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 ccording
to a recent study by the Harvard School of Public Health, smoking
can increase almost all the major androgenic hormones including
DHEA, androstenedione, testosterone, and dihydrotestosterone
(DHT). All potent androgens that impact muscle growth.
The study,
which examined a cross-section of 1,241 randomly sampled middle-aged
U.S. men, compared hormonal levels of nonsmokers and smokers.
The study made sure that weight and age were not a factor in
the study results.
According
to the study, dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) was 18% higher in
smokers, dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEAS) was 13% higher
in smokers, androstenedione was 33% higher in smokers, testosterone
was 9% higher in smokers, and DHT was 13% higher in smokers.
Now I certainly
don't have to point out the health consequences associated with
smoking, but it's nonetheless interesting to note that smoking
positively impacts the key anabolic hormones favorable to muscle
growth.
What many
people don't understand about smoking is that it's not the nicotine
that's bad but the hundreds of toxins that are in the smoke
that are responsible for the numerous life threatening effects
of smoking. It could possibly be that the nicotine is partially
responsible for the increase in hormonal output and therefore
could be constructively used for this purpose.
Mind you
this is jumping the gun but still very interesting.
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