steroids

In this essay, the author

• Explains that many professional athletes have been caught abusing steroids to improve their performance in certain sports. anabolic steroids are a synthetic drug that has the same effects as the male sex hormone, testosterone.
• Explains that anabolic steroids can be prescribed to treat conditions such as delayed growth and puberty, as well as loss of muscle mass from diseases like cancer and aids. many athletes inject themselves with steroids illegally to enhance their performance in sports.
• Explains that the concept of steroids can be traced back to the original olympic games where olympic athletes were known to ingest animals' testicles before a competition.

• Explains that many professional athletes have been caught abusing steroids to improve their performance in certain sports. anabolic steroids are a synthetic drug that has the same effects as the male sex hormone, testosterone.
• Explains that anabolic steroids can be prescribed to treat conditions such as delayed growth and puberty, as well as loss of muscle mass from diseases like cancer and aids. many athletes inject themselves with steroids illegally to enhance their performance in sports.
• Explains that the concept of steroids can be traced back to the original olympic games where olympic athletes were known to ingest animals' testicles before a competition.
• Explains that arnold adolph berthold discovered the importance and effects of the male hormone, testosorone, through an experiment where he removed the testes from cockerels.
• Explains that steroids began in the 1930s when adolf butenandt isolated and purified the hormone androsterone by extracting it from urine. leopold ruzicka synthesized the synthetic testosorone, now known as anabolic steroids.
• Explains that the more that was discovered and known about steroids and some of its effects, more people started to use it. however, it was used in the past by countries in war.
• Explains that steroid abuse has been at an increasingly high rate over the last few years.
• Opines that prolonged steroid use hurts the body more than it helps it as it has a countless number of side effects.
• Explains that there is a strong correlation between bodybuilders who take steroids and amount of kidney damage it results in.
• Explains that steroids have short-term effects, such as acne, blood coagulation, oily skin, high blood pressure, jaundice, fluid retention, reduction in hdl-c, swelling of the soft tissues, and obstructive sleep apnea.
• Explains that steroids are synthetic versions of the male hormone testosorone and can cause females to appear more like a man and give them male-like qualities.
• Explains that steroids have had an arguably bigger impact on sports and professional athletes. many athletes have tarnished their legacies and questioned whether any of their achievements should be considered legitimate.
• Analyzes how lance armstrong's steroid use has tarnished his legacy as he was stripped of all seven tour de france titles.
• Argues that the steroid era is not over yet as there will always be players who cheat and take the risks that come along with it.
• Explains that many professional baseball players' legacies were tarnished due to steroids. barry bonds and roger clemens failed to get the necessary 75 percent of votes from baseball writers.
• Opines that the abuse of anabolic steroids has become a big problem in today’s world as it has many negative effects on the body and in sports.