Increasing knowledge｜Using growth hormone to make children grow taller? you should be cautious

In recent years, with the improvement of living standards, parents have higher and higher requirements for the height of their children. Therefore, once the height of their children does not grow as expected, many parents will become anxious and take their children to check for growth hormone. When the results of the examination were seen to be slightly lower, the parents’ first thought was to get injections and supplement growth hormone quickly, so as not to let their children lose at the starting line! Is this really the case? Today we will talk about height growth and growth hormone.

The so-called growth hormone (GH) is a protein synthesized and secreted by the cells of the anterior pituitary gland. It is a type of peptide hormone. The main physiological function of GH is to promote anabolism and protein synthesis in the body and stimulate bone growth. .

In 2003, the Food and Drug Administration approved recombinant growth hormone for so-called "idiopathic short stature," or unexplained short stature, which is not a disease. . This has also prompted more and more parents to consider using the hormone to make their children grow taller. However, it still needs to be reminded that a new US study has linked growth hormone therapy to serious adverse health effects many years later.

The examination found that the child’s growth hormone is low. Do I need to supplement it?

In fact, children's growth hormone is secreted irregularly and intermittently throughout the day, and its secretion is affected by sleep, diet, exercise, drugs, etc.

Random growth hormone testing has no diagnostic value.

The really valuable examination is called: growth hormone stimulation test.

Growth hormone stimulation test is to observe the dynamic changes of blood hormones by using a certain method or drug that can increase the secretion of growth hormone, so as to understand the body's ability to regulate, synthesize and secrete growth hormone.

If a child is short, can he grow taller by taking height-increasing drugs or taking growth hormone?

The height requirements for children are getting higher and higher. Using so-called height-increasing drug products or "growth hormone" actually falls into another misunderstanding. There are many possible causes of short stature, including a lack of growth hormone, including malnutrition, Crohn's disease, or celiac disease. Underlying conditions should be ruled out and, if discovered, treated. But height is often related to a child's genes.

How to grow taller scientifically?

What we can control is:

① Sleep

The human body’s growth hormone is secreted in pulses, with the peak secretion at night and no obvious secretion of growth hormone during the day. Peak, the effect is different from sleeping at night. Adults can work at night and catch up on sleep during the day, but children who are in urgent need of growth hormone must not stay up late.

And you need to ensure sleep time:

② Nutrition

Protein and calcium are of course necessary for growing taller.

There is no need for so many nutritional supplements. The most effective way is:

1-2 cups of milk every day.

300 grams of milk can provide 300mg of calcium and 9 grams of high-quality protein, which can achieve 37.5% of calcium intake and 30% of high-quality protein.

1-2 cups of milk basically meets 1/3 of the daily calcium and protein requirements.

It can almost meet the daily protein and calcium needs. For children who don’t like to drink milk, yogurt and cheese are also acceptable.

③ Exercise

Studies have shown that strengthening lower limb exercises, such as skipping ropes, jumping rubber bands and climbing stairs, can promote the division and proliferation of bone cartilage cells.

④ Respect the law of growth

The peak period of human growth is infancy and adolescence.

You can achieve your ideal height with a little movement at any time.

Although the test results are normal, parents still can't let go. They are eager for success, desperately supplement calcium, and take some so-called height-increasing products, which may lead to early closure of bone calculus lines or precocious puberty.

Let the child lose the opportunity to grow taller...

Warning: At present, our country has not approved any health products with "height-increasing" effects!

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