Performance and Image Enhancing Drugs and Substances

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This book presents a performance and image enhancing substance typology, providing a comprehensive, empirically-based analysis of each substance category and highlighting the patterns, scope, and volume of use. It reviews the programs and interventions employed to constrain use and manage the risks of use, for both elite and recreational users. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Apply, Ingest, Inject and Regret: Introduction to Performance and Image Enhancing Substances, 2. Power, Pleasure, Fat and Fit: Dietary and Nutritional Supplements as PIEDS, 3. Use, Abuse, Patterns and Profiles: Scale and Scope of PIEDS use in Sport, 4. Channels, Choices, Causes and Codes: The Impact of Culture, Values, and Ethnicity, 5. Thoughts, Functions, Brains and Boosters: Cognitive Enhancers as PIEDS, 6. Protein, Prohormones, Steroids and Stimulants: Performance and Image Enhancing Drugs and Substances Typology of Classes, 7. Givens, Gaps, Confidences and Cautions: Conclusion