Bodybuilding Supplements, Legal Steroids: The Potential Side Effects

Bodybuilding supplements, legal steroids are in great use among men who want to build great bodies. In order to chase their dream early they adopt short cut methods and want to build heavy mass of body using such steroids and body building supplements. While the media and advertisement report great effect of such supplements, yet there are some potential side effects of such supplements which have been noticed by medical world. But the intensity of such effects differs from person to person, age to age and gender to gender. The threat is more to those who act like ignorant and uneducated and use them without proper guidelines.

The steroid abuse includes - male baldness or too much growth of body hair, decreased sexual drive ( though they claim that supplements have increases amount of testosterone), reduced sperm counts, breast development, testicle shrinking, high blood pressure, sudden weight gain, heart problems and others. These sides effects are serious threats and one should stop taking supplements or steroids if he observes any such problem and consult a doctor immediately.

Women who take bodybuilding supplements, legal steroids too suffer from side effects which include – enlargement of clitoris, deepened voice, menstrual cycle change, breast reduction, male pattern baldness, facial hair, indigestion, fatigue, paleness, and loss of appetite, blood pressure, heart problems and others. The common side effects to both the sexes include skin disease, liver disease, cardiovascular disease, psychological effects and others.

Therefore it is recommended that before one starts with any sort of supplement or steroid it is essential that he or she takes advice from a doctor.

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