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<DIV><FONT size=4>Heirloom:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Thank you for your question.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#ff0000 size=4>I posted the article because for months, no
years, so-called critics including self-serving national politicians and
business people have moralized about steroids. But when it comes to making
a telling statement about the real dangers and demonstrating to youth that their
elders take the super-steroid problem seriously, they show themselves to be
pathetic hypocrites with a 7 month sentence! Ordinary shoplifters
sometimes get longer sentences.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>There is much evidence showing there is very high
probability that prolonged use of certain kinds of steroids are greatly
harmful. For some other steroids, their long term effects (and benefits)
are not clearly known. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>In fact, certain combinations of normal nutrients, e.g. zinc,
magnesium, and vitamin B6 produce the same effect as certain steroids -- they
elevate testosterone levels significantly. (You do not even have to take
these as tablets -- just eat the right combination of foods.) Taking 2
grams of L-Glutamine twice daily can elevate Human Growth Hormone levels by
4 - 5 times (HGH promotes faster muscle maintenance and development among other
things). Coffee + sugar is a very effective short range physical and
mental performance enhancer (and pleasure sensing enhancer and
intensifier). Some steroids are part of many, many medical treatment
processes.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Many these of these legal nutritional practices are used
as physical and/or mental therapies as well as performance enhancers. I
use L-Glutamine and other nutrients (perfectly legal) during long, intense
periods of exercise like the 93 mile bicycle ride I recently did or when
climbing peaks in the Canadian Rockies, for example. When I really want to
really enjoy <EM>Concerto for Orchestra</EM> (Bela Bartok) or other music, I
sometimes drink a Starbucks' Frappuccino or Espresso.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>I would not use the kind of drugs that BALCO designs and
manufactures because their long range effects are not clearly known and because
they are not legal at present; best indications now are that some steroids
produce very undesirable long range (and short range) effects.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>But are we to ban zinc, magnesium, L-Glutamine, and vitamin B6
supplements for everyone? Are we to ban coffee and sugar?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>There are at least two related questions that I am not sure
have been totally answered in this debate:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>[1] Should those involved in athletic
competition be allowed to freely choose the nutrients they consume? If
not, what are the criteria that should be imposed on their choices?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>[2] What are the long range
harmful/beneficial effects of each of these steroidal performance
enhancers?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Until these and other factual questions are answered better, I
am sorry to say I can not give a simple yes or no answer to your
question.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4><BR>Art Deco (Wayne A. Fox)<BR><A
href="mailto:deco@moscow.com">deco@moscow.com</A><BR></FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=heirdoug@netscape.net
href="mailto:heirdoug@netscape.net">heirdoug@netscape.net</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=deco@moscow.com
href="mailto:deco@moscow.com">deco@moscow.com</A> ; <A
title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, October 18, 2005 3:10
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] Hypocrisy</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="times new roman, times, serif" size=3>Wayne,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="times new roman, times, serif" size=3>Are you for or against
<SPAN class=correction id="">steroids</SPAN>? ___yes ___no ___no
response</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="times new roman, times, serif" size=3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="times new roman, times, serif" size=3>I for one can't imagine
Fox on <SPAN class=correction id="">steroids</SPAN>!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="times new roman, times, serif" size=3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="times new roman, times, serif" size=3></FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="times new roman, times, serif" size=3>-----Original
Message-----<BR>From: Art <SPAN class=correction id=""><SPAN class=correction
id="">Deco</SPAN></SPAN> <<SPAN class=correction id=""><SPAN
class=correction id=""><A
href="mailto:deco@moscow.com">deco</SPAN></SPAN>@moscow.<SPAN class=correction
id=""><SPAN class=correction id="">com</A></SPAN></SPAN>></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="times new roman, times, serif" size=3>Does anyone else have a
problem with this sentence?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="times new roman, times, serif" size=3> </FONT><FONT
face="times new roman, times, serif"><FONT size=3>Via <EM>Fox
News:</EM></FONT></FONT></DIV></DIV><FONT
face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><FONT face="times new roman, times, serif"
size=3> <BR><BR></FONT></FONT></DIV></DIV>
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