Do steroids occur naturally?

September 11, 2005 4:22 AM

What are the best sources of naturally occurring steroids which would aid the development of muscle mass? What sort of intake would be required, eg dosage size, frequency, timing before workouts, etc to make them effective?

Clearly taking illegal substances is wrong and not beneficial for long-term health and I don't want to pay huge amount of money on commercial supplements when something can be bought from the grocery store!

posted by porktrap to health & fitness (5 comments total)

Any type of sex hormone steroid will have "steroid" health side effects, porktrap. I'd really recommend you just eat more protein, work out harder, and get more sleep.
posted by gramcracker at 8:35 AM on September 11, 2005

Head down to the farmer's market and buy some prairie oysters. Eat 'em raw - cooking destroys the testosterone. One bull ball in the morning and one at night will increase your free level of circulating testosterone significantly. They're not even illegal.

Everything mentioned here, including use of anabolic steroids to bulk up, and eating raw testicles, is a staggeringly bad idea health-wise; but you point out that you're already aware of this.
posted by ikkyu2 at 10:44 AM on September 11, 2005

Your body is the best source. Eat right, workout (not to much), and get plenty of rest. The liver will reduce any whole testoserone that you take orally. That's the reason for pro-steroids and chemically altered forms. Pay attention to your fat intake. Get enough - at least 30% of your daily caloric intake. TAKE OMEGA-3 FATTY ACIDS! All the wives tales about oysters (of any variaty) and other foods address deffiencies your body has.
posted by daveed66 at 1:22 PM on September 11, 2005

Bulls bollocks and oysters don't sound like a nice combination! Perhaps the answer really is to just work-out harder, more often and load my system with protein?
posted by porktrap at 12:02 PM on September 12, 2005

Yup, eat well, lift heavy and give your muscles plenty of rest.
posted by Good Brain at 10:54 PM on September 12, 2005