Underground Steroid Handbook 2

Europe with no plans of FDA approval. But, aside from this recent development, you
must grudgingly admit that contraceptive steroids have a majority of the general public's
approval.
In a convoluted way, I'm making the point that steroid use in athletics is unfashionable
simply because of the negative propaganda mounted against it. The socially accepted
recreational drugs such as alcohol, nicotine, and contraceptive steroids have
documented evidence to be life threatening; however, the anti-steroid view is essentially
an arbitrary one based on moral arguments, and also hypocritical, because in the
researchable body of medical literature, there is only one documented case of a healthy
athlete dying from steroid use.
You may find additional allegations in various newspapers and magazines, but in the
way scientists acquire statistical evidence, steroid use in athletics has come out as an
unusually safe endeavor. I'll interject a little anecdote: When I was interviewed by the
head coordinator of the Federal Steroid Task Force (yes there is such a thing), I noticed
that he was a chain smoker, drank scotch daily, was overweight, didn't exercise, and
usually had dinners dripping with saturated fats. When he self -righteously asserted that
steroids were dangerous, I silently wondered what his cholesterol level was (mine's 193
while on steroids), what his blood pressure was, what the tests would show his liver
functions to be, and what his lung capacity was.
I was ethically compelled to rewrite this book because you are being lied to about
steroids. I know the truth and I want you to know it also. That's it. I'm not going to advise
you to use them; I am not a steroid advocate; I am a truth advocate.
I will tell you what can be beneficial about steroid use and what could harm you
physically, emotionally, and even socially. In fact, I'll probably do a better job of
educating you about the dangers of steroids than Dr. Bob ('no he-shes for me')
Goldman. Before I get into the technical aspects of steroids, let me do what I promised,
sling some dirt by pointing out some so-called truths, which are outright lies.
Lie #1: Anabolic steroids do not enhance athletic performance. Doesn't this just have to
be absolutely true? All the drug companies include this statement in all of their steroid
product inserts. The American College of Sports Medicine supports this statement. Well,
if they didn't work, why do we have to test for them in amateur competitions? If they
really don't make a difference, why go to all the bother? The average cost of a urine test
for steroids is $170 per sample.
Lie #2: Steroids will kill you. Okay, maybe, but as prescription drugs go, steroids are
amazingly safe. If I lined up a bottle of Dianabol (a still popular steroid, generic name:
methandrostenolone), a bottle of Lasix (a popular diuretic), a bottle of Valiums, a bottle
of Aspirin, and a bottle of, say, Slow-K, a prescription potassium supplement, and said
'Which is the one you could swallow all 100 tablets of and be absolutely sure you
wouldn't die”, could you pick the safest one? I'd pick the D-bol, and so would any good
doctor. Aspirin? Hey, you could burn a hole in your stomach and hemorrhage to death.
The others? At least a coma, cardiac arrest, probably death soon to follow. The D-bol? A
slight fever, oily skin, upset stomach, maybe; you can live with that.
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