Victorious Veteran: Creatine Monohydrate Still First Class! Usefulness & Safety of “Innovative” Creatine Formulas Questionable.
If we discount a high protein intake as a regular constituent of a healthy diet, creatine is unquestionable the King of Natural Ergogenics. Its impact on athletics way beyond the Gold’s Gyms of the bodybuilding world is evident from its being cited as “effective and safe” in almost each and every “position stand” published in one of the journals of the various sports & nutritional societies all over the world in regular intervals. Thus, with the (nephro-)toxity myth being finally dispelled, creatine has become a stable in the supplement regimen of both recreational, as well as professional athletes. Now, the financial revenue you can make from a non-patentable amino acid that is commonly found in fish and meat products is obviously limited . Thus, the steadily increasing number of players on the supplement market is continuously trying to “reinvent the wheel”, by putting forward a new, better-absorbed, more effect, side-effect free or whatever else the marketing guys had on the...