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    with testosterone. Steroids are a kind of lipid or fat molecule and your body makes two very different types. You may be familiar with corticosteroids, they’re a hormone produced by your adrenal glands on your kidneys and they’re handy for things like immune function stress response in controlling inflammation. The other kind of steroids are Androgenic Anabolic steroids. The main one of these is testosterone which, as you know, produces male sex characteristics, but the steroids also include compounds

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    Game Changers I. Introduction A. Steroids are a great boost to boxers, players, or even contestants when it comes to competing but in the end is it really worth it? B. If there was an option to take them or not, I would definitely choose not to because of all the negative effects they can cause to a person. C. They will definitely change how someone is, not just physically but also mentally. II. Health Risk A. “When improperly used, Anabolic Steroids can cause serious health problems”. -Department

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    "Steroids" has more than one construal. Your body naturally engenders some steroids, to avail you fight stress and grow more immensely colossal during puberty. (But your body kens just the right amount that you require, so there's no desideratum to take any extra.) There's withal a type of medicine called steroids that people might take if they have pain,asthma, or a skin quandary. But these aren't the kind of steroids getting attention in sports. When people verbally express steroids, they often

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    don’t look like that is because we know that the long term effects of steroids in will damage our bodies. Steroids have been a common use throughout human history since 1889. The fact that it’s illegal doesn’t seem to bother many users. Generations today are more reliant on this drug for various reasons, without realizing the consequences and long term effects that can result. Steroids are a way of cheating to reach your goals. Steroids are addictive, and over a short period of time they destroy the liver

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    The Sports Journal shows research that 1 in every 100 pre-adolescent children are currently taking steroids"(Brainmac.co).   Professional athletes need to make less money because their wealth and popularity have made athletes think they can do whatever they want. An NFL player by the name of Ray Lewis was

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    devastating and detriment to them personally. Using performance enhancing drugs comes with many risks physically and emotionally. Performance enhancing drugs is as known as “doping”. There are many kinds of steroids such as anabolic steroids, human growth hormones, androstenedione, designer steroids and stimulants to name a few (mayoclinic.com, 2012). Even though athletes see performance enhancing drugs as a positive and a career advancement advantage, all of them are very harmful to your body and

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    important in the world wide games, such as Olympic Game, Tour de France. Nowadays, whether the performance enhancing drugs (PEDs) should be legalized has sparked a heated debate. However, the use of PEDs is morally wrong and it should be banned in sports. This essay will demonstrate three main points which explain the

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    One of the most debated topics in all of sports is whether performance enhancing drugs should be allowed. According to the free dictionary, performance enhancing drugs is defined as “Any drug used to gain an advantage in sports. Such drugs may improve endurance or strength or accelerate healing after injury”. Performance enhancing drugs was first acknowledged as a problem in professional sports in 1967 when the international Olympic committee created a medical board due to the heightened use. Today

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    used steroids and other performance enhancing drugs from those who did not. Many would like to say that athletes in all sports always keep it clean and play fair, but this is rare these days. Doping in sports has always been a problem. However, it seems that the number of athletes who dope has increased dramatically over the years, doping sacrifices many values and cheats the game, and extreme punishments should be set in place to decrease the amount of doping in sports. Doping in sports has become

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    Anabolic Steroids Essay

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    Anabolic Steroids In today’s society, athletes are revered as heroes. There is immense pressure to be the best. Athletes are willing to do whatever it takes to gain an edge, even if it means compromising their health. For almost three decades, athletes have been supplementing their strength program with anabolic steroids to enhance their performance. To be sure, anabolic steroids are effective supplements to strength training programs, but there is no doubt that the consequences can be deleterious

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