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Steroids & Sports

Anabolic steroids are used by all kinds of people not just football players. In most sports there are athletes that take steroids to increase there performance. Athletes have bin taking synthetic steroids since the turn of the century to increase there performance, have bigger muscles mace and also make them self more aggressive. Medical and scientific liticher on steroids indicates that synthetic steroids do not work but it is hard to prove it, because they can not use lager amounts on people.

If you ask any one that has ever taken steroids they know for a fact that it works. Steroids help make a better athletes, but because of all the side affects it can also make the athletes more prone to injuries. Natural steroids help turn a boy in to a man by adding muscle, body hair, deepen there voice, and make them more aggressive. The human body can produce some natural steroids called testosterone.

Your body know how much hormone to produce so there will not be any side effects. There are many short term and long term side affects from steroid use in men and women. Some short term affect are raised blood pressure, decreased sperm count for men, loss of sexual drive, inflammation of the of the liver, and bruise more easily. Some other side effect the just affect women is menstruation stops, and breast tissue shrinks.

There are also some long term affects like cancer and coronary artery disease. Throw out the country there are many high school kids using steroids that do not no the dangers of using steroids, because there is no one to educate them about the risks and side effects like the growth of hormones not only for sports but for weight loss if used for along time can lead to Acromegaly witch increase the amount of cartilage.

Steroid use will probable increase your strength, it might make you quicker, and it decrease your mental tire ness, but the risk far out way the benefits. Steroids affect your body in so many way it is impossible to say how it would effect you. The first country to use steroids was Russia and after that it spread through out the world.

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