The Psychological Effects Of Using Steroids
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Anabolic Steroids. What are they? Where do they come from? Why are they used? From amateurs to pros, from body builders to football players and every sport in between, Steroids, or "roids" as they are referred to, have been in the circle of athletes since the 1950’s. Is it vanity that drives ath ....
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.... When taken, either orally or injected, these synthetic steroids fool the body into thinking that testosterone is being produced and therefore the body shuts down functions involving testosterone (Mishra 2). Given the right training stimulus and diet, these steroids enables the user to process protein into muscle fibers at astonishing rates, creating increased muscle size and strength with a drop in body fat (due to an increase in metabolic rate) . They are, in effect, the chemical esse ....
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