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- From: mackinto@oasys.dt.navy.mil (David Mackintosh)
- Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.racing
- Subject: Re: Cycling and Doping
- Message-ID: <28924@oasys.dt.navy.mil>
- Date: 23 Dec 92 13:26:41 GMT
- References: <lj4fpoINN1na@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM> <1992Dec22.225244.22656@CSD-NewsHost.Stanford.EDU>
- Reply-To: mackinto@oasys.dt.navy.mil (David Mackintosh)
- Organization: Carderock Division, NSWC, Bethesda, MD
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- In rec.bicycles.racing, les@SAIL.Stanford.edu (Les Earnest) writes:
-
- >Jim's remark that he has strong feelings on this issue helps explain
- >his apparently odd assessment of the evidence. While it is true that
- >a very small amount of a steroid is probably not dangerous, there is
- >also no reason to be using such substances routinely, unlike coffee or
- >tea.
-
- What is the reason for drinking coffee or tea regularly other than to
- improve performance (or just wake up)? I must admit that I drink neither
- but do enjoy an occasional Coke (real sugar, caffeine). Of course one
- might just as easily enjoy the occasional amphetamine or other boost.
- I'm not saying that caffeine should necessarily be banned but its not
- a naturally accuring (in our bodies) substance or one that has any reason
- other than as a drug.
-
- David Mackintosh
-