When Bodybuilding and Steroids Go Too Far [pictures]

There's a movie opening on May 30th - Bigger Stronger Faster.

clipped from www.lifeinthefastlane.ca . Right or more often the case wrong, athletes have been taking anabolic steroids since the early 1960’s. Many competitive bodybuilders go to excess in taking steroids in order to compete citing that ‘extreme sports require extreme measures,’ ” While it’s not as common to suffer critical or life-threatening effects, steroids are far from safe, causing potentially harmful side-effects with some being irreversible. . Anabolic steroids are especially dangerous for teenagers, interfering with the normal effect of hormones on a growing body, and premature development of the epiphysis . Tom Platz Tom Platz Officer Ronnie Coleman. a great deal of strain on the liver and can result in significant liver damage and tumors . Nasser El-Sonbaty. Nasser El-Sonbaty jaundice, peliosis hepatitis, and cancer extreme depression, fatigue, apathy, and the likes. Dorian Yates Coleman Cutler Steroid Hazards for Women facial and back hair, clitoral enlargement and even male-pattern baldness. Kim Chizevsky. . Bev Francis . Mr. O