Authors: Jose Antonio, Darren G. Candow, Scott C. Forbes, Bruno Gualano, Andrew R. Jagim, Richard B. Kreider, Eric S. Rawson, Abbie E. Smith-Ryan, Trisha A. VanDusseldorp, Darryn S. Willoughby & Tim N. Ziegenfuss Creatine (α-methylguanidinoacetic acid) is a...
Author: Prof. Theo Wallimann, PhD The French scientist, Michel Eugène Chevreul, discovered creatine (Cr) in 1832 as a new organic constituent that could be extracted from meat (“kreas” in Greek). In 1847, the German scientist, Justus von Liebig, chemically identified...
Author: Ing. Esteban FuqueneEditorial staff: Prof. Jorge L. Petro, CSCS, ND. Mayra Márquez, & Prof. Jana Kočí, PhD The ergogenic effects of creatine supplementation (SCr) are widely documented, with strong evidence of its properties in increasing lean mass,...
Vitamins, proteins, fats, minerals – a healthy body needs all of these. The essential role of creatine for human energy metabolism is less well known. Part of the daily creatine requirement needs to be supplied through food – plants, however, do not...
Author: LN. Luis Alberto Gómez Martín Editorial staff: Prof. Jorge L. Petro, ND. Mayra Márquez & Prof. Jana Kočí, PhD Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a metabolic disorder characterized by sustained hyperglycemia resulting from impaired insulin secretion from pancreatic...
Creatine, which occurs naturally in the body, plays a crucial role in the body’s energy metabolism. If energy is needed, ATP (adenosine triphosphate = energy currency of the cell) is converted to ADP (adenosine diphosphate). Eventually, the body turns ADP back into...
