In the Performance Enhancement notes, we learned about different types of stimulants that can help people preform better and more efficiently. People take these performance enhancers for many reasons, be it to aid in athletic ability, build muscle quicker, lose body fat faster, or even to help them recover faster. However, many of them can cause more damage than good. In both females and males, it can cause liver damage, high blood pressure, increased risk of tendon and ligament damage, and heart disease.
In males, it can cause the estrogen to come more into play. For example, testicles can shrink and their breasts can grow. In females, the opposite can occur. Testosterone levels will go up causing male-type facial and hair growth, deepening of the voice, and breast shrinkage.
There are many types of these stimulants that are well known such as caffeine, massages, and carbo-loading. These are the last risky stimulants. People (me included!) drink coffee every morning to get them to wake up, and this causes them to also be more alert and ready.
Other stimulants such as Erythropoietin(can cause stroke or heart attack), Anabolic steroids (can cause high blood pressure and liver damage), and Creatine (side affects listed in the above picture), are a lot more dangerous to use.
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