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They could give teens growth hormone instead. I guess now that late adolescent gender transitions are becoming accepted, and since they already give growth horm

They could give teens growth hormone instead. I guess now that late adolescent gender transitions are becoming accepted, and since they already give growth hormone to little people, that's the next step.

n8cpdx 4y ago
At least according to podcasts, that is done for kids that appear on track to be short. It seems like the people in my SES/field of work trend substantially taller, especially the younger cohort. I’m 1/4” shy of 6’ so it seems strange, but I always assumed it was due to better nutrition. I think a few years less of the pasta-based food pyramid would have made a difference. Or maybe they’re all just getting hormones. https://www.thisamericanlife.org/687/small-things-considered https://www.thisamericanlife.org/687/small-things-considered P.S. if it is ok to give trans kids hormones for gender dysphoria, I don’t see any issues with giving cis kids hormones for dealing with height dysphoria. At least the consequences of HGH are less severe and better understood.
- gadders 4y ago
  Worked for Lionel Messi: https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1492546-lionel-messi-and-hgh-the-truth-about-the-best-footballer-in-the-world https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1492546-lionel-messi-and...
xiphias2 4y ago
Growth hormone has amazing qualities, but as it stimulates the liver to produce IGF-1, it has to be taken together with drugs that deregulate IGF-1 and under supervision. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/acel.13028 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/acel.13028
- whatshisface 4y ago
  Hopefully nobody would read my comment as a suggestion to start taking it.
  - xiphias2 4y ago
    Actually I wish more people would be taking it. Currently about 10-20 people are in the experiment, and it's the only drug proven to reverse epigenetic aging in humans. I want to be part of the experiment, but I'm afraid of developing prostate cancer, and I don't live inside the US, that's why I prefer to wait.

n8cpdx 4y ago

At least according to podcasts, that is done for kids that appear on track to be short. It seems like the people in my SES/field of work trend substantially taller, especially the younger cohort. I’m 1/4” shy of 6’ so it seems strange, but I always assumed it was due to better nutrition. I think a few years less of the pasta-based food pyramid would have made a difference. Or maybe they’re all just getting hormones. https://www.thisamericanlife.org/687/small-things-considered https://www.thisamericanlife.org/687/small-things-considered P.S. if it is ok to give trans kids hormones for gender dysphoria, I don’t see any issues with giving cis kids hormones for dealing with height dysphoria. At least the consequences of HGH are less severe and better understood.

gadders 4y ago
Worked for Lionel Messi: https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1492546-lionel-messi-and-hgh-the-truth-about-the-best-footballer-in-the-world https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1492546-lionel-messi-and...

xiphias2 4y ago

Growth hormone has amazing qualities, but as it stimulates the liver to produce IGF-1, it has to be taken together with drugs that deregulate IGF-1 and under supervision. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/acel.13028 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/acel.13028

whatshisface 4y ago
Hopefully nobody would read my comment as a suggestion to start taking it.
- xiphias2 4y ago
  Actually I wish more people would be taking it. Currently about 10-20 people are in the experiment, and it's the only drug proven to reverse epigenetic aging in humans. I want to be part of the experiment, but I'm afraid of developing prostate cancer, and I don't live inside the US, that's why I prefer to wait.