young athletes fail to realize is the damaging effect steroids have on a person’s physical and psychological health over time‚” says Michael J. Sampson‚ DO‚ an osteopathic sports medicine and family physician at Virginia Tech and Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine. “The more we learn about these drugs‚ the scarier they become.” Sometimes I wonder‚ “Do professional athletes know
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Social Issue: Are Steroids Truly Harmful to Humans or is it just Perception? Steroids Good or Bad? Evander Holyfield stated‚ “Well‚ when I think of steroids I think of an image. You have the advantage over someone‚ which is a form of cheating. I guess it wouldn’t be right unless it was legal for everybody. Reason it’s not legal for everybody is because it can hurt people seriously” (BrainyQuote). When thinking of performance enhancing drugs (PEDs)‚ it appears there is a shroud of mystery surrounding
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Anabolic steroid use in teenagers is on the rise. Struggling with schoolwork and attending extra-curricular activities are merely a couple of reasons why teens turn to drugs. When my 16-year-old son started lifting weights and taking supplements one drug in particular raised a red flag. How bad could steroid use be? Commonly‚ the most used type is the anabolic steroid. This drug is what most body builders and professional athletes use. “ ’Anabolic ’ refers to muscle-building.’ Steroids ’ refers
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29 November 2011 The Good‚ The Bad‚ The Ugly Steroids Anabolic steroids are synthetically produced variants of the naturally occurring male sex hormone testosterone. Steroids can be prescribed to persons who lost lean muscle mass resulting from cancer or AIDS‚ or persons who have delayed puberty. Sometimes‚ either athletes or non-athletes abuse anabolic steroids in order to enhance their performance or to improve their physical appearance. Although the use of steroids is beneficial for people who
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TV is Bad for You Many people around the world spend tireless hour staring at the TV screen every single day. TV is becoming like a drug‚ people are addicted to it! TV’s can expose to us the weather forecast‚ sports and global events. TV’s also can give quality entertainment‚ education programs and something to look forward to after a harsh day. Though there are advantages‚ there are also many more disadvantages to watching TV. The passage from ‘Small screen big trouble’ about the crime wave of
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Hour 7 February 20th 2012 Soda Is Bad For You According to statistics‚ in the past couple year’s soft drinks have become much more consumed by Americans. Although most people enjoy the taste of these sugary drinks most research shows that they are bad for you. Drinking soda can cause the enamel on your teeth to dissolve‚ take calcium out of your bones and cause them to weaken‚ cause a person to become overweight possibly obese‚ and cause acne breakouts. Whether you call it soda‚ pop‚ a tonic‚ coke
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a competitor who is cheating through chemical engineering. Anabolic androgenic steroids are used medically for some forms of anemia‚ some breast cancers‚ osteoporosis‚ endometriosis‚ and hereditary angiodema‚ a swelling disorder. However‚ there is no sanctioned use of steroids for cosmetic purposes or athletic performance. Because of negative side effects and the potential for abuse‚ anabolic androgenic steroids have been classified as controlled substances with severe penalties for trafficking
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Meron Habtemichael Sugar: Is Sugar "Bad" for You? There is controversy about sugar and its heath issues. · Eating a lot of sugar means you will have to cut down on other forms of food. · Sugar causes malnutrition because it reduces the nutrition that one would receive from other foods. · Also if you consume sugar along with other food you eat regularly you will be taking in too many calories‚ thus bringing in the problem of obesity. · Once the body has enough sugar to fill its glycogen
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Is the Internet Bad For You? Socrates feared writing would make us forgetful. He believed written knowledge didn’t give us the same wisdom as oral knowledge (100). Hieronimo Squarciafico‚ the Italian humanist‚ believed the easily available books that the printing press provided would lead to weaker minds (100). Writing and the easy access to books‚ two of the world’s biggest discoveries‚ yet they were seen as things that would harm people rather than help. Nicholas Carr advocates the harmfulness
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Sawyer Schafer English III 2 January 2013 Doping in Sports: “Is it that bad?” Sports and competition have always been‚ are and always will be greatly emphasized in the world. Competitions have provided not only entertainment but a way of life for people for decades. History shows that sports have been played ever since the earliest days when ancient greece had olympic games. |Those games were a large part of their entire existence. |Not
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