The Nutrient Deficiency That Makes You Short

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today I’d like to discuss the most common micronutrient deficiency that can keep you on the short side personally growing up um I think my growth was stunted through wrestling I wrestled uh junior high school high school and I started college until I fractured my neck but for about three years I actually went through cycles of literally starving myself to make weight I think that’s stun on my growth and I’m only 6’2 now you might say well you’re only 62 yeah but my Dad’s 65 my younger brother is 67 my mom is 6 foot no I’m just kidding she’s 58 so if you’re a teenager and you starve yourself you know especially three years in a row that can have an influence on your nutrition most stenog growth is related to malnutrition it is so important in the beginning years of life that you have all the essential nutrients I’m talking about protein I’m talking about vitamins minerals healthy fats because as because this relates to growth and development not just your height but organs and tissues if you’re deficient in iodine for example it can affect your cognitive function if you’re deficient in zinc you can definitely be shorter as well if you have some problem with your pituitary that’s going to affect your height because pituitary controls something called growth hormone but generally speaking girls generally have a growth Spirit between 10 years old and 14 and boys between 12 and 15 but if we take a look at growth we’re going to talk about all of the things we’re going to talk about the protein talk about vitamins and minerals and we’re going to talk about hormones let’s start with hormones okay in a child growth hormone primarily helps you grow helps your bones grow helps your muscles grow helps your height then when you become an adult growth hormone has other functions it keeps and preserves protein on your body it’s anti-aging it helps you with weight loss and there’s several things about growth hormone I want to talk about number one it’s stimulated by amino acids protein if you’re not consuming enough quality protein your growth hormone can be diminished if you have a high sugary diet if you have high blood glucose or you have insulin resistance if you don’t sleep enough growth hormone is made by your pituitary goes to your liver and then your liver makes insulin like growth factor number one now this hormone if deficient can definitely make you shorter and this hormone is also triggered by a good amount of Amo acids and zinc you know how could you become deficient in zinc number one not consuming enough foods high in zinc and out of all the foods that are high in zinc we have red meat other animal Meats we have fish shellfish and there’s not a lot of zinc in plant Foods especially grains and especially corn especially cassava especially rice and if we just take a look at the country that has the highest zinc deficiency that would would be in Africa the Republic of Congo and I’m primarily talking about children and mothers now why would that be because if you look at their diet it’s mostly composed of rice corn grains and cereals Okay now what’s the common denominator of all of those it’s phytic acid it’s a certain chemical that blocks zinc creating a a massive zinc deficiency which can affect the immune system okay what are some other things that can create a deficiency of Inc stress sugar eating junk food that was me now I also mentioned something related to Sugar insulin resistance most of the population has insulin resistance and that can create an effect on your growth as well because the insulin receptor has another function that goes beyond just the regulation of blood sugars it helps you absorb nutrients this is why when someone goes on the ketogenic diet and starts to repair this insulin resistance and now insulin becomes more sensitive sensitive they start having a healing effect with their muscles another important nutrient is vitamin D vitamin D is another really common deficiency uh simply because first of all kids don’t go outside much anymore it’s almost impossible to get from your diet all the junk food inhibits it and the inflammation in our guts block the absorption of vitamin D all of these things influence your growth hormone and your igf number one which is the insulin like growth factor so if you have a child that has St of growth grow I would definitely um Implement some of these strategies and there’s one more uh thing that I used in practice that seemed to work very well because your pituitary is at the heart and anything you can do to support the pituitary would be a good thing there is one product that standard process uh sold when I was in practice that seemed to really work it seemed to help children grow a lot more in a short period of time and it’s called patut tropen PMG I would definitely recommend that maybe one before bed for maybe three months just to optimize the potential for a child’s growth now since we’re on the topic of zinc there’s a lot more to learn if you have not seen this very interesting video on zinc I put it up right here check it out