Monday, March 9, 2009

Blood Doping

One of the ways athletes can improve their performance is by blood boosting. Blood boosting has been around for about 40 years and has been widely abused by athletes. But because of the secrecy surrounding it, not many people are aware of it.

Unlike anabolic steroids which are eaten or injected, blood boosting entails a lot more. The technique of blood doping requires the help of health care professionals.

Blood boosting is essentially the administration of blood or blood products to an athlete to boost performance. Alternative names for blood boosting are blood doping or blood packing.

In the world of sports, blood boosting is illegal and is banned. Many athletes in the past have used this technique to boost their performance.

The technique is extremely hard to detect but the Sporting agencies are developing newer methods to screen for this practice.

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