Steroids and the Benoit Tragedy
June 28th 2007 13:17
The tragedy of Chris Benoit is all over the news here in the US. Since the murderer was a professional wrestler and a physical specimen of a high order and since they are now at or near any discussion of athletic achievement steroids are the focus of much of the coverage. When I listen to the confused nonsense that is being purveyed on the subject of performance enhancing drugs that this horrible event is eliciting-a subject about which I have been reading for at least 25 years- I wander how I can ever trust these people when they discuss subjects about which my grasp of the facts is not so firm.
Yesterday a statement appeared from the personal physician of Benoit which revealed that the very day of the murders Benoit had paid a visit to his office and was prescribed anabolic steroids. The WWE, his employer, has stated that Benoit as recently as April was tested and came up negative for steroids. What is going on? It seems pretty simple to me. Whatever his previous experience with synthetic testosterone(which steroids essentially are)Benoit was not currently supplementing his natural testosterone.
Here is my speculation: Benoit was deeply depressed and feeling generally weak and even unable to cope with his life and his doctor noted that he had very low testosterone(if any). The reason he was so low on testosterone may well be that he had used steroids in the past. But he had stopped at some point in the last several months.Now his body was doing what the body does with all kinds of substances-it stopped producing what it did not have to produce and it was not very efficient in the use of what it had,because there was no need to be. The doctor was trying to avert syndrome that could be very severe.
When a person chooses steroids he is simply telling his body that there is no need to make testosterone because it is already abundant in the bloodstream. So the testes stop their normal task and lie almost vestigal in the body. At some point the body is deprived of external testosterone and the testes are needed once again to do their natural task. The problem is that they do not immediately take up their duty and the resultant lag time is hell for the steroid user. From a real paragon of vigor and strength(not to mention aggression) he may soon descend into a state of weakness and lethargy. For men testosterone is also a prerequisite for a sense of well being. Without it the weakness and lethargy are augmented by depression. That is a horrible syndrome. From stud to dud.
We can learn something very useful from this. If you put something into your body in excess of its needs it will stop using that substance with care. If you limit its exposure to something it needs, it will be very efficient in its use. If for instance you slam high carbohydrate meals into your system day after day your body will shut down its normal system for properly disposing glucose in the cells and make fat out of the unneeded carbs. If you eat massive amounts of protein your body will actually become sloppy with its use. It is always a good policy to study how to treat your body correctly. Using anything too much is trouble. Your servant, as always.
Yesterday a statement appeared from the personal physician of Benoit which revealed that the very day of the murders Benoit had paid a visit to his office and was prescribed anabolic steroids. The WWE, his employer, has stated that Benoit as recently as April was tested and came up negative for steroids. What is going on? It seems pretty simple to me. Whatever his previous experience with synthetic testosterone(which steroids essentially are)Benoit was not currently supplementing his natural testosterone.
Here is my speculation: Benoit was deeply depressed and feeling generally weak and even unable to cope with his life and his doctor noted that he had very low testosterone(if any). The reason he was so low on testosterone may well be that he had used steroids in the past. But he had stopped at some point in the last several months.Now his body was doing what the body does with all kinds of substances-it stopped producing what it did not have to produce and it was not very efficient in the use of what it had,because there was no need to be. The doctor was trying to avert syndrome that could be very severe.
When a person chooses steroids he is simply telling his body that there is no need to make testosterone because it is already abundant in the bloodstream. So the testes stop their normal task and lie almost vestigal in the body. At some point the body is deprived of external testosterone and the testes are needed once again to do their natural task. The problem is that they do not immediately take up their duty and the resultant lag time is hell for the steroid user. From a real paragon of vigor and strength(not to mention aggression) he may soon descend into a state of weakness and lethargy. For men testosterone is also a prerequisite for a sense of well being. Without it the weakness and lethargy are augmented by depression. That is a horrible syndrome. From stud to dud.
We can learn something very useful from this. If you put something into your body in excess of its needs it will stop using that substance with care. If you limit its exposure to something it needs, it will be very efficient in its use. If for instance you slam high carbohydrate meals into your system day after day your body will shut down its normal system for properly disposing glucose in the cells and make fat out of the unneeded carbs. If you eat massive amounts of protein your body will actually become sloppy with its use. It is always a good policy to study how to treat your body correctly. Using anything too much is trouble. Your servant, as always.
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