How is it possible people who drink lots of milk are below the average height?

[Anonymous]

i know some women who are only 5'2" 5'3" who claimed that they drink milk everyday, and also eat dairy products. yet they are short... by that logic if they consume so much dairy they should be at least 6' tall.

And as for myself dairy have become my worst fear because i want to stunt my growth and i consinder that if i drink a glass of milk i'll grow taller by an inch.

damn it must work differently to each individual which makes things even more confusing than they already are

[Aizou]

Whether you'll grow tall or not actually has more
to do with how much you sleep (you grow the most when you sleep)
and of course, the genes you've got from your family.

I never heard that milk should have any effect on height
I may be wrong though, by no means, am I an expert on milk..

So if you're looking to not grow, simply stop sleeping.. ^.~

[Asker]

i sleep only 5.5 hrs... so i don't have to blame milk for making me 5'7" because i drank everyday during my teens...

[Aizou]

Yea I sleep even less than that, but I also
drank a lot of milk in my teens, and I'm 5'8"

My brother drinks a lot of milk, like.. a lot, and
he also sleeps pretty much (NEET), and he's
pretty tall, according to me at least.

I'm not too keen on the dairy facts, as I said, but
I'm pretty sure on the fact that sleep time is the time
where a person will grow the most. ^.^

[Asker]

you sleep less than me and you're taller than me? WTF? how tall are your parents?

[Aizou]

My mother is 5'3something
and my father was 6'1something.

Actually, to be totally honest with you, I also
kind of wanted to.. stop growing, so to speak, but what
I did is not really scientific, and probably not the real reason
either, I just willed it, I wanted to not grow taller, as I didn't
want to be too tall, but not like, short either.

Probably has more to do with other things though
like the lack of sleep and such.

[Asker]

so you're somewhere in between makes sense. but if you slept more you might end up closer to your dad's height i guess

[RichardShub]

I was up to a gallon of milk a day.. and im 6'3 also now I can't eat cheese or drink milk.. Lactose.. boo hoo I love milk

[Asker]

i hated milk for that reason. the fear to become taller

[aamy811]

We'll you just answered your question. People who drink milk do it because everyone swears it will make a taller. But in truth it would just give us strong bones. Height is usually hereditary. Bone density I'm not really sure

[dragonfly6516]

It's more likely they were encouraged to consume more dairy in attempt to get taller faster, but genetics were against them, and now it's habit to consume so much dairy.

[Luv2BRealExotic13]

The actual logic is animal milk (besides human breast milk) isn't good for the body. Milk deteriorates bones and muscles and fills the body with mucous and constipates people.

[Asker]

what do you mean? milks helps you to shrink? OMG!!!

[Luv2BRealExotic13]

Not so much as stunts your growth.

[Asker]

so milk stunts your growth really? i thought caffeine did

[Luv2BRealExotic13]

Milk does also

[Asker]

OMFG!! but still most people believe the opposite

[Littlestarr]

humans were never supposed to drink cow milk that why it comes out of a cow? haha

[Invoker]

Calcium and vitamin D are not the only factors in height or growth in general. There's genetics and adaptations.

[Asker]

and dairy have a lot of calcium... so...

[RaeBae]

I want to be taller, but I am short. Plus I don't drink milk. Aha... So that explains it

[Asker]

try to drink a gallon per day then... you'll never know

[RaeBae]

Oh no I stopped with the milk back in preschool. The smell and taste makes me gag

[Anonymous]

my friends a midget and she never consumes dairy products

[Asker]

that makes sense... but still there are people who claim that mi8lk has nothing to do with height

[ShaeNielson]

Because is isn't some miracle growth for humans..

[csester]

Dairy is crap and has close to no benefits.