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Abstract When athletes use dietary supplements it is easy for them to ignore the long term effects of these supplements in order for them to gain temporary advantages. If not used correctly, dietary supplements can lead to irreversible damage to the body or even death. Understanding the advantages and drawbacks of using supplements is important when applying them to your everyday life. In this paper, a variety of supplements commonly used by athletes for weight loss, muscle gain, and energy enhancement

If you’re a big sports fan like me, we’ve all at least heard and/or said “Wow, what is he taking? He’s so good!” when talking about an athlete. Most of the time we’re just kidding when we joke that an athlete must be taking some kind of drug to play at such an elite level. Other times are suspicions are actually true when an athlete admits to taking some form of performance enhancing drug (PED). For example, Mark McGwire used androstenedione (andro), a then-legal steroid precursor, to help shatter

The World Health Organization has defined three types of health systems to describe the degree to which traditional medicine/complementary and alternative medicine is an officially recognized element of health care. "In an integrative system, TM/CAM [traditional medicine/complementary and alternative medicine] is officially recognized and incorporated into all areas of health care provision.... An inclusive system recognizes TM/CAM, but has not yet fully integrated it into all aspects of health care

After reading the book, America Anonymous, I couldn’t help but to understand what the Arthur, Benoit Denizet-Lewis was striving to portray. In the book, he tells the story of eight addicts (women and men) whose stories seem to be intertwined, because of their similarities and circumstances. Each individual having to deal with the reality of addiction, and the road to recovery. Through the different forms of compulsion and addiction, Denizet-Lewis pieces together the life of an addict from the initial

1. In a minimum of 100 words, describe the basic teachings of Zoroastrianism. What a fascinating religion, Zoroastrianism is! I never knew this religion existed. The first time I heard the word “Zoroastrianisam” it was a few months back when someone on Facebook was talking about Gal Gadot, the actress that plays wonder woman and saying that she is Zoroastrian, like it was a bad thing. Then, I found a chapter in my text book pertaining to Zoroastrianisam and I was excited to read the chapter, just

Metabical: Positioning and Communications Strategy for a new Weight-Loss Drug Q & A 1. Who is involved in the decision making process? What is the decision making process for Metabical? Since Metabical is a prescription drug for weight loss which can only be bought via a prescription, the overweight patients are not the only decision makers involved. The health care providers are also decision makers in this process for they are the ones who prescribe the drug. The consumer decision

Mid Term Lesson Plan #3 History and beliefs: Hinduism is an Indian phenomena, it is difficult to define, and difficult for the outsiders to understand some of the unusual religious, philosophical and cultural beliefs. It is according to Huston Smith, the…” least dogmatic and most diverse of all religions…” because of the belief that there is a ‘flowing though’ cycle where in samsara ones is born, lives, suffers, dies and is re-born over and over until the ‘moksha’ occurs. This spiritual

model body. According to Blakely, “the obsession with thinness was never labeled clearly as “vanity’; it masqueraded as “health.”” In Glamour there was an article on the latest news on diet pills and how the FDA, Food and Drug Administration, banned ephedra, the dangerous weight loss supplement, and stating the healthiest choice to weight loss is exercise and eating sensibly, yet at the bottom of the page is a picture of a thin, in shape actress, Penelope Cruz, and her workout secret. Just seeing that

Many drugs commonly used today are of herbal origin. There is Archaeological evidence indicating use of herbs and plants for medicinal purposes dating back 60,000 years. It was the learning from our ancestors that yielded the development of medicine as it is known today. Yet modern medicine is favored, by the majority, over herbs and plants provided by nature. A role reversal has occurred. Can modern medicine and natural medicine effectively coexist? In 1960, a Neanderthal was discovered buried

Did you know that 95% of professional athletes take enhancer drugs? There are many people in the NFL (National Football League) and MLB (Major League Baseball) that take more drugs than any other sport. I hate how athletes today take enhancement drugs to make them better in sports. (The use of performance-enhancing drugs is becoming relatively mainstream. Approximately 3 million people in the United States have used anabolic steroids (Silver 2001), with usage rates as high as 12% among young men