EXPOSE
Dianabol - Winstrol - Anadrol
These Steroid Pills and Diet Colas Can
BE STUNTING YOUR MUSCULAR GROWTH!
This may be the most important bodybuilding article you ever read - it could prevent YOU from unknowingly being "hooked" on new foods and drugs that may stunt growth, retard bodybuilding development, and damage your sexual organs! In fact, you could be "hooked" now without knowing it! Now, Joseph Weider sounds the DANGER ALARM on drugs that already may have killed the career of many up and coming bodybuilders on the West Coast!
A Weider Research Clinic Report
by JOE WEIDER
Trainer of the Champions,
The Muscle Builder
As I sit at my desk at home, writing this article in the late dreary hours of the night, I sometimes pause with an overwhelming feeling of depression. I feel this way every time I think of the young bodybuilder who visited me in my office earlier in the day with the news that he and many other promising athletes across America may have ruined their chances for championship stature by joining a "pill fad" that is sweeping the gyms across the nation!
How many bodybuilders and athletes have already been affected? Hundreds. Perhaps thousands. We may never really know until it is too late - until the terrible possible results of the steroid pills may rack the bodies of once-potential Mr. America and Mr. Universe winners. Some of the hazards of the steroid pills may be: a lessening of potential growth height, decrease sexual desire, and a decrease in the size of the testicles.
And yet, the pill fad continues! Perhaps because the dangers of these pills may not show up until weeks - months - or years later.
Is it any wonder that I am depressed? But my feeling of depression is tempered by hope - hope that I can sound the DANGER ALARM against the steroid pills in time to save you from the ruination of a fine career, from the possible horrible effects of the ugly bodybuilding "pill fad"!
Later in this article I will tell you about other drugs and foods that threaten the success of your Mr. America - Mr. Universe safari into the "Golden Age of Bodybuilding". But first, let me tell you about the potential dangers of the androgenic-anobolic [sic] steroid drugs!
That's quite a mouthful of words, I know - but you may know the pill under another name. Perhaps you have heard of "steroid pills", or "male hormone pills", or the "sex-hormone pills" or Aranabol, Winstrol and Anadrol! No matter what the steroids may be referred to in your home town - they are pills which are made to be sold only on a doctor's perscription [sic] for the treatment of diseases associated with elderly people.
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Unless you are taking steroid pills under a doctor's care -- you may suffer from a damaged growth potential, may experience aching muscles, may suffer from dizziness, may suffer from a decrease in your sexual desire, and may experience shrinkage of the testicles!
As an intelligent young muscle builder, your first question probably is: "If these steroid pills may be so dangerous, why are they becoming such a fad with bodybuilders and athletes?"
That's a very good question, and I think the answer will amaze you. Believe it or not, young Americans are taking the steroid pills under the mistaken illusion that the pills will increase stamina, help put on pounds of muscle, and add extra inches to their height. Surprising, when you consider that the pills may have the opposite effect in many cases!
It might almost be laughable, if the pills were not so potentially dangerous! How did the "fad" get started in the first place? That we don't know, but many people seem to think the pill fad began on the muscle beaches in sun-filled California. One thing I do know for sure-the young bodybuilder who told me his sad story this afternoon said that he was talked into taking the pills in southern California!
But no matter where or how the steroid pill fad began, it seems to be sweeping our noble country-and many people are concerned. The American Medical Association has already voiced severe warnings about the possible harmful effects of the pills. The AMA says that although the steroid pills may produce a short period of growth, they may also cause your leg and arm bones to reach maturity earlier than they should. Thus, the final effect may be that you will never grow to your normal adulthood height!
In effect, bodybuilders who take these pills may be taking chances on ending up as "midget-sized-bodybuilders"! The thought is staggering to the imagination!
As for the bodybuilders who take these pills to increase endurance-they have been proved to be sadly mistaken! A very important scientific study was done at the famous and greatly respected American university, UCLA. Three highly respected doctors ran athletes through intensive tests-while giving the athletes small quantities of the steroids. The conclusion? The steroid pills do not increase stamina! Thanks to Dr. William Fowler, Dr. Glen Egstrom, and Dr. Gerald Gardner of UCLA, we are able to destroy another untrue myth about steroid pills.
But at the same time that scientific studies continued in the
ivy-covered buildings of UCLA
I write this article, tonight, to warn you of the dangers in taking steroid pills. And I am in hopes that you, as an all-American bodybuilder, will consider it to be your moral obligation to inform other athletes of this harmful pill fad. It is going to be through your help that the steroid pills will finally be stopped as a fad in the gyms across our country. It will have to be you who spreads the word from bodybuilder to bodybuilder -- telling them that they may not immediately notice harmful effects from the pills, but that is because the ugly results may be hard to pinpoint, and may take a great deal of time before they finally show up in the athlete's body.
If you are sincere, as I am sure you are, in preserving the great American tradition of bodybuilding glory and athlete prowess -- I am confident that you will spread the DANGER ALARM among your friends. It may be through your efforts, finally, that the careers of potentially great muscle builders and athletes are saved from the possible damaging effects of the steroid pill fad!
DIET DRINKS TO STUNT YOUR GROWTH?
In addition to the warning about the steroid pills, I wish to tell you about the diet drink controversy that is now making a big stir among nutritionists. It may have great implications for the future of your bomb/blitz, smashing-crashing, jungle cat bodybuilding program.
Low-calorie sugar substitutes can stunt the growth of rats, reports the October 3, 1965 New York Herald Tribune Newspaper. Upon learning of this news, many scientists became concerned about the popular "diet drinks", which contain the low-calorie artificial sweeteners. Diet drinks have become a popular weight-loss fad in this country. Are you taking chances on stunting your growth by drinking the diet colas?
You may be. The Herald Tribune reports that an adult would have to drink at least 10 bottles of sugar-free soft drinks during the day (if he was on a definition diet) to equal the experimental rats' consumption of the "sweeteners"! Yet, the rats had a 12 to 50 per cent growth loss!
What if you only drank 2 bottles a day of the "diet colas"-would you suffer a 10% loss in growth? That would mean that if you were expected to grow a full six feet of super-human bodybuilding stature -- you would only grow to a height of five feet, five inches -- a loss of over 7 inches!
Although there is no absolute proof, as yet, that the artificial sweeteners cause a growth loss in humans, many scientists are very concerned about the diet-cola-fad that's rocking our country. One single sweetener had an output of 5,800,000 pounds in 1963, and was worth $7,000,000 on the American wholesale market! You don't need these figures to guess how many people are on the "diet-cola-fad" these days-walk into any grocery store and see the many "diet-cola" brands filling up rows of grocery shelves!
Is it any wonder, then, that many doctors and nutritionists are asking the Federal Government to protect the buyers of these drinks? Is there any reason to take chances on stunting the growth of an entire segment of the American population that is rushing to "diet drinks"?
And how about the definition-conscious bodybuilder? Is he drinking diet drinks at the expense of height gains? The Weider Research Clinic has warned of the diet drinks before-and this latest research only adds to the power of our previous warnings. The simple fact is: If you drink the "diet-colas", you may be taking chances on damaging your bodybuilding health!
So come on, surf-tiger, stay away from all kinds of soft drinks. These processed bottles of chemicals should be avoided by all self-respecting bodybuilders!
In future issues of this magazine, I will discuss the poorness of colas in relation to bomb/blitz muscle gains, and you will wonder, more and more, why cola-drinks are popular with some athletes. Each day, it seems, I discover more reasons and more research which indicates that soft drinks actually harm a Mr. Universe-caliber program. For example, the short burst of energy which soft drinks may give you lasts only a brief period, and then you are more tired than before. How can you expect anything more from a processed drink?
THE PROCESSED BODYBUILDER
Chances are, that unless you watch your diet very closely, you are being weighed down by a terrific load of processed foods-foods which simply do not give you the vitamins, minerals, and protein so necessary for roaring-tiger bodybuilding progress, for jaguar-energy, for saber-tooth tiger muscular bulk, or for diamond-hard muscle definition.
The steroid pills and the diet colas may not [be] too different from some of the foods you buy at your local grocery store. If some of these foods do not actually harm you, they don't help you either-they just give you enough energy to drift along with "Mr. Nothing" gains.
For example, consider the many chemicals in the processed bread found at your local grocery store. Chances are, the wheat was sprayed with cyanogen gas while in the storage bins. The gas sprayer himself wears a gas mask, because this gas is so lethal that it kills undesirable insects and keeps away rodents.
Next, the wheat is ground up at such a high temperature that most of the Vitamin B1 is lost. Then the outer coat of the wheat seed is removed and this outer seed (rich in vitamins, minerals, and protein) is set aside for commercial cattle feed. Fourth, the wheat germ itself is removed; so you lose a rich source of vitamin E, vitamin B, protein and fat!
Many more nutrient-destroying steps are taken, and finally you get the finished product-a loaf of "pulp" which you can squeeze into a tiny ball. What it lacks in healthful nutritional elements, it gains in "Mr. Nothing" bodybuilding benefits!
The sad truth is that most of the food you may buy today is processed-and may not give you the healthy all-around nutritional elements so vital for a successful bodybuilding career!
You have two methods by which to solve this dilemma. One is to eat as many natural foods as possible-fresh fruits and vegetables, fresh meat, eggs, milk, fish, and juices. When you eat natural foods, you are getting nutritional elements which are not yet discovered and classified by scientists-but which are known to be important for your bodybuilding health. So, you see, that so-called "enriched processed foods can never give you the bomb/blitz extras found only in natural foods! As a rule of thumb, remember that processed foods always tend to be inferior in health benefits to natural foods!
Another way to combat the nutritionally poor processed foods is to rely on vitamin, mineral, and protein supplements. Such "nutritional-insurance" can help you get the food elements which may be lacking when you eat processed foods. Such "Wildcat" supplements as Viga-Vites and Longax gives you all-day vitamin and mineral power. Super Protein "101" is a wonderful "protein insurance" favorite of the champs. No matter what your "nutritional insurance" needs, chances are you will find a "Wildcat" food supplement listed in this magazine which fulfills your desires.
Now, bomb/blitz tiger, let's review the NEW FOODS AND DRUGS DANGERS:
(1) Avoid the "steroid" pills as if they were a bodybuilding plague. These pills-now a fad in gyms across the country-may stunt your growth, may cause aching muscles and dizziness, may decrease sexual desire, and may cause shrinkage of the testicles. And as for the myth that the "steroid" pills help "pump up" bodybuilding endurance, scientific tests have shown it to be untrue.
(2) Avoid the "diet colas," because scientific tests have shown that the artificial sweeteners in these drinks cause up to a 50% stunting in the growth of rats! Don't take chances on ruining your heroic stature growth-potential!
(3) Avoid processed foods whenever possible. Stick to the Natural Foods, such as fresh vegetables, fruits, meats, milk, seafoods, etc. Natural Foods contain nutritional benefits which are not found in processed foods!
(4) To help get the vitamin, mineral, carbohydrate, and protein "insurance" you want, stock up on "Wildcat" supplements such as Viga-Vites, Nutra Muscle, Crash Weight-Gain, and Liver-Life.
(5) One last word about the "steroid" pills. Bodybuilders take these drugs under the false illusion that they help increase endurance and make them grow taller. Why not play it smart and use supplements which really help you achieve these goals? For example, intelligent athletes use a wheat germ supplement, such as Vitamin E Chewables or Enertol wheat germ oil for extra-plus endurance-"insurance." NO CHAMPION WILL EVER BECOME HOOKED ON DRUGS FOR BODYBUILDING PROGRESS! THE DRUGS MAY SIMPLY WORK TO DESTROY A POTENTIALLY GREAT CAREER!
Okay, you're an intelligent bodybuilder, and now that you know the inside scoop on some of the dangers of new drugs and foods, it's time for you to MUSCLE UP! YOU'RE IN THE WEIDER GENERATION!
PHOTO CAPTIONS
- They never heard of steroid pills or 'growth hormones' down in the West Indies but that didn't prevent MR. BAHAMAS Glen Wells from developing a fabulous prize-winning body (l.). None of the IFBB stars the world over depend on anything but space-age training, sensible nutrition and healthy Weider wildcats to build their sensational physiques.
- Handsome Bill McArdle was a diet-cola devotee for quite a while, thought it would keep his definition up and his thirst down. Then Bill luckily noticed that in the summer when he drank more cola he made less gains even though he trained much harder and ate more.
- Stuck at the 18" arm barrier for several months, Freddy Ortiz in desperation tried Dianobol [sic]. Results: nosebleeds, headache, nausea, vomiting, lack of interest in training. Freddy was too sick to make it to the gym and his arms LOST in size. Joe Weider advised Ortiz to forget about unnatural drugs and buttress his training with nutrition-rich SUPER PRO "101". In a matter of days his arms were up to par and soon grew to a phenomenal 19½" - proof positive that solid training, hard work, and sensible nutrition has it over dangerous experimental growth mediums any time.