For over 50 years steroids have been readily used among many athletes, weightlifters in particular Steroids were noticed after Russian weightlifters broke almost all weightlifting records. Steroids greatly increase muscle mass and strength, boost your immune system and increase testosterone. Although this may all sound great steroids are harmful with many horrible side effects, and may lead to death.

The biggest concern among male weightlifters who want to enter competition, is that Anabolic Steroids change the body's chemicals and produces hormones in the body that alter the overall appearance of the athlete. The human body naturally produces testosterone and estrogen. The more testosterone the more estrogen will be produced. This may cause Gynomastia. Gynomastia is where a male begins to feminize. This only occurs in men.

Excessive levels of testosterone can be converted into estrogen and will encourage the growth of female breasts. Also fatty deposits and extremely soft muscle

The question still remains; What are Steroids? All steroids contain the same 17carbon atom but the numbers of atoms that attach to it are what make steroids different. The ways the Hodryl, oxygen, and hydrogen atoms attach to it also make steroids different. Anabolic steroids build muscle tissue, and are a derivative of testosterone (the male sex hormone). Testosterone is produced in both men and women. However men produce about 10mg a day, where women produce about 10 times less than that, some women less than 1 mg a day. In the 1950's a pharmaceutical company called CIBA created the first. Oral steroid called Dinabol (methandrostendone or D-Bol). A few years later there were many steroid users, worldwide and have been ever since.

The internal side effects of steroid use are much greater than the external ones. Not long after starting steroids a person may develop an increase in aggression called "Roid Rage", where a person is extremely hot tempered and is unable to control their behavior. Another psychologic

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