Oswald wrote:OLver wrote:big fellow wrote:OLver wrote:taking creatine is a stupid thing to do.
first, it'll damge our body, second, it won't help you...
there are hundreds of published research papers which show that creatine does work
perhaps you should check some out before you go making such rash blanket statements
there are hundreds of published research papers which show that creatine does damage your body and doesn't help you in endurance
Maybe both you guys can come up with a few links to these studies...
@ Oswald - here are some links to reserach conducted that I know of I found quickly - some are related to cyucling, some aren't but all report that creatine does have some performance benefit under certain conditions
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/quer ... ds=9189303
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/quer ... ds=9294877
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/quer ... ds=9760327
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/quer ... ds=9562365
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/quer ... ds=9298778
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/quer ... s=10477361
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/quer ... ds=9721002
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/quer ... ds=9662683
of course there also many studies which demonstrate that creatine does not enhance performance - but as with everything, it works for some and not for others....
cheers