Medical needles scattered in toilets and dressing rooms in gyms, after the lounge visitors used them to inject hormones into their bodies, revealing a kind of obsession with redrawing the bodies, even in an unsafe way, and not subject to the most basic safety requirements.
And while the Abu Dhabi Health Department recently issued a list that included 157 adulterated food supplements, the Dubai Health Authority warned against taking the supplements without medical supervision, noting that “the majority of gyms trade in these products, without contracting with doctors or specialists to oversee their intake” .
Bodybuilders and fitness experts have identified several reasons for the widespread use of supplements without medical supervision, including: lack of rigor in granting licenses to create fitness clubs (gyms), and the use of unqualified trainers (among them people who started out as cleaners in the same halls) And the greed of trainers selling hormones to the hall's pioneers, the lack of awareness and the weakness of the culture of a large category of people attending the halls, and the urgency of obtaining a perfect body, and the weak control over the circulation of hormones or supplements (can be brought from the outside easily, without going through the necessary control channels), and many Hormon users for their use She is embarrassed to discover that their bodies were built in a false manner, pointing out that the general view of hormones is similar to that of sexual stimulants, as many are ashamed to admit to using them, even after they are exposed to serious health problems.
Many victims of the wrong use of hormones, and the occurrence of deaths and health complications, a bell that «the Emirates today» beating into this world, which appears bright, and its interior is destroyed.
Many young people and athletes, especially bodybuilders, address growth hormone or stimulants to build and strengthen muscle mass, despite constant warnings of multiple effects, which include - according to specialists - infertility, osteoporosis and mental disorders, as well as its reputation The bad, which often causes them to stop using them.
In spite of this, we hear from time to time about repeated scandals in the world of sports, when it turns out that one of the players took a stimulant or a type of hormone, because what he achieves of the results is not real.
The human growth hormone is produced from the anterior part of the pituitary gland, and it stimulates the pace of bone growth in children, and for this is given to the child when its growth stops at a certain stage, while bodybuilders use it to stimulate their muscles to grow at a faster rate than real growth requires. However, the health effects that result from this make hormone users without medical supervision of an appointment with very serious diseases, without exception, the possibility of sudden death.
According to Dr. Wael Al-Mahamid, the cardiologist at the Cardiovascular Institute in Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, the main problem with muscular augmentation products is selling some medicine in gyms without a permit or control, and using it for other than medical reasons. Including human growth hormone, which is mixed with insulin, indicating that "it is only spent for children with growth hormone deficiency, but many young people use it to inflate their muscles."
He continued, "Some of them also take the male hormone (testosterone), and it is used only in cases of impotence."
Al-Humaid stressed the danger of taking medications, mixing them with other materials, and using them to build muscles, pointing to "the lack of guarantee of the validity of hormones, because of the lack of knowledge of their source, and whether they are sound or imitated."
And there is only two international companies producing insulin, Al-Jarooz is a hormone. It is not possible to predict the source or manufacturer of hormones sold in sports clubs, "noting that" the pathological history of many patients with angina, and stroke, reveals their use of these drugs during their exercise. "
And a psychiatrist, Yasser Hassan, warned that a person can add to sporting stimulants, as a result of the body getting used to the dose and the need to increase it after its effect on the body, and not achieving the usual result, noting that “using sporting stimulants for a long time without medical supervision causes physical diseases. A dangerous psychological. ”
The Abu Dhabi Health Department emphasized that "nutritional supplements are not intended to prevent, diagnose or treat diseases, so their consumers must beware of advertisements and misleading allegations of some nutritional supplements," noting that "some products are marketed as nutritional supplements, while they pose a threat to health," Especially when it is not manufactured according to international standards. Some of them may be contaminated with unwanted biological components, such as fungi, microbes or heavy metals. Or it may be adulterated with an unspecified medicinal substance in the product, such as sibutramine or sildenafil.
The department advised to speak with the health care provider before starting using any nutritional supplement to discuss the benefits and potential risks, especially if the person suffers from any health problems, such as high blood pressure, diabetes, liver or kidney disease, or heart disease, stressing that «the presence of a product that achieves "Magic results, quickly, effectively and safely, is a dream that everyone would like, but the availability of these properties in one product is a lie that does not exist.
She pointed out that prohibited products were banned, and warning of their danger by several medical and research authorities, including the Ministry of Health, the Zayed Herb Factory, the Food and Drug Authority in Saudi Arabia, the US Food and Drug Authority, the Australian and Canadian Ministries of Health, and the management of curative products in Australia, And the British Medicines Agency.
The department also renewed its warnings against purchasing such drugs from outside the country, or via the Internet, due to their insecurity and safety, weak control over them, and lacking the minimum requirements for good drug manufacture.
To that, specialists in nutrition and public health emphasized that taking nutritional supplements and stimulating hormones, with the aim of inflating muscles without medical supervision, exposes to diseases of kidney and liver failure, infertility, and may lead to sudden death.
They emphasized that the financial profit is what drives coaches and owners of gyms to promote and trade in them, which resulted in many health problems and complications for their consumers.
The director of the Clinical Nutrition Department in the Supportive Medical Services Sector at the Dubai Health Authority, Wafa Ayesh, warned against the indiscriminate use of nutritional supplements and growth hormones, especially for bodybuilders, with a view to building muscle, as it may be a direct cause of kidney and hepatic failure, testicular atrophy, weakness Sexual, infertility, and sudden death.
She said that the international medical organizations stressed the necessity that the primary source of vitamins and nutrients be food in the first place, and that they are not given through other sources except by prescription, and after conducting and performing medical examinations that prove the need for them.
She pointed out that «the athletes’ quest to obtain certain physical specifications, causes them to take different types of testosterone hormones, in addition to other types, to stimulate the muscles, without looking at their complications and risks to their lives, especially since most gyms are trading in these products without contracting with Doctors or specialists to supervise their intake.
She stressed the need to confront the phenomenon of trafficking and promotion, and unattended use, in order to avoid the death of people or the death of deadly diseases.
For his part, Dr. Saif Darwish, a consultant for community medicine and public health, stated that the nutritional supplements and preparations that athletes use to build bodies, including what is legal, such as some types of vitamins and fat-burning supplements, which have received a license from the official authorities, and are given prescriptions by specialists . Some of them are illegal, such as growth hormones, and some substances that enter the country and are sold illegally.
He stressed the need for athletes to interact with sports medicine professionals, before taking any nutritional supplements or stimulating hormones.
The physical effort and public health consultant, Dr. Osama Kamel, identified three safe ways to build bodies, which are healthy food, good training, and adequate sleep, stressing the absence of any research, studies or recommendations from international organizations using supplements or hormones promoted in galleries. Sports, and via social media.
He drew attention to the presence of components inside the supplements and hormones that the player's heart could not bear and lead to his death at once. Scientific research has also linked steroids to cancerous diseases.
He said that the use of testosterone by athletes to increase muscle mass stops the hormone's natural production from the testes, and the body relies on its external consumption in double doses, which gradually leads to atrophy of the testicles, and then sterility.
He stressed the need to intensify supervision and control of gyms, and products that are sold unlicensed, and hold accountable those who initiate prescriptions without referring to doctors or specialists in sports medicine.
Reproductive ability
The consultant male and child fertility consultant, head of the Urology Department at Tawam Hospital, Dr. Mwaffaq Salman, warned young people who take building supplements and hormones to build muscle, the possibility of losing reproductive capacity, noting that there are patients who frequent him to solve this problem, it turned out that they took stimulants during They exercise.
He said that hormones are effective in building muscles, but their use requires medical advice. "They may cause physical and psychological damage, including reducing sperm count, reducing testicles, and increasing the size of the breasts."
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