# Myostatin Binders
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/myostatin-binders/144032
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [December 20, 2002, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/myostatin-binders/144032 "2002-12-20T15:31:54Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@BZ00000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BZ00000)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2002, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/myostatin-binders/144032/1 "2002-12-20T15:31:54Z")
So myostatin binders work? Are they safe? What are the long term effects?
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### Author:  [@BZ00000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BZ00000)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2002, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/myostatin-binders/144032/2 "2002-12-20T15:33:01Z")
And how do they work?
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### Author:  [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2002, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/myostatin-binders/144032/3 "2002-12-20T15:59:48Z")
[link](http://www.t-mag.com/articles/myos_pt1.html)
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### Author:  [@BZ00000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BZ00000)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2002, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/myostatin-binders/144032/4 "2002-12-20T16:32:43Z")
Thanks, for the link. However, I am looking for independent information.
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### Author:  [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2002, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/myostatin-binders/144032/5 "2002-12-20T16:41:05Z")
And I was looking to find wtf you were asking about.
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### Author:  [@Epimetheus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Epimetheus)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2002, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/myostatin-binders/144032/6 "2002-12-20T16:52:36Z")
I would say: No
The suppliment industry is a multi-billion dollar industry and loves to use junk science to sell you their product. More than likely it has a little disclamer saying the claims are not supported by the FDA.
If it was truely effective, it would no doubt be banned from most athletic events, and would probaby be taken off the market.
They promote it as the next Creatine, but they also say that it allows more muscle cells to be grown. Sounds like BS to me. Or a surefire way to open up a pathway for cancer to be formed. Hey, lets take away the chemical that inhibits muscle cells from growing all over the place.
You ever see the cows that allowed for this discovery?
[http://www.unc.edu/~wbollenb/beef.html](http://www.unc.edu/~wbollenb/beef.html)
Scary!
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### Author:  [@Epimetheus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Epimetheus)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2002, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/myostatin-binders/144032/7 "2002-12-20T16:54:22Z")
Also, read this:
[www.sportsnutrition4u.com/fitnesstips/](http://www.sportsnutrition4u.com/fitnesstips/) Myostatin%20Pseudo.doc
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### Author:  [@Fuel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fuel)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2002, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/myostatin-binders/144032/8 "2002-12-20T17:40:08Z")
is this inhibitor the same as say heart medication for your heart to block adrenaline, (beta blocker)?
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### Author:  [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2002, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/myostatin-binders/144032/9 "2002-12-20T18:39:28Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Epimetheus \*
> **[www.sportsnutrition4u.com/fitnesstips/Myostatin%20Pseudo.doc](http://www.sportsnutrition4u.com/fitnesstips/Myostatin%20Pseudo.doc)**
That’s better. And worth reading.
Like **Epimetheus** said, it’s basically crap. You wanna build muscle, you gotta lift well, eat well, and sleep well. If you’re lacking any one of those components, there’s no safe supplement that can help you. Steroids and prohormones, maybe, but that opens up a whole can of worms.
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### Author:  [@BZ00000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BZ00000)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2002, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/myostatin-binders/144032/10 "2002-12-20T18:57:28Z")
Thanks everybody, I was pretty sure it was crap and was trying to explain it to somebody. There is no way I would use this even if if worked and was safe.