What is creatine

jamiefarnsworth453

What does it actually do? I have alot of people suggesting that I use it prior to work out but I wanna know why what is it and why does it help what does it do to your body

Old_Cat_Lady

Deleting. I copied the first thing out of google and it was clearly wrong. 100% wrong so I wanted to remove it.

vismal

Everything you ever wanted to know about creatine

TheWJordinWJordin wrote: »

There is a section for questions called: Gaining weight and body building
Ask there? Creatine brings large amounts of water into the muscles, which helps in protein synthesis. ... Some of these side effects are weight gain, muscle cramps, muscle strains and pulls, stomach upset, diarrhea, high blood pressure, liver dysfunction, and kidney damage.Feb 28, 2014

Liver disease and kidney damage? Creatinine is one of the safest and most studied sports supplements of all time. You would have to take an irresponsibly high dose for quite a long time to cause those problems and the effective dose has a threshold so taking any more than 5 grams a day is stupid as it won't cause any added benefits.

To the OP: Here is everything you ever wanted to know about creatine from an unbiased source that uses research data to form conclusions: https://examine.com/supplements/creatine/

Old_Cat_Lady

@vismal I just copied that first square that showed up on google. Bad mistake I guess.

BigNate17

In simple terms you can expect a small strength gain while taking creatine monohydrate which can lead to increased muscle size, however a small percent of people are non-responders meaning that creatine has no effect on them at all.

You can also expect to gain a couple pounds of water weight which is normal as well. But I agree with @vismal in that you should research creatine yourself from credible sources and not just off of google.

Muscleflex79

one of the most studied and supported supplements out there...the examine.com link above is an excellent source!

stanmann571

vismal wrote: »

Everything you ever wanted to know about creatine

TheWJordinWJordin wrote: »

There is a section for questions called: Gaining weight and body building
Ask there? Creatine brings large amounts of water into the muscles, which helps in protein synthesis. ... Some of these side effects are weight gain, muscle cramps, muscle strains and pulls, stomach upset, diarrhea, high blood pressure, liver dysfunction, and kidney damage.Feb 28, 2014

Liver disease and kidney damage? Creatinine is one of the safest and most studied sports supplements of all time. You would have to take an irresponsibly high dose for quite a long time to cause those problems and the effective dose has a threshold so taking any more than 5 grams a day is stupid as it won't cause any added benefits.

To the OP: Here is everything you ever wanted to know about creatine from an unbiased source that uses research data to form conclusions: https://examine.com/supplements/creatine/

Beat me to the examine.com link