text: growing taller? a friend of mine is 23 and around 5'8"/5'9" and he wants to get to 6ft tall.from what i know,growth spurts occur from the rush of hormones and are caused by pituitary glands at the age of adolecence. a many people say that you stop growing after 20 but i wonder if there is a way to grow without taking diet pill drugs,various surgeries,or any other forms of such defiance. my question mainly is, is there a natuaral way to grow taller maybe simply by eating the right foods and excercise? or if anyone knows information or a website that has a proven fact or a method that will work please help.it would be greatly appreciated...... a few men continue to grow until their late 20s (but not many!) - at 23 it is possible he might still get an extra 1/2 inch or so of height but more likely he has finished growing upwards.  there are no non-prescription remedies to grow taller short of breaking your leg bones inserting a gap with rods and waiting for the bone to cover the gap!  growth hormone treatment will make you taller prior to the end of your height spurt - after this it will just turn you into a short big foot!!   at 5' 9'' your friend is not short and height is an attitude as well as a physical reality.   i am 6' 3'' but have friends who are 5'9'' and look 6 ' to me because they have developed their bodies and carry themselves with confidence.