| Re: creatine usage cycles
There is more to why they tell you not to take it for more than 6 weeks at once, yes it may lose its effects, but it does other things as well.
Since I was tired of hearing person A say one thing, and person B say another, I decided to ask my doctor about his opinion on Creatine (asked him a little more than a month ago), and this is what he said: Creatine is fairly safe when used in moderation, he said there hasn't been a lot of studies on its long-term effects, and he said it "buggers up the kidneys".
It makes sense about the kidneys, seeing how any fluids we put into our bodies are excreted through there.
There is also another thing about eating so much protein which I recently learned in biology class: When your body has more protein then it needs (how much it needs when were working out, I do not know), the protein is broken down in the digestive system into ammonia (which can be fatal), ammonia of course is very bad for us, our body then changes that into a less potent form called urea, it is then excreted through the kidneys.
So all this strain and stress on the kidneys and liver isn't good! Thats why on days that I dont work out, I dont even take protein supplements, there is lots of information out there, a lot of it contradicts what was said by others, everyone has an opinion, look at the facts and then make your own.
(edited a mistake).
Last edited by Kastro2; 12-10-2004 at 08:38 AM.
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