當然本文所介紹不是猛藥,是自然健美的進階補劑。
你不能說它們沒有用,因為它們不像類固醇般那麼猛。自然的健美營養補充是循序漸進的,無法以類固醇的效用標準來比較自然健美補劑,Bodybuilding.com論壇裡所引用的文章不外乎網友自身的經驗與以下N年前的研究論文:
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太多人想看到補劑的立即效用,也有更多的廠商誇大它們的效果,或者添加一些運動禁藥成分在他們的裡頭,企圖提高該補劑的效果。因為人們注意的是眼睛可以看到的立即效用與數據,這就是爲什麼人們寧願用違禁藥物而不青睞這些自然草本補劑產品的原因,這對自然健美者而言是一種災害。