hi I'm 17 years old standing at 6'0.5" tall and I want to grow taller.

What would the best foods be to eat to achieve this goal?
Are there any good exercises which could help me grow to be taller.

My dream is to grow to be about 6'5" which I know is probably impossible, so I'm hoping to at least grow to be 6'2" by the time I'm 21.

I HIGHLY doubt there is a food that will help you grow. Its based on genetics. Why do you want to grow taller? sports reason?/ personal? The taller you grow the more weight you need to have. You are already underweight right now.

146 isn't underweight. to be under 18.5 BMI I have to way under 136.

Solid nutrition is about all you can do food wise. Opinions differ on what "solid nutrition" is..but google John Berardi's articles on the subject, and consider purchasing some of his books, or Tom Venuto's "Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle."

Some quick rules, if you're lazy:

* eat 5-6 times a day
* get lean protein and vegetables/fruit at every feeding
* get around 30% of your calories come from fat, split roughly evenly among satured, monounsatured and polyunsatured
* drink lots of water
* aim for 90% good eating, this means cheating very occasionally
* eat starchy carbs only in the post-workout window (the next 1-2 meals after heavy exercise)
* get proper nutrition around strenuous physical activity
* get enough sleep!

All of that should help to maximize your nutritional effort, the rest is, as they say, genetics. Best wishes.

lol, at 6 feet and 146 pounds, that's pretty damn skinny. It's not about BMI, it's about muscle mass compared to body fat.

If BMI truly ruled the world, every "healthy" person would be skinny as a twig with relatively high bodyfat compared to muscle mass.

But if you really want to maximize your potential, get plenty of rest, take up swimming long distances, eat all your green veggies, take your vitamins, drink milk, and cross your fingers.

I can't say if you'd go for it or not but a swimming regime may help. I stopped growing when I was 13 (i'm 20 now) @ 1.70m. I started swimming seriously each day and I managed to grow an extra 10cm in 12 months (6months after i stopped growing). something about the weightlessness effect maybe. Its worth it.

Not to belittle Lei or nowhere's advice, but could someone point me to some references regarding the effect of swimming on maximizing growth potential? I'm honestly curious. Or, in lieu of empirical data, experiential information regarding the reason for the belief that swimming, specifically, was a factor.

I must agree, That is rather skinny, Eat more.

@focus
No, swimming will not make any one taller.

@at poster

6feet is fine, their is little point in being taller unless you wanted to play Bball and dunk the ball. which by the way can be done at 6feet. Back in the mid-late 90s their was a NBA baller who was 5'8-5'10, who could dunk the ball. Although i no longer remember his name

Tyron "maxy" Box, Charlotte Hornets =)

About 3 inches in 6 months ?? Wow! Are you sure??