Steroids And The Big Picture

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are using steroids. Teenagers know that steroids will help them build muscle but they don’t know about the side effects and the long-term effects. Teenagers have a hard time looking ahead to the near future, never mind much later in their lives. But society continues to tell the youths of today that society wants muscular physiques. Pick up any teen or muscle magazine and everybody inside will have a perfect sculpted body. There are people that have a hard time working out or have no motivation, and they see someone using steroids that hardly lifts weights and are getting massive gains in strength. Obviously the nonuser is going to be curious of using steroids.
One of the main reasons steroids are being abused is because people don’t understand exactly how they work. Many people curious in steroids think they can take the drug, get a massive body, stop taking the drug, and they will still remain huge with little work, but this is not the case at all. Steroids plain and ...

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the liver and kidneys. The body can only use a limited amount of the steroid, so if an athlete uses an excessive amount, the body will turn the left over steroids into estrogen.
Another mistake that commonly occurs is a poor lifestyle. Many people never pay attention to healthy eating, mainly because people like eating food that is not good for them, but it really does matter. When on steroids, the user must eat enormous amounts of food that is high in protein and calories. Many athletes do not eat enough food that contains these items, and steroids do not work. Or if they do eat enough calories and protein, they often ingest too much fat. If a person is going to take steroids, they ...

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