What Influences of alcohol and smoking in sports?

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Often the media and advertising associate the figure of sportsmen with the consumption of alcohol or even cigarettes,looking to make believe that a dynamic life, successful or enjoyable would include the use of these substances. This is a factor that stimulates, mainly young men, drinking and smoking.

The reality, however, is that if the drugs do not produce the athleticism of a person, the practice of sports is also not a guarantee not to abuse them.

The drugs most frequently used by those who devote themselves to the practice of sports are anabolic steroids, related to the male hormone. The fact that produce increased muscle mass, are sought by athletes or people who want to improveperformance or physical appearance. This substance may have a certain influence on the performance of a sportsman, butalso cause adverse effects, especially in teenagers and those who undergo long periods with steroids have, in General, ashort career.

For damage to the body and for producing artificial performances and provisional duties, steroids are prohibited in all thesports competitions, under strict control.

Alcohol, a central nervous system depressant substance, produces no effect facilitator of sports, but a moderate consumption of alcoholic beverages, a few times a week, not enough to affect sports performance.

A heavy drinker or an alcohol dependent, however, hardly manage to maintain a constant physical activity, because thechronic use of this substance shall the concentration and motor skills, skills that are important for any athlete.

Those who ingest large amounts of alcohol can develop various types of diseases, such as those related to the digestive tract or the cardiovascular system, and are likely to trigger the dependency, making the beverage consumption a priority, at the expense of other activities, including sports.

Nicotine contained in cigarettes consumed by those who smoke, is a substance considered a mild stimulant and that has a high power to provoke dependency.

Cigarette smoke contains a very large number of substances that are toxic to the body and its intense and constant useincreases the probability of occurrence of some diseases such as pneumonia, cancer, myocardial infarction, bronchitis,pulmonary infisema, stroke and peptic ulcer.

The decrease in the respiratory capacity of smokers is a fact confirmed, being quite evident that shortness of breath makesthe practice of sports.

Research has revealed that a work with sports teams presenting alternatives to the use of anabolic steroids to improvesports performance, along with information about the effects of substance abuse on the performance of the athletes, have been effective in preventing risky behavior among teenagers.