Creatine is a supplement that is able to increase the rate of muscle repair. Creatine reduces fatigue and can help you get stronger faster. There are many contradictions when it comes to this product, including the wide range of side effects and the fact that Creatine is not FDA approved. These side effects include possible diarrhea, kidney failure, and death. This product is not FDA approved because Creatine is neither a drug…
Although it is considered safe, it is known to lower blood sugar and raise blood pressure. As a result people that have to monitor their blood sugar and blood pressure levels should use creatine monohydrate cautiously. It is also advised to avoid using creatine monohydrate if a person has impaired kidney function due to the increased stress on them. Although it is considered safe, there is some concern on high doses affecting the kidneys, liver, or heart function, but the connection has not been proven. Creatine monohydrate is known to draw water from the rest of your body into the muscles, cause muscle cramps, and stomach pain from dehydration.…
According to numerous bodybuilding.com the top three supplements on the market right now are creatine monohydrate, caffeine, beta-alanin5. Creatine monohydrate is known as creatine is considered one of the most effective performance supplements that improve high-intensity work capacity, muscle mass, strength, and body composition5. Creatine increases phosphocreatine stores within the muscle, allowing an increase in regeneration of ATP5. Creatine(s) effectiveness based on scientific evidence includes athletic performance increases endurance and improvement in performance in highly trained athletes3. Effectiveness based on scientific evidence effective for syndromes caused by problems metabolizing creatine symptoms that cause potential health…
Creatine monohydrate supplementation is not only safe, but possibly beneficial in regard to preventing injury and/or management of select medical conditions when taken within recommended guidelines. 3. There is no scientific evidence that the short- or long-term use of creatine monohydrate has any detrimental effects on otherwise healthy individuals. 4. If proper precautions and…
They followed a similar creatine supplementation routine of 20g per day for 1 week. As this dosage is similar to previous studies, it neglects the argument that a low dosage may be responsible for negligible improvements seen in the strength performance in the participants. However, this does lead to the question of responders and non responders. Demant & Rhodes (9) reported that 5 out of the 8 participants showed a significant increase in Cr concentrations (19 to 35 mmol/kg dry muscle (dm)), while the other 3 showed minimal increase (8 to 9 mmol/kg dm). Upon further investigation, they found that those who showed significant increase (responders) had an initial Cr concentration of less than 120 mmol/kg dm, and those who did not, had a Cr concentration of greater than 130 mmol/kg dm (9).…
Per the University of Maryland Medical Center, “Studies show that creatine supplements improve strength and lean muscle mass during high-intensity, short-duration exercises, such as weight lifting.” Athletes who use the recommended dosage of 5 grams per day, have made greater improvements as opposed to athletes who did not use the supplement. While creatine is naturally found in red meat and fish, adding up to 5 grams per day for a period of 6 months has shown increased strength and muscle gain. It has become such a popular supplement in the sports world that team physicians and strength trainers of the English professional soccer team Arsenal, encourage the use of creatine monohydrate in phases of athletic training. Effects of this supplement over the past few decades have shown positive results, but can creatine taken as a supplement have negative effects on the human…
This article was written toward a general audience. The intended audience was not specifically weightlifters. This can be shown in the passage through its explanations of what supplements are. The average weightlifter would already have general knowledge of this subject. The audience of The…
You will realize that taking creatine gives you many advantages with your bodybuilding program. Once you start using it, you will be able to lift more weight and your muscle repairs faster. Creatine is a safe bodybuilding…
So whatever Creatine you put into your body, it will add with the Creatine your body produces. The best part about Creatine is that it is totally legal. In 2014 many organizations including the USOC, NCAA, MLB, and the NFL did not prohibit the substance (“Creatine”). Athletes could use this substance to their advantage to help boost their performance. This substance has been used for many athletics sports including track and field, football, baseball, basketball, and even body building (“Creatine”).…
There are also no valid studies on the long-term effects that creatine has. These reasons alone should cause a restriction on creatine, especially for people under the age of 18. Creatine supplements should definitely be regulated by age, and also schools and athletic teams should have the right to regulate or prohibit it’s use. While there are negative and dangerous side effects, there are no valid studies on how it affects younger people or the long term effects on the general person. Creatine supplements need to be…
This helps explain the observed enhancements in high intensity workout performance leading to greater training adaptations. Studies have also proven that taking creatine could improve recovery after the workout, exercise performance, injury prevention/rehab, and spinal cord neuroprotection. There have been a variety of medical claims of creatine supplementation have been studied involving neurodegenerative illnesses such as: “...muscular dystrophy, Parkinson’s, Huntington’s disease), diabetes, osteoarthritis, fibromyalgia, aging, brain and coronary heart ischemia, adolescent depression, and pregnancy” (Creatine 101). These studies offer excellent proof that creatine does not only benefit and enhance exercise overall performance, however can play a position in stopping and/or decreasing the severity of harm, improving rehabilitation from accidents, and assisting athletes tolerate to heavy training loads. Researchers have also found many possible benefits in clinical use.…
Taking creatine has side effects and risk to go along with it. One of the main side effects is cramping resulting due to water retention. Drinking plenty of water is very important when taking creatine. A few other side effects that may occur are kidney disease, upset stomach, muscle pain and hypertension. Long term supplementation of creatine can cause increased risk of dehydration and may affect blood sugar levels.…
By providing student athletes with dietary supplements and protein supplements schools could prevent some drug use and limit the costs of the drug tests. Mitton says “it generally is permissible for athletes to ingest non muscle building dietary supplements that facilitate athletic performance such as carbohydrates, electrolyte drinks, energy bars, vitamins, and minerals--and they often are encouraged to do so. Even the use of creatine as a muscle-building substance currently is not considered to be "doping" or an improper means of athletic performance enhancement”(Mathew Mitton). By providing athletes with supplements healthy for their body, not only will it make their body healthier, but should also help with their ability to play sports. Supplements are just one resolution to solve the dispute over drug testing.…
You’ll be seeing more and more serious heart problems, and worse, once these guys hit 40’ . . . he died in 2014 of complication related to steroid use (qtd. in Allen). It seems as if by taking PEDs, the cardiovascular problems will significantly decrease a person’s chances to live till an old age. Leal Herlitz, MD, studied the long-term ramifications of steroid abuse on the kidneys through ten bodybuilders, and he as well as other researchers concluded that the extra mass of the muscles causes stress on the kidneys due to the increase in their filtration rates (qtd. in “Dangers”).…
Unfortunately these performance enhancing drugs have numerous negative side effects, both physical and psychological. According to the DEA’s office of diversion and control most of the short term side effects are fairly more well know than the long term side effects, many of which are irreversible. A. Major side effects can include liver tumors and cancer, yellowing of the skin, high blood pressure, kidney tumors, severe acne, and trembling. Along with increases in bad cholesterol levels and decreases in good cholesterol levels.…