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Ok i havent hit my spurt yet but if im drinking like 8-10 glasses of milk a day is it enough calcium ?. and if i dont drink soda and just milk will i have a better chance of getting taller? lastly i keep getting "you need nutrition" is that true and if it is where can i get nutrition?? do i even need calcium and nutrition?

You are getting enough calcium.

To reach your potential height you need adequate sleep (from 8-10 hours per night), adequate calories and a normal healthy diet.

Plenty of protein from eggs, meat, poultry, sea food and dairy products helps as well as calcium from milk, cheese and other dairy products. You also need plenty of zinc from red meat, oysters, mussels, nuts and seeds and zinc fortified cereals such as Weetbix.

Exercise does not help your height growth.

Girls usually stop growing at 15 but the absolute deadline is 21.

Boys usually stop growing at 18 but the absolute deadline is 25.

Smoking can reduce your potential height by a whole inch.

Under eating and under sleeping can, to some extent, stunt your height growth.

You can see further tips in a web search for "how to grow taller naturally".

I am twenty-one years old and currently weigh 140lbs. I am also 5’4 and a size 8-10 in jeans. I would like to get to 120lbs by Thanksgiving. Is this realistic? I want to give myself a lot of time so I can adapt and not feel overly rushed.

What would be a good nutrition program to adopt? Low carb? High protein? I need a direction to go towards.

From your current height and weight you should be eating around 1400-1500 kcal. But if you want to lose weight, you either need to eat less calories or exercise more. Keep a food journal and calculate how many kcals (calories) you eat each day.

Always incorporate some sort of physical activity in your diet. You not only burn those calories but also rev up your metabolism, so your

As much as it sounds like a cop-out answer, don’t do diets period. It’s about "lifestyle" changes. And make them manageable.

It’s usually healthy to lose up to 2 lbs per week. Because you’re a little bit shorter, you should maybe shoot for 1 lb per week or 2 lbs per 3 week.

To lose 1 lb per week, you would need to cut 500 kcals per day. Because your BMR is about 1300-1400 kcals, thats not a lot of food. So that’s why I would suggest 2 lbs per 3 weeks and shoot to cut and burn about 350 kcals/day. So that would be running/walk 2 miles each day and then cut 100 calories each day. That’s pretty reasonable and not too difficult. That would take about 30 weeks.

A lot of people try to eat a lot less and exercise a lot more and they’re fine for a month or so and then they quit and then they gain the weight back.

Anyway, hope that helps.

I am 25 years old and I don’t think I have had good nutrition my whole life, lol. I guess I just never really thought about it enough to care about it. Now I am a Father to a two year old little girl and it’s becoming more and more important to me for us all to eat right.
Basically I am looking for a good website or two on how to have good nutrition. Things to eat and things to avoid. Thanks in advance.

I have found this website to be very helpful. It not only tells you the calories, but what proportion of fat/protein/carbs are in things and what vitamins. A really great planning tool! Also has good articles and forums. I also linked a toddler specific one for you.
I’m glad to see you are being a good responsible parent by ensuring proper nutrition for your child! You are a great example for other parents.