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...when they are small--that they don't have to look like these characters." Pope, himself an avid weight lifter, says parents should also educate themselves and their sons on the uses and dangers of supplements such as adrenal hormones. "Any kid can go into a store and buy 'andro' [formerly Mark McGwire's bulk-up drug, androstenedione] legally," he says, "but we still don't know what long-term use will do to a boy's health." Pope believes that up to 15% of high school boys use andro, often in dangerous megadoses. A large percentage will then move...
...Doubt prepares to release Return of Saturn, its long-struggled-over fourth album, the group finds itself the victim of the same erratic pop market that gave it multiplatinum millionaire video stardom. "I just don't know where we fit in," says Stefani, contemplating the andro-fueled rock bands and teen pop tarts that have muscled into No Doubt's territory. "There should be enough room for everything," she says gloomily, "but right now those acts take up so much room...
...ANDRO STRIKES OUT Good thing Mark McGwire stopped taking it. In doses of 300 mg daily, androstenedione, the over-the-counter supplement the slugger used during his record 70-home-run season, can raise testosterone above normal levels and increase blood levels of the female hormone estrogen. Both are potentially hazardous. In men, elevated testosterone may lower good HDL cholesterol; in women, it's linked to beard growth and male-pattern baldness; and in kids, it can cause premature puberty. And elevated estrogen? In guys, that can lead to breast enlargement...
...that Andro stuff...
...just doesn?t like everybody knowing about it. On Wednesday night, just before hitting his 499th career home run (and 42nd of the season), the Ruth-and-Maris-topping Cardinals slugger casually let it drop to a few gathered reporters that oh, by the way, he quit taking Andro four months ago. A year ago, McGwire?s admission that he used the dietary supplement ignited not only sales of the iffy, supposedly muscle-building potion but a firestorm of controversy over his home-run record and his fitness as a role model. Now McGwire had quit, he said, because "Young...