Re: Creatine Hysteria Begins!

michael k teehan (miketeehan@worldnet.att.net)
Fri, 19 Dec 1997 19:39:36 -0500


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> From: Natasha V. More (fka Nancie Clark) <natasha@extropic-art.com>
> To: extropians@extropy.com; 'extropians@extropy.com'
> Subject: RE: Creatine Hysteria Begins!
> Date: Friday, December 19, 1997 4:07 PM
>
> At 08:53 AM 12/19/97 -0600, Michael J. C. Gorecki wrote:
>
> >IMHO, I use Creatine myself in my weightlifting - Although Creatine
helps
> >in muscle recover, it does give one's body a _false_ sense of security.
You
> >can push your muscles past their normal recovery period, but you can
also
> >stress them out a lot. Only once, during a set I lost my muscle (i.e. I
> >could not lift again). It took awhile before my muscle (back) could lift

> >the heavy weights again that I was training with.
>
> I agree with you. I used creatine for a number of months. During this
time,
> I put on 8 lbs of body mass and maintained a stomach ache and slight
nausea
> throughout the supplemental routine. (I don't know whether it was because
of
> the creatine, or my commitment as an athlete.) Now, I am not taking
> creatine. My muscle mass has maintained. I am just as strong and cut as
> while taking the creatine, if not stronger.
>
> >I am not enough into sports medicine to think that you my not
> >die from misuse of supplements though.
>
> The media tends to "pump-up" information and inaccurately exploit it
without
> checking authenticity.
>
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