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Photo by Lindsay Lehmann via Run Run Ryan blog.

Of course we’ve all heard of the health benefits associated with regular running: weight loss, increased stamina and energy, decreased risks for cardiovascular disease, and improved mental health, just to name a few. But here’s one benefit you may not have considered: running makes you taller.

At least, that is, according to a press release I read this week. According to this press release (link provided for your entertainment only – please don’t buy this ebook!) physical exercise like swimming, cycling, and running will definitely make you taller. From the release:

Along with a balanced diet if you jog on a regular basis then this can add a lot of height to your body. The right food and the right balanced diet can help improve your height in the long-term. More and more people are going jogging or running as a means to lose weight as well as to increase their posture. Furthermore, those who go jogging well early in the morning can have an added advantage of increasing their height.

Fascinating – particularly the part about those who go jogging early in the morning. Oddly enough my wife prefers to run in the morning and she’s a good 12 inches shorter than me (for some reason I prefer to run after work). There may be some grain of truth to this in that running can improve your posture but I really can’t see this fact justifying the purchase of an entire e-book on running to make yourself taller. What do you think? Would anyone who has purchased this e-book be willing to share?

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