Side Effects of Anabolic Steroids

Is eating too much protein dangerous? Many experts will tell you that eating too much protein will cause damage to your kidney. Obviously, by the large amount of protein I've been eating consistently every single day throughout my bodybuilding career, I either don't believe this is true or I am willing to take the risk in order to reach my ambitious bodybuilding goals.

Do I think, regardless of what the experts say, you should ingest a large amount of protein like I choose to do? I can't make that decision for you. I can, however, share with you the reason why I do despite some people's warnings. The people that I trust to give me accurate information tell me there are no scientific studies to back up those doom-and-gloom claims. They have theorized that the experts have come to their conclusion because the kidneys play a major role in the synthesizing of protein. Thus, if they are forced to do more work than the average person, they are at a greater risk to suffer damage.

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The side effects of steroids can be very serious and even fatal. But from the information we gathered in the past few years, it seems to me the side effects are not as serious as the media makes them out to be. Because of the media over exaggerating the side effects, this has turned many people way from steroids. There will only be short descriptions for the side effects now, and in the future we will add more to the side effects when we have time.

1. Water Retention: This is most common from using steroids. It is a "puffiness" or swelling in the neck and facial areas. It is rather notable mainly if you know the person is on steroids. For example, we know someone that took steroids but we did not know it at the time. After we found out, if we looked his face we would wonder how we couldn't notice he was on roids before. It can be mild swelling or very serious, obvious swelling.

2. Acne: Everyone knows about acne, and is one of the side effects we worry about the most for us. It is also a very common side effect, it can give acne to someone who has never had acne, and it can make acne worse for others. It can also appear in new places for a person, such as, the back and neck. There have been several users that have not received acne on the other hand.

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