Achiro says the results make clear that body-conscious issues aren’t limited to young women. Why men are also effected isn’t exactly clear, but he says evidence suggests it’s a combination of factors, including body dissatisfaction and gender role conflicts.
“Body-conscious men who are driven by psychological factors to attain a level of physical or masculine ‘perfection’ are prone to use these supplements and drugs in a manner that is excessive and which was demonstrated in this study to be a variant of disordered eating,” said Achiro. “As legal supplements become increasingly prevalent around the globe, it is all the more important to assess and treat the psychological causes and effects of excessive use of these drugs and supplements.” …
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