Creatine Monohydrate
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Creatine monohydrate is the most popular unregulated nutritional supplement in the country. As simple to purchase as a pack of gum, it can be bought in capsules, powder, or liquid form at health stores, drug stores, the Internet and other outlets. Marketed based on its ability to maximize strength, endurance, and muscle size, creatine monohydrate is king among muscle builders, athletes, and an increasingly adolescent market of consumers. Creatine monohydrate is a natural compound that is comprised of three amino acids, but there have been reported side effects, from dehydration and muscle and ligament tears to diarrhea and kidney failure. As a nutritional supplement, creatine remains beyond the reach of the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) regulatory mechanisms. This research will analyze five journal articles which critique creatine monohydrate while covering some of its short-term benefits on endurance, strength, and muscle size, and some of its purported long-term effects on health.Creatine is so popular and considered so effective among users that it is known by the nickname muscle candy. Exploding sales and widespread use among professional athletes, most notably Mark McGwire, continue to make the supplement more popular with high school age athletes hoping to improve endurance, strength, and muscle size to compete in sports. Studies throughout the literature demonstrate the effectiveness of creatine monohydrate in impro
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ly not associated with serious side effects recommended doses, typically 20gm a day for three to seven days then 25gm a day as maintenance (Pritchard and Kalra, 1252). However, a recent journal study reported in the Lancet demonstrates that even at recommended doses the supplement can have serious health risks, especially if the user has pre-existing health conditions “When a 25-year-old man with pre-existing nephrotic syndrome began taking the supplement, staying with the recommended dosage, his serum creatinine went up to 180 pmol/L (norm: 53-106) and his creatinine clearance dropped to 54 ml/min (norm: 110-150), indicating his renal function was seriously deteriorating. A month after stopping the creatine, his plasma creatinine returned to 128 pmol/L with a creatinine clearance of 115 ml/min” (Pritchard et al. 1252).
The fact that the use of the supplement may cause kidney problems is enough to warrant further investigation of the use of this supplement, especially among adolescents whose bodies are still developing. In the fall of 1997, three college wrestlers dies in relation to severe weight-cutting practices. During the investigation, medical authorities were concerned if “the use of creatine supplements might have pl
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