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    Creatine is a natural substance that is produced by the liver and is stored in the muscle tissue, skeletal muscle and in other organs such as the testicles. It is actually the result of a combination of three amino acids: glycine, methionine and arginine. It is normally transported via blood circulation throughout the muscle cells. For many years, body builders, weight trainers and athletes have used creatine supplements so as to gain muscle mass. It had been scientifically proven to increase…

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    Creatine is a substance that is naturally produced by the human body within the liver, kidneys, and pancreas. It resides primarily in skeletal muscle, but small amounts can also be found in the heart, brain (Bird 23). In creatine, for optimal use, a normal adult needs two grams per day to see an increase in muscle growth. While creatine is commonly taken as a supplement, it is also found naturally in one’s diet, since it is found in some animals. “Creatine is most recognized for its ability to…

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    This product is called Creatine. Creatine helps the human body refuel faster and get stronger (“Creatine”). Although Creatine is available to all athletes, many still lend on steroids. Creatine is a natural substance. Our own body creates up to an additional one-to-two grams of Creatine daily (“Creatine”). 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…

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    acids. The most common types of supplements used in the market today are Decacor Creatine which is a creatine supplement, General Nutrition Corporation (GNC) cod liver oil which is a fish oil supplement, Hydroxycut Hardcore Elite which is a testosterone supplement, Instant Knockout which is a testosterone supplement and also, Jack3D micro which is muscle supplement (Noomhorm, Ahmad & Anal, 2014). Decacor Creatine is extensively used due to its…

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    “Beta Alanine & Creatine – The Ultimate Workout Supplement Stack” is an article posted by blogger enthusiast Curt Pederson on his own website StayFitCentral.com (Pederson). This lengthy addition to the workout related website boast the benefits of using certain pre-workout supplements. Anyone who happen to stumble across this particular webpage will immediately notice the information seems less then reputable. After fully evaluating the bloggers post, along with accumulating some background…

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    Should Creatine Supplements Be Regulated? I believe that creatine should be regulated, to a certain degree. Creatine should not be for sale for those who are under the age of 18, schools should have the right to either regulate or prohibit the use by their athletes, and any other athletic events and teams should have the same right. If people really want to compete and win in sporting events, they shouldn’t need any sort of steroid to help them, they need to work hard to reach their goal, just…

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    PDHPE Assignment PART 1 Creatine What are Creatines? Creatine is a organic acid that occurs in vertebrates and helps to supply energy to cells in the body. This is done by the formation of adenosine triphosphate. Benefits of Creatines Creatine may benefit the performance of athletes in sport. More work is needed to gain mussel and make this drug work. Athletes will need to experiment with creatine to determine whether they respond with this drug. This is best done under the supervision of a…

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    performance. Most ergogenic aids affect the metabolism and the central nervous system to reduce body fat content and stimulate protein synthesis to increase muscle mass or create lean body mass. One of the most used supplements among athletes is creatine, commonly used for increasing muscle mass. As some athletes might not even know, caffeine is also considered as a helpful ergogenic…

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    Creatine Kinase, also known as creatine phosphokinase, has extensively used to identify and observe the muscle disease. It is present in higher concentration in serum in reply to muscle insult and is the most delicate sign of muscle injury, which gives a precise estimate of progression of muscle injury (Bohlmeyer TJ et al.1994).It is found mainly in the myofibrils, mitochondrial membrane and the muscle cytoplasm (Bessman SP and Carpenter CL, 1985). CK is a dimer molecule, and composed of two…

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    Creatine is one of the safest supplements for sports available. There are still a few safety concerns to considers when supplementing creatine. A common concern is kidney damage. Although it has not been proven true many people believe this. There have been studies completed on the effects on the kidneys. One of the studies was done on people that took in ten grams of creatine a day. This is double the recommended amount. Their kidney functions showed no change over the 12 week experimental…

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