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Pastimes : I want to be a vegetarian (maybe) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: daffodil who wrote (82)	3/4/2001 10:54:04 AM
From: Raymond Duray	Respond to of 195

Thank daffodil, Dr. Weill sure has a nice folksy style, doesn't he? I read a number of sites last night after a Google search on creatine and they say pretty much the same thing. The only thing that I would add is that there is a creatine serum on the market that seems very much more effective than that creatine monohydrate powder that is the most common delivery system, but is hampered by a low rate of absorption through the digestive system. The supplement seems safe enough, we do produce it naturally and any excess seems to be changed to creatinine and flushed out via the liver and kidneys. No studies have found any verifiable toxicity, though there is some concern about the liver and kidneys with overdosing on the part of careful researchers. So, from all I've read, it seems that if it allows a weight-lifting workout to continue longer and at a higher level of intensity, that the benefit to building lean muscle mass is well worth it. As someone who is leaning toward a vegetarian diet, I don't see using the alternative, which is eating a couple of pounds of rare or raw meat or fish per day to achieve the same level of creatine loading as the recommended dosages of the supplement would do. Thanks for your research! Best, Ray