Why do people use anabolic steroids?

Our sports-loving nation loves a winner, and it's fair to say that most of the millions of boys and girls who compete in high school sports love to win. Some of them will go to great lengths to do so. That may mean using performance-enhancing drugs such as anabolic steroids and human growth hormone. Many steroid takers believe taking anabolic steroids is the only way to develop muscle and strength. This is not true, as been knowledgeable, persistence and hard work also pays off.

Among competitive bodybuilders and weight training personals, steroid use has been estimated to be very high. Anabolic steroids help to rebuild tissues that have become weak because of serious injury or illness. A diet high in proteins and calories is necessary with anabolic steroid treatment.

Anabolic steroids are used for several reasons:

• To gain weight after a injury or continuing infection
• to treat certain types of anemia
• to treat certain kinds of breast cancer in some women.
• to treat hereditary angioedema, which causes swelling of the face, arms, legs, throat, windpipe, bowels, or sexual organs.

Another reason people give for taking steroids is to increase their muscle size and/or reduce their body fat in their weight training and strength training routine.

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