Steroids – Safe Or Savage? – Making Sense of the Effects of Steroids – Part Two

Steroids

Ironically enough, steroids are produced naturally in the body. Could this possibly mean that steroids would be safe to supplement? Many argue that they in any shape or form are dangerous. Others claim that with proper supervision, they are okay. There is much evidence that the use of steroids can lead to liver damage, high blood pressure, aggressive behavior, the appearance of male physical characteristics in females and vice versa, heart attacks, etc crazy bulk discount .

Some would argue and claim that there couldn’t be any side effects since steroids are produced in the body naturally. In reality, there isn’t a lot produced by the body and adding extra can really have a negative effect on one’s hormones. Another thing to consider is the “stacking” of steroids which means to take various steroids together as well as other drugs. There are pills, injections and creams. It is debatable which is the best.

Anabolic steroids usually increase protein synthesis in muscle. Increased training intensity also normally occurs, resulting in a greater stimulus to the trained muscles. This tells the body to adapt by getting stronger and bigger. There are problems because when there is extra testosterone in the system, the body creates more estrogen to balance the hormone levels. If one introduces too high a level of testosterone into the body, their own testicles will stop producing testosterone which is detrimental when one comes off of the steroids. For this reason there are many estrogen “blockers” on the market such as Novedex XT from Gaspari Nutrition, Sports One Aromiblock Estrogen Blocker, 6-OXO Aromatase Inhibitor Estrogen Blocker, LG Sciences Formadrol Extreme Legal Gear, SAN Estrodex, Estrogenex Aromatase Inhibitor, etc. More can be found by doing a search on Google Shopping for “Estrogen Blockers.” These are important because when one takes steroids, the male body automatically creates more estrogen and doesn’t stop by itself. If a man were to quit steroids without taking an estrogen blocker, he would lose all the muscle that he had built and possibly continue to lose muscle until becoming very weak.

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