Anabolic Is Not A Dirty Word
Channel: BioBalance Healthcast
Date: 2016-07-23

Anabolic is often thought of as a “dirty word” in the American vernacular. The word anabolic is commonly associated with “drugs” that are illegal, dangerous, and damaging to our children.  When a phrase like anabolic steroids, or anabolic hormones are broadcast in the media, they stimulate an emotion of fear for those who might use these chemicals to gain an unfair advantage in sports and adolescents who misuse illegal versions of these substances. 

The authors believe that anabolic hormones, most of which are steroids, have been the victim of libel and should be redefined in the media for what they are—necessary hormones that are made in the human body and provide a vital service to our constant balance between growth and breakdown of tissue In the body. Illegal use of a substance should not define it!

The word anabolic is defined as a “phase of metabolism in which simple substances are synthesized into the complex living tissue” eg. proteins are processed in the body to make muscle tissue. (Wikipedia). This definition is the non-medical definition of the word, but in medicine anabolic means the building of tissue, regeneration.  A synonym of anabolic might be “growing” or “gaining” in weight or height. The antonym is catabolic, breakdown or disintegration