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WHAT DO PERFORMANCE ENHANCING DRUGS DO TO YOUR BODY?

Would you take a performance enhancing drug that could help you become an Olympian champion? What if the drug had serious side effects? here drugs are banned in sports, but that doesn’t stop most athletes from taking them.  So what do they do and how do they work? The most famous are Anabolic Steroids. When these are taken the body breaks down into smaller molecules that can enter cells and can bind to a structure called and androgen receptor. Normally, testosterone binds to this, but anabolic steroids can too. Once the androgen receptor is activated, your body starts to produce ... Read more