Another Steroid Bust - this time from China

Wow, thats a big bust! If they are making that much, there must be a market for it. Must be a whole lot of athletes doping. Just crazy

The sad thing is most names have not come out yet. The market is much bigger than the public realizes.

And what is even worse is the chemists and dealers will always be ahead of the authorites.

Of course I am opposed to performance-enhancing drug use, but with the pressure to perform and the money involved in pro sports is anyone really surprised this goes on?

Do you think creatine will ever get flagged as a performance enhancing drug and banned?

I've been hearing rumors. There's talk that getting a good night's sleep is being considered as a performance enhancing activity. It's being seriously looked at.

I know that creatine is naturally produced in our bodies and that one needs to drink a lot of water when taking it....Is it as bad as a number of well-respected and well-read dietitians say it is?

I'm also aware that it is highly suggested and highly used....but do you think that there will be long term consequences for its use? Like steroids, like so many prescribed medications.....

You have to drink a lot of extra water if you use creatine to prevent muscle cramps.

Too much of anything is bad for you. That goes for Tylenol, creatine, or cheeseburgers.

I don't know of any study specifically linking creatine use with long term damage, but..you never know.

From all evidence creatine is safe. Besides Gatorade, creatine is just about the most highly studied "supplement" there is. It is highly unlikely it will ever be banned, but you never know.

The majority of the bad press surrounding creatine is written by highly uneducated (in this specific topic) individuals.

As with anything dealing with health and fitness, mainstream media screws it up. Get your info elsewhere.

I am in no way any advocate of steroids.

My question is what was the greater advantage of someone like Barry Bonds, the alleged use of some kind of steroids, or the HUGE advantage of growing up in MLB. My goodness, his Godfather is Willie Mays, father Bobby Bonds, his whole life he was learning the secrets of MLB,

I tend to think that was a far greater advantage than any accused steriod use. From recent articles steriods seem to be very available to all who want them MLB or otherwise. Learning the game from the inside by Major Leaguers seems like a major advantage - mentally more than anything. JMHO

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Originally posted by iheartbb:
From recent articles steroids seem to be very available to all who want them MLB or otherwise.

The use of steroids within the MLB is no secret...therefore Barry did not receive any advantage in this regard by growing up within a MLB family.

I disagree. Growing up in an MLB family is a huge advantage.

I'm not saying that he might not have had a big advantage by growing up within a MLB family...it's just that since the use of steroids is no secret that is not one of the secrets he might have learned from inside his family.