Doug Burns, Mr. Universe

Was Googling for an article re maggots in wound healing. There's a
news bit in the local paper and I was looking for the online version.
Anyway, stumbled across this bit in Diabetes Health magazine:

Table of Contents - June / July 2007
Features
Mr. Universe
>From fifty-pound weakling to veritable Sampson, Doug Burns has taken
type 1 diabetes to the heights of success. But when the police took
him for drunk during a low blood sugar episode, the pepper spray came
out and Mr. Universe went down. We have his story of success and his
tale of tribulation. /copy and paste from http://www.diabeteshealth.com/toc,2007-06-01.html

Doug Burns? Wonder what federation...

(Googles)

http://www.childrenwithdiabetes.com/.../DougBurns.htm

2006-2007 INBA Natural Universe, Open Medium Class Champion

Okay.

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cg...AGPOP0Q3F7.DTL

Thank you, officer. D'OH!

http://closeconcerns.typepad.com/clo...ndication.html

Ah, good. His case was dismissed.

http://www.diabetesteentalk.com/inte...interview.html

The man's got diabetes. He's a shining example of someone with health
problems, but who has overcome that obstacle or is working at having a
healthy life in spite of his, what many would call, problem. So,
here's the question: Is he on steroids? Can someone achieve that level
of success without anabolics? I'd like to think that, although mother
nature, God, whatever, dealt him diabetes, that he also received the
genetics, drive, etc. required to be a champion without drug
assistance.

Bodybuilding is pretty much tanking as a sport so far as general
public perception is concerned, but this guy seems like a great
spokesperson.

http://www.thediabetesantidote.com/

And, apparently, he's written a book. Cool.

--
Curt

"Curt" <> The man's got diabetes. He's a shining example of someone with
health
> problems, but who has overcome that obstacle>>

Too bad he wasn't around to set a good example for Rob Shoe. As far as
steroids are concerned, the guy is probably doing some, but he could never
compete in the IFBB. They are on another level of roids, and not everyone
can take that much.

Al Fitness wrote:
> "Curt" <> The man's got diabetes. He's a shining example of someone with
> health problems, but who has overcome that obstacle>>
>
> Too bad he wasn't around to set a good example for Rob Shoe. As far as
> steroids are concerned, the guy is probably doing some, but he could never
> compete in the IFBB. They are on another level of roids, and not everyone
> can take that much.

Climb off the roid-bashing carousel. Heck, you can leave 'bert alone
for that matter. I mean, doesn't he already have enough problems?
Yeesh.

And re IFBB competitors, I suspect it's a greater genetic potential
for muscle building than a greater capacity to "take that much" wrt
steroids, etc. Those men and women are absolutely born for the sport.
I could take every drug under the sun and wouldn't suddenly develop a
wasp waist with shoulders out the there and all the rest. Drugs don't
do it.

Grandpa Walton tole me so, so it muss be troot.

--
Curt