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STEROID USE. PAF 30. What are anabolic steroids ?. Artificial versions of a hormone that’s in all of us- testosterone . Testosterone causes muscles to grow. Other Key Terms. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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STEROID USEPAF 30
What are anabolicsteroids ?Artificial versions of a hormone that’s in all of us- testosterone.Testosterone causes muscles to grow.
Other Key Terms Performance Enhancing Drugs-substances
used by people to improve their performance in the sports in which they engage.
Eligibility-qualified to participate or be chosen
Anabolic-drugs that mimic the effects of testosterone and dihydrotestosterone in the body.
Human Growth Hormone (HGH)- a peptide hormone that stimulates growth, cell reproduction and regeneration in humans and other animals.
Who’s (rumoured to have) done it?
Arnold Swartzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, Alex Rodriguez, Marion Jones,Tiger Woods, Carrot Top, Curtis Jackson (“50 Cent”), Hulk Hogan, Barry Bonds, John Cena, LeBron James
The accusationsLance Armstrong
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/lance-armstrong-fights-doping-claims-10708503
Marion Joneshttp://
abcnews.go.com/GMA/Books/video/marion-jones-on-the-right-track-11971243
Barry Bondshttp://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/barrybonds-
verdict-guilty-13372464
Dwayne “The Rock”
JohnsonWTNH - Chris Nowinski on Linda
McMahon'sKnowledge of Steroid Use At WWE -
YouTube
Side Effects of Steroids BALDNESS can be caused by steroid
abuse. Because of how steroids act on the limbic
system in the brain, MOOD SWINGS, including homicidal rage, can occur.
Taking “roids” can cause PIMPLES to pop up (body acne)
Females who take steroids can become more MASCULINE. Their voices can deepen.
Side Effects Continued… A condition called ATHEROSCLEROSIS
can be caused by steroid use. This condition can lead to a HEART ATTACK or STROKE.
When the body’s hormone balance is disrupted by taking steroids, males can develop BREASTS, a condition called GYNECOMASTIA.
Increased levels of hormones signal bones to STOP growing.
ASSIGNMENT Using the information posted on my
wikispace (NIDA report and Mind over Matter) as well as the website http://kidshealth.org/teen/food_fitness/sports/steroids.html answer the following questions:
1. What are anabolic steroids? 2. What are some slang names for
steroids? 3. Why do people use steroids? 4. What is testosterone and what does it
do?
CONT’D… 5. What is DHEA and what does it do? 6. Specifically how do anabolic steroids
work? 7. What are the main dangers associated
with steroid use? Specific risks for males? Specific risks for females?
8. What is “roid rage”? 9. What do the terms “stacking” and
“cycling” mean when referred to steroid use?
10. What is HGH and why is it prescribed?
SELECT ONE CELEBRITY… Using information provided on my wikispace or your own
research select one celebrity who has been associated with steroid use. Write at least half a page report discussing:
1. The athlete and their background in the sport, the amounts of training they have done, how much of their life was devoted to their sport…provide a biography.
2. Discuss their successes in their sport and how that affected them (were there pressures to succeed, what was their frame of mind about success…)
3. What happened to them when they got caught, what facts were presented, was there any sentencing, …discuss the fallout for them, their family, their sense of self, their public image, their health.
Plagiarism will NOT be tolerated. All sources must be cited, in-text.
RUBRICLevel 4 Level 3 Level 2 Level 1
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