001 - How to Grow Taller (Part 1)

Published: May 12, 2021, 3 p.m.

Episode Summary: Welcome to The No Cap Health Show, a podcast inspired by Dr. Brian Boxer Wachler’s extremely popular TikTok channel with over 1.5 million followers. Every week, Dr. Brian uses a light-hearted approach and shares health trends popular on the app. Using his decades of experience in medicine and ability as an expert researcher he confirms (No Cap) or debunks (Cap) the topic and shares best practices with listeners. In this episode, Dr. Brian provides four tips for increasing growth hormone. Chief among these are getting enough sleep, exercising and being careful about what you eat. Dr. Brian even provides a bonus activity you can do to help increase height. If you’re enjoying the show, we’d love it if you leave the show a Rating & Review at http://www.RateThisPodcast.com/NoCap (RateThisPodcast.com/NoCap) Key Takeaways: 01:09 – Dr. Brian introduces today’s TikTok video and topic of discussion, How To Grow Taller  05:07 – Dr. Brian outlines four aspects that can increase growth hormones and help with height  05:18 – Number One: Getting enough sleep  08:48 – Dr. Brian tells a quick story about coffee  10:19 – Number Two: Exercising  14:50 – Number Three: Drinking (cow) milk  17:27 – Number Four: Minimizing junk food and soda  19:10 – Dr. Brian provides a bonus activity for increasing your height  20:58 – Dr. Brian recaps the entire episode and teases Part Two of this episode  21:55 – Dr. Brian encourages listeners to Rate and Review this podcast on http://www.RateThisPodcast.com/NoCap (RateThisPodcast.com/NoCap)    Tweetable Quotes: “Studies now have shown that if you stretch before your workout it will significantly reduce the power that your muscles are capable of putting out. So, do that static stretching after a workout.” (03:40) (Dr. Brian)  “Teenagers really need to try to get nine hours of sleep. We know that when you’re sleeping your body is releasing growth hormones. That is when you grow. That’s why sleep is so important; it’s your prized possession.” (05:19) (Dr. Brian)  “There is a big myth out there because I get the question a lot, ‘Is weight lifting going to stunt my growth?’ I don’t know where this came from, but it is totally, one hundred percent Cap. Putting my Cap on here because it has been shown, through studies, that weight lifting does not stunt growth.” (11:17) (Dr. Brian)  “The nut-related, non-cow milks will not increase growth hormone. It’s only cow milk.” (15:04) (Dr. Brian)  “I thought I was dreaming but my brother confirmed this that at one point my mom put a chain and lock around the handles of the refrigerator and freezer so that we couldn’t open the doors. True story. Nowadays, child services would be called in a nanosecond.” (16:56) (Dr. Brian)    Links Mentioned: Dr. Brian’s Website – https://www.boxerwachler.com/ (https://www.boxerwachler.com/)  Dr. Brian’s TikTok – https://www.tiktok.com/@brianboxerwachlermd (https://www.tiktok.com/@brianboxerwachlermd)  Dr. Brian’s Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/drboxerwachler/ (https://www.instagram.com/drboxerwachler/)  Link to Super Size Me Documentary – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0390521/ (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0390521/)    Please remember, Doctor Brian is a doctor, but he is not your doctor. He is here to provide general information, not medical advice, so you should always check with your doctor before relying on any information.   Podcast Production & Marketing provided by FullCast Copyright. Advanced Vision Education, LLC See https://omnystudio.com/listener...