021 - How to Grow Taller Part 1

Published: Sept. 29, 2021, 5:48 p.m.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/jvvckqri3a79umd/NCHS021%20-%20How%20To%20Grow%20Taller%20-%20Part%201.pdf?dl=0 (Click here) to download the full transcription as a formatted PDF. Episode Summary: Welcome to The No Cap Health Show, a podcast inspired by Dr. Brian Boxer Wachler’s extremely popular TikTok channel with over 3 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 that can help with height. The No Cap Health Show provides general information concerning public health and for public interest. 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. If you’re enjoying the show, we’d love it if you leave the show a Rating & Review at https://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 can 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 that can increase heigh 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 https://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 https://www.boxerwachler.com/ (Dr. Brian’s Website) https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-brian-boxer-wachler-md-662b525/ (Dr. Brian’s LinkedIn) https://www.tiktok.com/@brianboxerwachlermd (Dr. Brian’s TikTok) https://www.instagram.com/drboxerwachler/ (Dr. Brian’s Instagram) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0390521/ (Link to Super Size Me Documentary)   Please remember, Dr. Brian is a doctor, but he is not your doctor. He is here to provide general information, not