Category: Steroids
Get more out of your steroids – lose weight first
The lower your body fat percentage, the more effective your testosterone-ester injections will be. Endocrinologists in Muenster, Germany, discovered t [...]
More fish fatty acids, more IGF-1
A diet that is relatively high in fish fatty acids is not only healthy, but also ergogenic. It raises the concentration of the anabolic hormone IGF-1 [...]
Study: testosterone works better than deca
In the late eighties the American army did experiments with anabolic steroids on soldiers. One of the experiments that the army doctors carried out wa [...]
Medical study: twelve weeks on oxandrolone
It's not new, but nevertheless it's interesting, this study done at the University of Southern California in 2004. The researchers gave thirty men ove [...]
Animal study: vitamin C protects prostate of steroids users
A daily dose of 1 - 1.5 g vitamin C [structural formula shown below] may protect steroids users against prostate cancer. Lower doses may protect the p [...]
HMB inhibits muscle atrophy by corticosteroids
Corticosteroids such as dexamethason and prednison are powerful anti-inflammatories, but they also cause muscles to atrophy – and that's less good new [...]
More IGF-1 in muscle tissue with creatine
Men and women weight trainers manufacture more of the anabolic hormone IGF-1 in their muscle cells. If they take creatine as well, the production of I [...]
Anabolic effect of ecdysterone strong enough to put it on the doping list
Ecdysterone, a steroid-like substance found in spinach, quinoa and bodybuilding supplements, has a stronger anabolic effect than scientists suspected. [...]
Diosgenin, the plant steroid in Smilax and Yam
Twenty or thirty years ago, thousands of bodybuilders took extracts from plants such as Smilax officinalis [sarsaparilla] and Dioscorea esculenta [wil [...]
Cause of death steroids usually means recreational drugs
When steroids users die young and unexpectedly, their death is usually not just the result of having taken muscle-enhancing substances. And no, only a [...]
Exemestane makes you slimmer and more muscular
Exemestane, the active ingredient in Pfizer's Aromasin [structural formula shown below], truly is a body recompositioning drug. At least it is if you' [...]
Aromatase inhibitors give women more muscle mass
Anastrozole ~ Men show little change in body composition if you block their estradiol production with the enzyme aromatase. [Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 20 [...]
Testosterone therapy can increase chance of heart attack
Healthy men under the age of 65 who are prescribed testosterone by their doctors are not more at risk of having a heart attack. But in men over 65 and [...]
Raloxifene: anti-oestrogen that boosts lean body mass and reduces fat
Tamoxifen, an effective anti-oestrogen that's popular among doping users, has a drawback. For women at least, in the longer term, its use reduces lean [...]
Stretch and anabolic steroid combination produces muscle growth
Imagine: an injury means you can't train for a while, but you can use anabolic steroids. In this hypothetical situation you can maintain more muscle m [...]
