So for one of my final reviews I read the book Steroids by Jacqueline Adams. This is a very informative book giving you information about the actually use of steroids, where they came from, and many other examples are listed. Steroids were developed to help treat just about every disease and virus imaginable in 1849. Doctors determined back then that the testis on a young man could be cut up if he was in the choir so his voice would not get deeper with age. But nobody before this time could explain what actually went on in the human body with the testis to form the deeper voice and other male characteristics.
I do believe that this book does have some very valuable information in it. I also believe that this book has some information that is biased because it is written for high school students to read and obtain information. The information that I do believe is informative is talking about how the history of steroids came to be. Talking about the doctors and their research, that was interesting to learn about.
The information I found to be kind of hard to believe was all the talk about how bad steroids are for you. Yes, they are bad if you are 17 and trying to get the edge on you appoints in sports. But for the average 50 year old man who is trying to get that extra boost in the weight room so he can show off too his wife, I do not believe that this information is relevant. The effects that steroids have on younger users vs. older users is completely different. Yes, steroids to make TEENS get a little heated every now and then, but for an adult it will not affect him the same way.
This book was rather interesting to read, but I do not believe that you should just believe this book alone when researching steroids.
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