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Brue J. Nadler M.D. wrote the following on the misc.fitness.weights newsgroup

In the course of preparing to compete once again in a “Natural Bodybuilding” contest, I began to question just how natural was this whole process. While I realize the in its true definition, NATURAL is intended to mean steroid-free, in many people’s minds it has transcended this. I have even received criticism for having performed breast implant surgery on female competitors. Yet how natural is the one dimensional way of thinking?

Does the use of creatine, vanadyl, OKG, GKG, ephedrine, melatonin, thiomucase, herbal diuretics, etc. still make the competitor truly drug-free? Inder every natural sanctioning organization, the use of IGF-1 is perfectly legal. Is the manipulation of your diet to attain a 4% body fat natural? How natural is the interference with menstral cycles and other hormonal rhythms?

As the contest approaches, how natural is water restriction and dehydration? Then we have the naturalness of the painted-on tan. How is the use of artificial skin coloring any different from the use of calf or pec implants? Both practices make up for genetic limitations. Competitive natural bodybuilding has merely pelaced the reverence of the huge freaky with the reverence for the ultra-ripped freaky. Is this natural?

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