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Bodybuilder bubble gut is caused by growth hormone and insulin, not just eating too much
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Clips of guys with shredded arms and chest but a belly that looks 6 months pregnant are all over my feed again. Every comment section says the same thing: it's high-dose GH and insulin literally growing their intestines and organs, so it never goes away even when they're lean. Other people say it's mostly just massive food volume, bloating and weak transverse abs, and that the GH organ-growth story is gym folklore. Which is it?
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compare 80s physiques to post-2000 ones. same steroids, way less GH and slin, no bubble guts. that tells you something
eating 8000 calories a day stretches your stomach too though. probably both
source on the intestines growing part?