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    Jennyfer Pena Student Application Assignment Anabolic steroids are very commonly used in today’s society. Anabolic steroids are a group of synthetic hormones that further the progress of the storage of protein and the growth of tissue. It is most commonly used by athletes to increase muscle size and strength. Anabolic steroids will not lead to offspring with increased muscle size and strength. This synthetic hormone does not connect to your DNA‚ and therefore it is not inheritable. It

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    Anabolic Steroids and Human Body The word anabolic comes from the Greek word anabole‚ meaning to build up. Anabolic steroids increase protein synthesis‚ which is the process in which the cells create protein from individual amino acids. When protein synthesis increases it results in greater cell growth‚ especially in the muscles. Testosterone is the most potent‚ naturally occurring androgen that is formed in the human body. It is responsible for characteristics specific to males and

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    Anabolic steroids‚ a drug prescribed by a doctor to help those who need certain kinds of anemia or for men who don’t produce enough testosterone on their own‚ or to help people who have weight loss disease in HIV and need to gain muscle back. But‚ there are people in this world who don’t use it the proper way and use it as a cheat to competitive sports. There are people in this world using this drug to gain more muscle‚ improve their physical appearance/performance or to give them a competitive advantage

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    2009 Anabolic steroids are artificially produced hormones that boost your body’s ability to prevent muscle breakdown‚ enlarge muscles and decrease body fat. The artificial hormone produced is similar to or the same as androgens which is the male-type sex hormones in the body. There are over a 100 different types of anabolic steroids. The most powerful is testosterone. Steroids have several slang names and are sometimes referred to as juice‚ hype‚ roids‚ gym candy and pumpers. Steroids come in

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    Spring Research Paper In sports‚ athletes will do whatever it takes to gain the slight improvement over the competition. Unfortunately‚ many athletes unfortunately turn to PEDs‚ or Performance Enhancing Drugs‚ such as anabolic steroids or tetrahydrogestrinone. These energy level boosters are banned by most sports organization. Over the past 48 years‚ 64 Olympic athletes have lost their medals due to the use of banned substances. Over time‚ certain countries have had more athletes banned than others

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    Annotated Bibliography My research topic is steroid use. And the effects both negative and positive on the body and mind. I don’t have a certain age I am targeting just general use by all people. I personally feel steroids if used properly can benefit many people. Especially males over twenty five whose testosterone levels drop significantly as they get older. Steroids can be used to help maintain these levels as well as aid in keep in good shape which can be beneficial for

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    The effects of steroids in the long run Steroids have become a taboo of the sports world. Steroids are similar to taboos such as incest or child marriage‚ something that is known but not encouraged or spoken of in regular conversation. Anabolic Steroids are illegal drugs that are used by athletes to enhance their performance and make them bigger‚ stronger and faster. In today’s world‚ athletes are expected to give performances that are better than the last and to stay on top of their game to maintain

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    you a lot of different side effects that can kill you. “There are many types of performance enhancing drugs that athletes use‚ but the type used the most is Anabolic Steroids”(Wang Stephen). These Anabolic Steroids were “Invented by Physician John Ziegler in the 1950’s. (Opposing) Now there are over one hundred different types of Anabolic Steroids. This is one of the most used because it improves your strength‚ endurance‚ and they help you recover from exercise that are really hard on the body. “This

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    Cincinnati Reds outfielder Jay Gatsby was suspended 162 games without pay for testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance‚ Major League Baseball announced on Friday. Gatsby’s positive test for dehydrochlormethyltestosterone‚ an anabolic steroid that is sold under the name Turinabol‚ was a violation of MLB’s joint drug prevention and treatment program. His suspension is effective immediately. "On March 13‚ I received a call from MLB authorities informing that I had failed a drug test

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    Usage and perceived benefits of Anabolic steroids for Increased Sports Performance Introduction and Literature Review: Since the beginning of sports‚ athletes have found ways to enhance their performance to gain a competitive advantage over their competitors. Records indicated that as early as 77l BC athletes have been attempting to use substances to enhance their performance. The Greek Olympians ingested various substances such as dried figs‚ mushrooms‚ sheep testicles and strychnine to improve

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