CREATINE

I often get asked about Creatine. I thought that I would present a series of articles that are primarily the opinions without any influence of money or other factors. The following information is from the Australian Sports Commission. The Australians have had good success in many sports without the scar of drug usage and a country with a much smaller population than the United States.
The Australian Institute of Sports (AIS) can be found at www.ais.org.au. If you go to their home page and follow the following route, you can find an interesting article on creatine. Go to:

sportscience & sports medicine/sports nutrition/fact sheet/supplements/creatine pdf.

A small summary of the article includes the following:
"*Creatine is a naturally occurring compound found in large amounts in skeletal muscle as a result of dietary intake and endogenous synthesis (developing within the cell wall) from amino acids. Creatine monohydrate is the most practical form for supplementation with creatine.
*Phosphorylated creatine provides a number of important functions related to fuel supply in the muscle. The most well known role is as an immediate and short-lived source of phosphate to regenerate ATP. The creatine phosphate system is the most important fuel source for sprints or bouts of high-intensity exercise lasting up to ten seconds."
Anyway, take a look at the rest of the article. I believe the biggest problem with creatine and supplements in general are the few bad apples that say a product contains X and instead it contains X plus Y plus M. I will make every attempt to answer questions from creditable sources. Thanks for your questions and any others can be sent to acudave@yahoo.com