height or weight. But while many things about your appearance are primarily determined by genetics, there are ways you can increase your physical stature later in life.  The key is that you need to know what causes a person’s height which, as it turns out, includes factors like levels of testosterone and estrogen in the body — and then find strategies that tackle those specific factors.  Height is determined by several factors including genetics, hormones, growth plates and skeletal systems. These are all interrelated parts of your body that come together to make your height. When a baby's bones grow they have to do so in accordance with the rest of the body’s development. The bones are lined with cartilage that acts as a shock absorber for joints and muscles, and it also prevents the b

One of the most difficult parts of working out is building muscle. You can train to increase strength and endurance, but it's hard to get bigger. There's good news for those who have been hitting the gym with no results: you don’t need to suffer through hours in a gym anymore! In this post, we'll explore how muscles grow, how protein impacts muscle growth, and tips for working out more efficiently. At the end of reading this post you should be ready to step up your game and sculpt that body you've always wanted. The differences between central and anabolic hormones ​Initial steps to building muscle mass Muscle growth occurs in stages. First, there is a signal given by the body telling your muscles to begin growing. This starts with a hormone produced by the pituitary gland which travels from your brain to your pituitary gland. The molecule of this hormone is called Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH). When stimulated, it will travel towards the gonads and stimulate th

If you're trying to lose weight, chances are you've seen a lot of advice on how to do it. Some say that cutting down on calories will work. Others say that exercise is the way, and still others argue for a combination of both. But what do the research results tell us? And how can we use the findings from these studies to help us make our own plans for losing weight and keeping it off. What's the best way to lose weight? A new study gives us some answers. It shows that if you follow a diet in which you reduce calories, you'll lose some weight, but only till your body goes into "starvation mode" and tries to hold onto fat. However, if you exercise while dieting, you're more likely to keep losing weight over time. And even better: Exercise alone can help people lose weight for up to 2 years after they stop exercising. A typical weight loss diet In the new study, researchers looked at the results of two dieting studies. In the first study, participants fo