Innovative Ways to Cheat Your Way to the Gold: Genetic Manipulation, Pill Popping, and More!
(www.livelywomen.com) — Whoever came up with these is brilliant, but that doesn’t mean I’m going to give him or her any high fives:
Use your genes to grow more muscle
Manipulating genes to block naturally occurring muscle-growth inhibitors could allow athletes to boost their muscle mass. A lot.
Pop a blood-boosting pill
Who wouldn’t love a pill that delivers the same record-breaking benefits of synthetic EPO without the hassle of injections or getting caught?
Clinical trials are under way for a pill that tricks the body into thinking blood-oxygen levels have dropped, causing it to produce more red blood cells, thus improving muscle endurance.
When blood-oxygen levels drop, hypoxia-inducible factor, or HIF, kicks in to stimulate red blood cell production. Once oxygen is back to normal, the HIF breaks down and cell formation stops. The drugs, known as HIF stabilizers, stop the breakdown and keep blood production up.
Some suspect athletes may already be using HIF stabilizers, but the health risks are unknown. Read More >>>
I can’t help but think that any win, Olympic or otherwise, achieved by a doper has to have a hollow feeling along with it. What do you think?
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