Height & Health: Is It Possible?

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The discussion revolves around the possibility of increasing human height through artificial means, particularly medical procedures, and the relationship between sexual activity and energy levels in individuals, with a focus on whether marital status affects health and energy.

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Main Points Raised

  • Some participants inquire about the feasibility of increasing height through medical operations, specifically mentioning a procedure for bone elongation that is typically used for correcting limb length discrepancies rather than for height enhancement.
  • There is a claim that the bone elongation procedure is slow and painful, indicating significant drawbacks to the method.
  • One participant challenges the notion that sexual activity reduces energy, suggesting that there is no evidence to support this idea and questioning the origin of such a myth.
  • Another participant reiterates that the belief regarding energy loss from sexual activity is unfounded and emphasizes that it has been previously discussed without basis.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants express differing views on the relationship between sexual activity and energy levels, with some asserting that there is no evidence for energy reduction, while the initial question about marital status and health remains unresolved.

Contextual Notes

The discussion includes assumptions about the effects of sexual activity on energy, which are not substantiated by evidence presented in the thread. The scope of medical procedures for height increase is also limited to specific cases of limb length discrepancies.

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These questions may seem a bit awkward but as I don't have any knowledge about medical field, I'd still put them forward:

Is it possible to increase human height through artificial means, like medical operation etc.?

Indulging into sexual activity reduces our energy. Would a person who is not married be more healthy and energetic than a married person?
 
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TheUmer said:
These questions may seem a bit awkward but as I don't have any knowledge about medical field, I'd still put them forward:

Is it possible to increase human height through artificial means, like medical operation etc.?
There is a procedure for elongating bones, but it is not usually used to increase height, per se, but rather to even out bone length in individuals who have had growth of a limb stunted for some reason. It involves breaking the bone and attaching braces to keep stretching the limb as it heals to elongate the bone. It is a slow and painful process.

Indulging into sexual activity reduces our energy. Would a person who is not married be more healthy and energetic than a married person?

I do not know the origin of this myth, but it's been asked here before, and there is simply no basis for the myth that sexual activity in any way reduces energy. So, the rest of the question becomes irrelevant.
 
masturbation doesn't spoil one's energy?
 
TheUmer said:
masturbation doesn't spoil one's energy?

No. As I said, this has been asked before, and I don't know where such a rumor has come from, but it's pretty blatantly obviously wrong.
 

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