Creatine

Creatine is used often by bodybuilders and athletes. Often sold in powder or pill form, creatine is one of the more popular supplements. The effects of creatine are purported to increase muscle mass, strength and recovery potential.

Creatine is an organic acid naturally found within the body. The primary source of creatine is, coincidentaly the most common source of protein, meat. Creatine is scientifically found to aid in providing energy for the muscles, specifically the skeletal muscle.

Creatine became widely used in 1992. Creatine does aid muscle hypertrophy (size increases) to an extent. It is found to stimulate activity of satallite cells which are involved in muscle hypertrophy. A study done recently concluded the possibility that creatine inhibited fat loss (I personally take creatine and am lossing weight). Creatine was found to have increased one round max in bench, and total body mass in the experimental group, whereas the placebo group did not experience the same results in the same study.