Posted on 01/29/2013 10:33:49 AM PST by mmichaels1970
Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis may have used a banned substance to recover from his torn triceps in order to come back and play this season.
According to a report in Sports Illustrated, Lewis contacted a company to obtain a "a deer-antler velvet extract after tearing his triceps in October."
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He’s a clown and a fool and worshipped here in Baltimore.
I hope he’s responsible for the 49’ers winning touchdown
The zany story of two self ordained sports science entrepreneurs
He’s a clown and a fool and worshipped here in Baltimore.
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There are a lot of fans, I think, who can’t stand him for his attention-getting antics. I live in Maryland, but I am not much of a pro sports fan, but I hope the Ravens win for the sake of people I know who care, but I also hope that Lewis gets no credit for the win and finally shuts up.
Deer antlers extract contains high levels of Insulin-Like Growth Factor 1 (IGF-1)
IGF-1 is an anabolic growth factor that stimulates cell growth and cell repair. It could likewise improve the building of lean muscle mass while eliminating fats.
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MLB trying to curtail use of deer antler spray as steroid alternative
Baseball sent a warning to its major and minor league players last week that may sound odd, if not comical, but is a sign of these drug-testing times: stop ingesting deer antler spray.
Until the warning went out, baseball players, taking their cues from the body-building and NFL cultures, felt safe using a deer antler spray as an alternative to steroids with almost no risk of flunking a drug test.
Deer antlers? Yes, chemists have figured out that the velvet from immature deer antlers includes insulin-like growth factor, or IGF-1, which mediates the level of human growth hormone in the body, and is also banned by MLB and the World Anti-Doping Agency, among others, for its muscle-building and fat-cutting effects.
Murder is illegal. I don't think Lewis gives a flying fig about a rules violation.
So can he play on Sunday?
Oh, let’s stop this charade. You and I both have deer fuzzy antlers, shins, hooves all over the yard that our dogs borrow
back and forth from each other.
Whaddya suppose deer antler fur steeped in 90o a week or so might do?
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