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Old 03-02-2005, 01:45 PM   #1
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Old 03-02-2005, 02:04 PM   #2
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First of all, "genetical" is not a word.

Second of all, no, steroids (or any other product for that matter) does not change your genetic makeup in any way, and therefore cannot be passed on genetically to your offspring.

However, if your wife is pregnant and taking steroids, obviously that would create some serious developmental problems. Also, if your wife is pregnant, stay far away from transdermals as she could inadvertantly be affected by those through bedsheets, rubbing up against you, etc.
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BTW, I know you're 15 and don't have a wife - when I said "your wife" I meant it hypothetically.
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BTW, I know you're 15 and don't have a wife - when I said "your wife" I meant it hypothetically.
16 I was just hoping because my dad took some "special supplements" while he was on the Seal Teams.

BTW Genetical is a word.



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Well, I've never heard it if it is, and I've been studying that kind of stuff for a while. "Genetic" is usually used.
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Well, I've never heard it if it is, and I've been studying that kind of stuff for a while. "Genetic" is usually used.
Yeah, but that wasn't cool enough for me so I had to use "Genetical"



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adj : of or relating to the science of genetics; "genetic research" [syn: genetic]
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Steroids don't modify genes.



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16 I was just hoping because my dad took some "special supplements" while he was on the Seal Teams.

BTW Genetical is a word.
It sure is a real word. See, I'll use it in a sentence: "I frequently scratch my geneticals".


On topic, I do remember reading an article that indicated that steroids did have an effect on children. Then again, it might have propaganda.



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Steroids don't modify genes.
Yeah but alot of substances can damage them.



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It sure is a real word. See, I'll use it in a sentence: "I frequently scratch my geneticals".
Steroid use has been known to cause users to have children who have tiny geneticals.
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I once spilled bleach on my genes.



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Second of all, no, steroids (or any other product for that matter) does not change your genetic makeup in any way, and therefore cannot be passed on genetically to your offspring.
they may not change your genetic make up, but many drugs can be passed through sperm (effecting the child)
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they may not change your genetic make up, but many drugs can be passed through sperm (effecting the child)
the only thing steroids can do is effect sperm production and that returns to normal once HPTA function has been restored



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the only thing steroids can do is effect sperm production and that returns to normal once HPTA function has been restored
that guy said nothing could effect your child because it doesnt change your genetic make up, but i was taught in health class that some drugs could.. i wasnt talking about steroids tho my bad.
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Yeah but alot of substances can damage them.
Damage is modification.

STEROIDS DO NOT MODIFY YOUR GENES.

There we go.



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There are some things bodybuilders take that may effect your genes, but steroids will not 99.9% of them time, and never on their own.

Uncouplers might, IGF-1 derivatives might, as well as designer peptides and protoglandins.

BTW, living near power lines/power plants can alter your genes, too.



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Damage is modification.

STEROIDS DO NOT MODIFY YOUR GENES.

There we go.
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I find it hard to believe that doing a lot of anything for a long time wouldn't effect you on a gene transcription/replication level at some point.

I honestly think that exposure to massive doses of steroids for a decade would alter your genetics. You have to realize that studies you may reference aren't involving long-term, mega-dose application of steroids that most bodybuilders use, and they frequently involve diseased patients of some sort.

I base this on known factors-->namely that your genes aren't totally static, and they most certainly can change based on environmental influence. It's what the whole theory of evolution is based upon. Part of the reason evolution works the way it does is because survival traits and expressions become embedded in the genetic code.

Now...if were talking judicious use over periodic intervals, I don't see this as a concern.



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I base this on known factors-->namely that your genes aren't totally static, and they most certainly can change based on environmental influence. It's what the whole theory of evolution is based upon. Part of the reason evolution works the way it does is because survival traits and expressions become embedded in the genetic code.
Evolution is more based off of natural selection, which is one trait survives through a certain hardship and thus is expressed more often because the other genotype is in a dead body that never got to reproduce.

Genetic mutation is also a source of variety, but it certainly is not what "evolution is based upon." It is a very small percentage of the changes made in the evolution of a species. Genetic mutation is that one in millions upon millions chance that a gene will mutate forming a different trait. What you are referring to is a mutation brought on by your environment, such as by extreme radiation or something like that. Since steroids has never been shown to alter genes, this type of mutation is not a factor here.

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Brodus, Evolution occurs on a very large scale, not just one or two mutations, and takes a very long time. A point mutation in one person is not going to cause natural selection. Survival of the fittest is not a correct way to describe natural selection. It's based solely on the ability to reproduce. Whatever organism reproduces, passes its genes on. The mutation also has to occur on a sex cell and not on a somatic cell, and certain chemicals like alpha, beta and gamma and ultraviolet rays have been shown to cause mutations, as well as hydrocarbons, strong acids and bases, but anabolic steroids have never been directly linked to causing inheritable genetic mutations.
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Can you post some studies?



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Damage is modification.

STEROIDS DO NOT MODIFY YOUR GENES.

There we go.
Does alcohol modify your genes? If not, then why does alcohol cause birth defects?



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Perhaps we are talking about two different things now, as GC points out. There is a difference between a mutation within yourself (cancer, etc.) and your sex genes being damaged and effecting your offspring.

For instance, we knopw that steroids are not a good idea if you have a history of prostate cancer, based on what we know about receptor sites in the prostate gland. We also know that gynecomastia can occur with steroid use. Both of these conditions can occur as the result of mutations. I have studies showing this.

But whether or not anything happens to your sex genes...that's the question. And how can you study this?



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Does alcohol modify your genes? If not, then why does alcohol cause birth defects?
alcohol consumption from the mother exposes the baby to aloohol. this in turn effects the CNS causing problems with behavior, learning, memory, attention, etc. I belive the average IQ of infants born with fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) is 70, which is mentally retarded. FAS also causes physical birth defects.

none of the above is caused by any genetic mutation due to alcohol consumption of the mother



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Perhaps we are talking about two different things now, as GC points out. There is a difference between a mutation within yourself (cancer, etc.) and your sex genes being damaged and effecting your offspring.

For instance, we knopw that steroids are not a good idea if you have a history of prostate cancer, based on what we know about receptor sites in the prostate gland. We also know that gynecomastia can occur with steroid use. Both of these conditions can occur as the result of mutations. I have studies showing this.

But whether or not anything happens to your sex genes...that's the question. And how can you study this?
scientists do not even know which genes are expressed when certain steroids are adminsitered, only that different genes are expressed by different steroids. so no one can say either way that the long term effects of supraphysiologic doses of sterods effect sex genes.

but looking at what we know about present day and bodybuilders of the past we have yet to hear of one having any type of mutated offspring.



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I honestly think that exposure to massive doses of steroids for a decade would alter your genetics
i disagree

massive doses of roids would just mean severe shut-down and low (or even zero) sperm-count

your bodys' genetics will NOT change! why the hell would they change??? as soon as your body eventually starts reproducing sperm it will be of the same genetic make up as before you juiced

i know its hard to get your head around but th