Creatine Side Effects

I am after abs of steel and I know that I need to get my body fat down to start seeing any muscles at all. Body builders say doing crunches, reverse crunches, hanging leg raises and sit ups only once or twice a week is best for definition and the daily running is the best way of trimming the fat. I am looking into supples to help define the muscle and I thought that creatine might do this. I know that creatine helps the muscle to retain fluid so it puts the abs in to a great muscle building state so you can get more from your workout but will this fluid retention end up 'hiding' the abs of steel that I will be creating? I saw this ebook that had info about creatine side effects and it talks about safe way to take creatine. This might actually answer all of my questions! It said that there are precautions that you need to take if you are a diabetic, have high blood pressure or even if you get acne. Probably worth a read.

Creatine and Cancer

There has been some talk of creatine (sports supplement) causing cancer. I was a little worried as I was about to start using it daily after my workouts. I found out that this is not true!! Scientists did a study and found that creatine seemed to inhibit tumor growth in animals. This study suggests that creatine is more of an anti-carcinogenic (stops cancer) rather than a pro-carcinogenic (cancer causer). Has anyone heard any thing different? I also heard that if you take a protein drink/supplement a little after the creatine this will also help get results. But most protein drinks have some form of caffeine in them and research has found that caffeine significantly counteracts with the positive effects of the creatine. Is this true? I don't think I'm sold yet.

Does Creatine Work?

I have been trying to find out about what sort of supplement that i should be using if I want to get the most from my workouts at the gym. It seems that creatine is the the most successful supplement that I have found. Though it is only helpful for explosive sports such as sprinting or weight lifting not for endurance. I did a little more digging and it seems that creatine can also help with neuromuscular diseases, helps fight the aging process and assists maintainance of antioxidant status. It all sounds too good to be true!! Is it really as good as all this? Does it really work? Is there any negative side?