The anterior pituitary gland, a grape-sized organ, is situated within brain. Although it has small dimensions, it is the source of powerful juice when it comes to increasing height. The gland is responsible for secreting a substance called somatotropic hormone, into the bloodstream. Somatrotropic hormone is more commonly called growth hormone.

If that tiny gland wouldn’t be present, stretching exercises would be of no use.

“It’s somatotropic hormone that dictates how your body will adapt itself from all your height increasing efforts”
Ed Burke, Ph.D., director of the Exercise Science Program at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.

The amount of growth hormone your body regularly produces is entirely up to your brain and there are a few things you can do to make that gland produce some more growth hormone. Following are the ways that can work for you in terms of height increase.

Sleep

Not getting enough sleep regularly can lower the amount of growth hormone your produces on a daily basis. Eight hours of sleep in twenty four hours is a must. However, excess sleep will not increase the amount of growth hormone. In fact it will hold back the efficient distribution of the growth hormone. Bottom line is eight hours of sleep in 24 hour period can help you grow a few but certainly helpful inches.

Eat Smarter

Eating six or seven smaller meals during the day is considered better comparable to having three or four larger meals. The reason is your body gets forced to release a high amount of insulin into the system to aid with digestion when you consume large meals with a high glycemic index. This not only forces your body to store fat, it may also inhibit the flow of the growth hormone being released throughout your bloodstream.
Pre-exercise Diet

Having a small chicken salad sandwich a couple of hours before exercise significantly increase growth hormones. Food researchers have discovered that consuming a protein-carbohydrate meal a couple of hours before and also after exercise help increase in both testosterone and growth hormone within the bloodstream.

Training

What is the intensity of your stretching exercises? A recent study in the Journal of Applied Physiology found that the frequency and amount of growth hormone the body secretes is relative to the intensity of your workout. People who exercise with great intensity get successful in increasing their heights more.

Do No Eat Before Going to Bed

It is really a bad idea to have a large meal within two hours of going to bed because of the fact that the body releases greater amount of growth hormone during the first two hours of sleep and if heavy meal is taken a couple of hours before sleep it will suppresses this greater amount of growth hormone.Some people also relate this to be a cause of acne, and if by any chance you are also suffering from acne then you must avoid eating right before going to bed.