[picabloo]

Well I know there a huge debate on whether or not creatine is a good idea to take. It has its pros and it's cons. And I know guys are prolly sick of stupid creatine threads but I have to ask these as I can't seem to find the answer online.

A friend of mine was saying that creatine "creates air pockets on your muscles" and then when you come off it, your muscles shrink at a faster pace when not being worked.

Another one was saying that taking extra creatine is pointless because your body has enough ways of producing it, and meat contains it.




Both of my friend are currently in a bachelor of Kinesiology, so I'm starting to wonder.... I don't currently take creatine, but I have before, but that was a LONG time ago when only like 5% of it was actually absorbed and used lol.

What are your opinions/facts? What are the CONS of creatine?

[Thomas_Rivera]

Pros - Creatine creatines pockets in your muscle, these pockets are filled with air in the form of oxygen, to that are attached two molecules of hydrogen.

-Extra energy during workouts

-More anabolic enviornment for the muscles

-Lift more weights

Cons

-Risk of dehydration which most bodybuilders will never experience because of how much water they drink

-Too many different creatines flooding the market


The amount of meat you would have to eat to get one serving of creatine is ludacris. Your body can naturally make creatine, but its going to make the basal amount required, over saturation of creatine for the added side effects is what were aiming for.

[Zack]

Rivera pretty much covered it. There's really no downside to it. Just some people like your friend are VERY misinformed about it.

[T.O]

Yeah I consider Thomas the Creatine guru

[Tall HardGainer]

agreed! as long as you stay hydrated creatine is great. as far as meat is concerned, most of the creatine found in meat is destroyed when you cook it, so you don't really get anything from it.