Creatine

Introduction:

Creatine is available in nutrition stores throughout the country in the form of creatine monohydrate. It has been used as an investigational agent in the form of IV creatine phosphate. Natural creatine is a substance produced in the liver and obtained from food sources that helps supply energy to cells all over the body – particularly muscle cells which have high energy demands. Because of creatine’s ability to supply energy where it is demanded, the supplement form is mainly used by athletes to increase their ability to produce energy rapidly, improving athletic performance and allowing them to train harder. However, creatine is not only used by athletes to improve athletic ability, it may also improve cognition or help in the treatment of neuromuscular and neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson’s disease and congestive heart failure. Within this writeup, unless specified elsewhere creatine refers to creatine monohydrate oral supplement.