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Creatine is the most popular performance-enhancing supplement that athletes use. Mark McGwire uses it. Michael Johnson uses it. And some Harvard athletes use it, too, despite discouragement from their coaches and trainers...
Creatine monohydrate is an amino acid manufactured in the liver and stored in the muscles. Found in milk, steak and some fish, creatine is a protein supplement that speeds up the energy synthesis process, allowing athletes to recover from workouts faster. This enables them to lift heavier weights more frequently and for longer periods of time...
Harvard athletes who use creatine for sports such as football, wrestling and baseball hope it will make them stronger and more competitive in their respective sports. They also said they could not use the supplement during the season and that it was not the most important element of their preparation for collegiate competition...
Creatine, which became popular among professional and Olympic athletes in the early 1990s, is still a new supplement. While it has not shown any short-term side effects other than muscle pulls, there has not been enough time to determine if creatine causes any problems in the long run. Although the NCAA has not put creatine on its list of banned drugs, the Harvard athletic department does not promote the use of creatine or other nutritional ergogenic aids (performance-enhancing substances...
Athletes who have used creatine for extendedperiods of time say the supplement helps theirperformance in their strength and conditioningprograms as long as they monitor their use of it.They say it is especially productive in thesummers and offseasons, when their main goal is toget stronger and build up their stamina andendurance...