RE: Digital Citizens Alliance Report on Digital Platforms Enabling the Sale of Illegal Appearance and Performance-Enhancing Drugs
“This is a bone-chilling report and should serve as a call to action for these popular digital platforms that the advertising and sale of these extremely dangerous and illegal substances on their sites must stop. It’s time for these digital platforms, like Facebook and Google, to stop turning a blind eye and to stop allowing, […]
Read ArticleVirgin Islands Education
At the Taylor Hooton Foundation, our mission is to enlighten the world to the truths about Appearance and Performance Enhancing Substances. More often than not, that education takes place within the continental United States. However, I recently had the opportunity to take our program to the U.S. Virgin Islands. I recently spoke to six high […]
Read ArticleSteroids and Violence
When we think of anabolic steroids, most of us think about the physical effects that result from using these drugs. For example: In men: shrinking testicles decreased sperm count baldness development of breasts increased risk for prostate cancer In women: growth of facial hair or excess body hair decreased breast size male-pattern baldness changes in […]
Read ArticleWADA is fighting to relight the Olympic Flame that’s dimmed in many of our hearts.
The World Anti-Doping Agency will be deciding on the reinstatement of Russia Opinion Article by Katie Uhlaender Four-time Olympian, World Champion, two-time World Cup Champion, Skeleton In a little over a week, a crucial decision in the world of anti-doping will be made. Will it be the right one? There is a cloud of doubt […]
Read ArticleEnergy Drinks are not the benign products you think they are
As we have traveled the country speaking to groups about dietary supplements, we have learned that nearly everyone is under the belief that energy drinks are harmless benign substances. Last year, there were more than 20,000 emergency room visits attributable to the ingestion of energy drinks – following a 2011 government report that expressed real […]
Read ArticleCheaters Never Win!
“Cheaters Never Win”, at least that’s what we were taught when we were kids. But, looking at the world around us, I question every day whether that’s true or not anymore. When I read today’s news about the punishment that was meted out against Russia by the IOC for cheating by doping, a faint ray […]
Read ArticleA Single Dose of Testosterone Impairs Cognitive Reflection in Men
From watching TV, listening to the radio, and reading ads in magazines, it would seem to the casual observer that men deciding to take testosterone are simply taking “natural” substances that are benign, that have no negative side effects, and that have total upside. Regaining lost youth. Improving sexual prowess. And, more.
Read ArticleWhere is the Outrage?
The NFL announced this week that Brian Cushing of the Houston Texans has been suspended for 10 games for violating the league’s policy on performance enhancing substances. The 10-game suspension will cost Cushing over 44 million, plus more if Houston attempts to recoup any of his signing bonus.
Read ArticleWhy Steroid Testing Won’t Solve the Youth Steroid Epidemic
It was just a few years that I could be counted among the most vocal supporters of steroid testing for high school athletes. However, real world experience has taught me that steroid testing is not a solution to the increasing rates of steroid usage among students of all ages. To implement a meaningful steroid testing […]
Read ArticleShould we really be drinking all those Energy Drinks?
On April 26, 2017, sixteen-year-old Davis Allen Crepe consumed a large diet soda, a large latte, and an energy drink within a short time frame. Two hours later he went into cardiac arrest and died. In June of 2014, sixteen-year-old Lanna Hamann was vacationing with family and friends in Mexico when she went into cardiac […]
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