The Quest for Height is an excellent blog written by Tyler Davis. He has studied the science of increasing height and bone growth more closely than any other blogger. I skimmed through nearly all of the posts on his blog. This post features a summary of some of the therapies involved in bone growth and height increase. You can find out more about these techniques in the archives of his blog or on PubMed. Much of this information is on the cutting edge of medicine and may need to be revised in the future. Many of these strategies need to involve working with academic medical researchers in a clinical setting, since these medications and even supplements could have side effects.
Supplements and Foods:
arginine
aspartame
astragalus
avocados
boron
calcium
calcium phosphate
cholesterol
chondroitin
cnidium
collagen
creatine
curculigo orchioides
diosgenin
ecdysterone
fish oil
folic acid
folinic acid
forskolin
galangal
glucosamine
green tea
hexadecanoic acid
huperzine A
hyaluronic acid
icariin
ipriflavone
lactoferrin
melatonin
milk
niacin
Nogjungtang
puerarin
S-Adenosyl methionine
selenium
sodium alginate
sophorae beans
tribulus terrestris
vitamin B12
vitamin C
vitamin D
vitamin E
xenoestrogens (low dose only)
zinc
Medications:
acipimox
activin inhibitors
beta glycerophosphate
cholesteryl myristate
F-spondin inhibitors
growth hormone
growth hormone releasing hormone
guanyl cyclase B activators
heparan sulfate
HT042
kartogenin
lithium
minoxidil
myostatin inhibitors
recombinant IGF-1
salubrinal
testosterone
trichostatin A
vegetable peptone
yeast hydrolysate
Lifestyle and Surgery:
avoiding glucocorticoids
avoiding high fat/high sugar diet
bioengineered cartilage pellet
bone autograft
bone demineralization (partial)
bone stretching
distraction osteogenesis
electrical stimulation
epiphyseal distraction
guided bone regeneration
hydrostatic pressure
hypoxia
insulin sensitivity
joint loading
jumping
knee loading
laser therapy
lateral synovial joint loading
limb lengthening with rods and screws
low intensity light therapy
low intensity pulsed ultrasound
microfractures in bone
microgravity
microstrain
muscle hypertrophy
pulsed electromagnetic fields
resistance training
tensile strain
vibrating plates
warm temperature
Biological Processes, Cells, Proteins, Genes:
aggrecan
BDNF
beta-catenin
bone morphogenic protein
C-type natriuretic peptide
chondrocyte differentiation
chondrocyte hypertrophy
chondrocyte proliferation
chondrogenesis
chromatin acetylation
ciliary neurotrophic factor
collagen synthesis
dermatan sulfate
DNA methylation
FGF23
fibronectin
Fzd7
Gas6
G-CSF
GDF-5
ghrelin
growth hormone binding protein
growth plate distraction
HEY1
HMGA2
hyaline cartilage
Indian Hedgehog protein
insulin-like growth factor 1
insulin-like growth factor 2
insulin receptor substrate-1
leptin
Lin28
LMP1
matrix metalloproteinase
mesenchymal stem cells
microfibrils
microRNA
Nell-1
nitric oxide
osteoblast mitochondria hyperplasia
osteoblasts
osteocytes
osteogenesis
periosteum
PI-3 kinase
proepithelin
Ror2
SCF
Smurf2
Sox9
sulfation
synovium-derived stem cells
tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase
TGF-beta
thrombospondin-3
TRPV4
Vangl2
vascular endothelial growth factor
Wnt-5a
