Did anyone see the new Gary Hall, Jr Barbarsol commerical. It is about time swimmers get some good endorsements besides Speedo and the other swimming apparel companies. Madison Ave has really come a long way in the last few years. You would never see a swimmer in a commerical a year after the Olympics before. It is nice to know that all the endorsements aren't going to Phelps even though the boy more than deserves whatever endorsements he get. I mean Phelps is out of this world.
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From a 2001 article by the BBC:
"Insulin can help sportsmen in two ways.
Bodybuilders use insulin alongside anabolic steroids to build muscle - the steroids help create new muscle and insulin stops it from being broken down.
Sportsmen may be getting insulin on the black market
Insulin can also help athletes' stamina by providing then with "fuel" - glycogen, which stores carbohydrate energy - by taking insulin and glucose.
But insulin can be fatal if it takes so much sugar from the blood that the brain receives too little oxygen and energy.
The reason sportsmen may be tempted is that insulin is very difficult to spot in drug tests.
The only sure-fire way would be catching people red-handed with the drug
It disappears from the body in minutes, and there is no way to distinguish it from a person's own insulin."
From:
news.bbc.co.uk/.../1480600.stm
From a 2001 article by the BBC:
"Insulin can help sportsmen in two ways.
Bodybuilders use insulin alongside anabolic steroids to build muscle - the steroids help create new muscle and insulin stops it from being broken down.
Sportsmen may be getting insulin on the black market
Insulin can also help athletes' stamina by providing then with "fuel" - glycogen, which stores carbohydrate energy - by taking insulin and glucose.
But insulin can be fatal if it takes so much sugar from the blood that the brain receives too little oxygen and energy.
The reason sportsmen may be tempted is that insulin is very difficult to spot in drug tests.
The only sure-fire way would be catching people red-handed with the drug
It disappears from the body in minutes, and there is no way to distinguish it from a person's own insulin."
From:
news.bbc.co.uk/.../1480600.stm
