Archive for April 28th, 2009

MLB’s J.C. Romero Suing Supplement Makers Over Positive Steroid Test
By Michael O’Keeffe and Nathaniel Vinton

Suspended Phillies reliever J.C. Romero is suing the makers and distributors of nutritional supplements that he says are responsible for his positive steroid test last August.

The 27-page lawsuit, filed Monday in New Jersey Superior Court in Camden County, blames the product 6-OXO Extreme for traces of androstenedione found in the pitcher’s urine on Aug. 26, 2008.

The numerous counts in the lawsuit include negligence, intentional misrepresentation and consumer fraud. The four defendants named are GNC, Vitamin Shoppe, Ergopharm and Proviant Technologies.
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Death of Matthew Dear and Manufacturing Steroid Hysteria in the United Kingdom
by Millard Baker

Teenage bodybuilder Matthew Dear died on April 20, 2009 reportedly from an overdose of anabolic steroids. The parents of Matthew Dear were the first to attribute their son’s death to anabolic steroids. The news of Matthew Dear’s “steroid death” was initially reported by “The Daily Mirror”, a British tabloid but was soon picked up and legitimized by mainstream UK media outlets such as BBC News, the Daily Mail, and the Sunday Times. Could the steroid-attributed death of Matt Dear spread steroid hysteria throughout the United Kingdom much like the death of Taylor Hooton affected the steroid discussion in the United States?

The assertions that anabolic steroids were responsible for causing enlarged pupils, blindness, intoxication, severe abdominal pains, convulsions, brain swelling and kidney failure are pretty outrageous. These side effects are not medically substantiated adverse effects of anabolic steroids. Matthew Dear’s doctor even told the parents that he never witness any such reaction to anabolic steroids. The parents of Matthew Dear nonethless felt compelled to blame anabolic steroids.
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Glucosamine sulfate and Chondroitin sulfate are components of normal cartilage. They are the building blocks for proteoglycans and stimulate chondrocytes to make new collagen and proteoglycans. Because these supplements stimulate the production of new cartilage components, the supplements may be able to help the body repair damaged cartilage. There is evidence from patients that Glucosamine and Chondroitin can reduce pain from osteoarthritis, usually within several weeks to months after initiating therapy. MSM has shown benefits for a range of health problems including arthritis, muscle and joint pain. MSM has shown promise in the inhibition of pain impulses along nerve fibers, (analgesia), lessening of inflammation, increasing blood supply, reducing muscle spasms, and softening of scar tissue.
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Heavy Muscle Radio with Brian Dobson, Lyle Mcdonald, Jim Germanakos: 04-27-09
by Dave Palumbo

HEAVY MUSCLE RADIO!

Brian Dobson runs the most hardcore gym of all time, METROFLEX GYM in Arlington, Texas. He tells us how me manages to run a business, feed the homeless, run the Ronnie Coleman Classic and other events, and have time for his family!

Lyle McDonald discusses the science and reasoning behind low-carb dieting and dispels the myriad of myths and misinformation we all have to sift through on a daily basis.

One of the champions from the TV show, “The Biggest Loser”, Jim Germanakos, was an unexpected but much welcome guest to Heavy Muscle Radio. Find out how he made his dramatic transformation, and why he thinks that Jimmy “The Angry Bull” Pellechia is exactly what The Biggest Loser needs to boost its ratings!

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