The desire in human beings to attain a great body, look good and gain extra strength has been there since time immemorial.
Shocking statistics reveal that 6.5% of adolescent boys and 1.8 adolescent girls are using steroids without prescription, despite their cost.
What constitutes steroids exactly? Are they really effectual? Are they harmful? These are some of the questions we need to answer before deciding whether to use or not to use steroids.
Steroids are lipids derived from cholesterol and secreted by the gonad, adrenal cortex and placenta. Technically, steroids denote a molecule structure having three, 6carbon containing rings and one 5-carbon containing ring.
Anabolic steroids are derived synthetically from testosterone – the male hormone. They are taken mainly by people who want to build muscles, enhance performance or simply improve their appearance.
The drugs work by affecting the body functions to help retain proteins which are a necessary body building block for the growth of muscles, bones and skin.
You simply will not get huge by injecting yourself daily with testosterone treatments unless you are eating a lot of food and training hard at the gym.
Steroids mainly help those who are using them to recover faster from their workout compared to natural bodybuilders.
People on steroids can train 6 times a week, splitting sessions into morning and afternoon. They can spend 2 hours in the gym getting stronger and bigger weekly, unlike natural bodybuilders who can only go to the gym for one hour 3 times a week.
Those on steroids can train longer and recuperate faster, making it much easier for them to increase their muscle mass as well as their strength.
Steroids come with a variety of side effects. Men can experience shrinking of testicles, reduced sperm count infertility baldness and in exceptional cases development of breasts.
Women on steroids are likely to grow facial hair, experience changes in their menstrual cycles, enlargement of the clitoris and deepened voice.
Adolescents can experience halted growth prematurely through premature skeletal maturation and accelerated pubertal changes.
Other side effects associated with anabolic steroids include, liver tumors, jaundice, fluid retention, enlargement of the heart, high blood pressure hardening of arteries, high cholesterol levels, heart palpitations, kidney stones and kidney failure in some cases.
In athletes on steroids, the changes are more noticeable. These include quick weight and muscle gain, swelling of feet, trembling, bad breath, unexplained darkening of the skin and increased aggressive behavior.
From the above-mentioned side effects, it’s clear that steroids do more harm than good to our bodies. Why should you have a great body that is sick? Why look good now only to be terrible later? All of us want to live longer and healthier. To realize this dream, let’s avoid steroid use.
Most of us because of that desire to be like somebody else try drugs that don’t work even though they worked for somebody else. It’s always advisable to seek medical advice and have full information concerning the steroid you want to use before you begin using them.
