In the last few years there has been an increase in the popularity of mono-hydrate supplements that are used by athletes. Some of the most popular of these supplements are creatine and androstenedione. They are used by some very famous athletes in professional sports. There are many problems that go along with using these supplements that are serious health-wise issues. Athletes today are not thinking of what kind effects will happen to them in the long run, when using creatine substances. They are looking for easier ways of training and enhancing their performance. They are under a lot of pressure to succeed and win all the time that it must be easier to find a short cut for gaining quick strength and a little bit of speed increase. In this paper I will tell you some of the risks that these supplements bring on you. Also I will give an overview of what both creatine and androstenedione. are. For as long as I can remember I have been involved in athletics. Being involved in high school basketball made me go through some tough training and conditioning. I have never had the help of any type of artificial supplement or performance-enhancing drug helping me condition or build muscles faster. However, I found out that there was
What are the side effects from taking creatine gas and muscle cramping. If you really load this up in the body, this drug may impact hormones and organs. If it is converted to testosterone, then you will have the effects that you see with testosterone, including liver damage and increased risk of stroke. In young kids, a large level of the hormone may falsely signal the body into shutting down their growth plates. For women, it could permanently masculinize them, causing a deep voice. For the most part these side effects are not extremely dangerous, but they can lead to hazardous health problems down the road. After all taking excessive amounts of any of these two supplements can lead to extreme problems that could be fatal. Another question that some people may be curious about is why is androstenedione. banned in some sports but not in others. The National Basketball Association, pro baseball and the National Hockey league have had the luxury of keeping their hands in the sand when it comes to performance-enhancing drugs because the public has not perceived them as having been a problem in those sports unlike in the NFL. Baseball doesn't even have the drug testing. The first article I found about creatine and androstenedione. was from People Weekly entitled Hazard Alert. This article was pretty good because it answered almost all the questions that I had about these supplements. Also in this article I found out about Mark McGwires use of
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