
To find the real culprit behind this old wives’ tale, according to Smithsonian Magazine, you have to go all the way back to the front half of the 20th century. The article notes that some studies have found caffeine consumption can lead to the body absorbing less calcium, which in children could “negatively affect body bone mineral gain or hip bone density, thus inhibiting growth.” Though the actual difference the studies found were shown to be negligible. With each passing year, the milk took up less and less of the cup until I was a six-foot-tall black coffee drinker.Īnd you know what? Mama’s decision to let me have coffee is backed by science, who have found no correlation between coffee consumption and height.Īs reported by Discover Magazine, the concerns about growing children consuming caffeine are based partially in science, but primarily in marketing. Thankfully, my mom was good at parenting (or bad at it, depending on which side you stand) and let me at the ripe old age of five have my milk with just a splash of coffee. I was never going to get pulled out of the stands at Reunion Arena to suit up for the Dallas Mavericks thanks of my coffee-induced diminutives, which given the general disrepair of the franchise at the time was a more real possibility than perhaps I realized.Įven so, I was willing to put my basketball career on the line because I just wanted to have coffee, like all the grown-ups do. Did weed stunt my growth? Growth stunt Does drinking coffee stunt your growth? do weights stunt a 13 year old boy's growth? does weight lifting at 14 years old stunt your growth Does it stunt your growth? Did I get Growth stunt? Age 13 How many of ciggs and weed also black&miled well just smoking how much ciggs stunt ur growth.Growing up I had what I can only assume is a universal experience amongst fledgling coffee drinkers: I was told that coffee would stunt my growth. Inappropriate posting*** Please read our Terms of Useĭoes smoking stunt growth? does weight lifting stunt your growth Does lifting weights stunt children s growth does smoking weed stunt your growth? Push up at teen age stunt growth. I don't care it's almost a year later, ***this post is edited by moderator *** *** :D Hope this helped jordan lift some weight stunts growth but will never hurt ur immune system if theres anything else email me at ***this post is edited by moderator *** *** private e-mails not allowed ** Choose 1 not all love ur height as much as i do. Now hes the shortest one in his family &hes miserable, lack of sleep can too but that kills over time. & he used to smoke & drink coffe a young age. Wanna know how i know? i've been 5''9 since i was 13, it was my dad who told me coffe, coke-cocola, cigarrets, etc. If u really wanna stop growing their are 2 options smoking & caffine, DONT smoke it will stunt ur growth but it will kill u instantly but not as fast as an overdose of caffine. Since you are only 15 & 6''5 you as a boy will stop growing 18-20 & you might stop 18 you'll be about 6''9 very very tall but dnt worry cause im 15 also & im 5''9 all my friends are tall & we HATE short boys even models i wish my boyfriends were ur height i'd kill to date a boy as tall as you. :D Hope this helped jordan lift some weight stunts growth but will never hurt ur immune system if theres anything else email me at ***this post is edited by moderator *** *** private e-mails not allowed ** Please read our Terms of Use GOOD LUCK! :)
