Avaliação do consumo de esteroides anabolizantes e suplementos nutricionais por frequentadores de academia no município de Palmares-PE

Abstract

The development of actions that promote more information about the use of food supplements and anabolic steroids is one of the activities that must be carried out by health professionals. This understanding is based on the understanding that the indiscriminate use of medicines and supplements can be harmful to the health of the user. In this way, the present work promoted to analyze the characteristics of consumption of anabolic steroids and nutritional supplements by gym goers. From the application of a questionnaire to 31 users of a gym in the city of Palmares-PE, this article was able to analyze the consumption characteristics of steroids, anabolic steroids and nutritional supplements by gym goers. As a result, the present work observed that practitioners seek to consume these products, mainly to gain muscle mass, and the use is made, most of the time, without professional supervision. It was concluded that the lack of information and the indiscriminate use of dietary supplementation and steroids in gym practitioners brings more risk to health than benefits