Is Creatine A Steroid?

"PSC" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Can anyone answer this question please. Is Creatine a steroid? I take
creatine half an hour before I go training on a regular basis, then one
day a fellow gym user said to me it was a steroid. I was totally shocked
with his remark as I have been buying it from my local health shop. This
suggests to me 2 things...1 he's jealous and 2, I don't think it is a
steroid as the health shop is selling it.
Any reply would be grateful

Regards

Paul C

I don't know much, but I think the answer is "hell no." It's mostly
something that helps retain water in the muscles, but I would like to hear
an official answer from others here.

But I think it's not even in the same ball park as a steroid.

PSC said:

Can anyone answer this question please. Is Creatine a steroid? I take
creatine half an hour before I go training on a regular basis, then one day
a fellow gym user said to me it was a steroid. I was totally shocked with
his remark as I have been buying it from my local health shop. This
suggests to me 2 things...1 he's jealous and 2, I don't think it is a
steroid as the health shop is selling it.
Any reply would be grateful

Regards

Paul C

No, it's not. Ask the guy to bring you some proof just for the fun of it.

--
Ed
http://www.spweights.com

PSC said:

Can anyone answer this question please. Is Creatine a steroid? I
take creatine half an hour before I go training on a regular basis,
then one day a fellow gym user said to me it was a steroid. I was
totally shocked with his remark as I have been buying it from my
local health shop. This suggests to me 2 things...1 he's jealous
and 2, I don't think it is a steroid as the health shop is selling
it. Any reply would be grateful

Here's what the Muscular Distrophy Association has to say:

http://www.mdausa.org/research/creatine.html

Basically creatine is an amino acid (the basic building block of
proteins) that is produced naturally by your body (of course your body
makes testosterone too, but that doesn't mean that you should
supplement with it).. Creatine serves as a ready energy source for
activities requiring quick bursts of energy (sprints, weightlifting,
etc). Creatine supplementation not only allows you to generate more
force in your workouts (by supplying more energy), but it also has
been shown to aid recovery.

Your buddy at the gym is probably jealous, and is definitely
misinformed.

Whether you use Creatine or not is a personal decision. I don't
(mostly because it's just one more thing 🙂, but lumping Creatine in
with steroids is just stupid and wrong.

Jason

PSC said:

Can anyone answer this question please. Is Creatine a steroid? I take
creatine half an hour before I go training on a regular basis, then one day
a fellow gym user said to me it was a steroid. I was totally shocked with
his remark as I have been buying it from my local health shop. This
suggests to me 2 things...1 he's jealous and 2, I don't think it is a
steroid as the health shop is selling it.
Any reply would be grateful

IT IS A ROID CUZ IT WILL MAKE U HYOOOGE BUT IT WILL GIVE YOU A BRAIN
TUMOR LIKE LYLE ALZADO
--

JMW
http://www.rustyiron.net

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Quoted message said:

Can anyone answer this question please. Is Creatine a steroid? I take
creatine half an hour before I go training on a regular basis, then one

day

Quoted message said:

a fellow gym user said to me it was a steroid. I was totally shocked with
his remark as I have been buying it from my local health shop. This
suggests to me 2 things...1 he's jealous and 2, I don't think it is a
steroid as the health shop is selling it.
Any reply would be grateful

Regards

Paul C

Little tip for you as you go through this journey we call life: pay little
or no attention to what the canaille has to say; however, research is its
own reward.

--
Dr. Dickie
Skepticult member in good standing #394-00596-438
Poking kooks with a pointy stick

In article <[email hidden]>,

PSC said:

Can anyone answer this question please. Is Creatine a steroid?

No.

Quoted message said:

I take
creatine half an hour before I go training on a regular basis, then one day
a fellow gym user said to me it was a steroid.

Then your fellow gym user is an idiot.

Quoted message said:

I was totally shocked with
his remark as I have been buying it from my local health shop. This
suggests to me 2 things...1 he's jealous and 2, I don't think it is a
steroid as the health shop is selling it.

Or 3, he's an idiot.

Quoted message said:

Any reply would be grateful

Regards

Paul C

--
Will Brink @ http://www.brinkzone.com/

PSC said:

Can anyone answer this question please. Is Creatine a steroid? I take
creatine half an hour before I go training on a regular basis, then one day
a fellow gym user said to me it was a steroid. I was totally shocked with
his remark as I have been buying it from my local health shop. This
suggests to me 2 things...1 he's jealous and 2, I don't think it is a
steroid as the health shop is selling it.
Any reply would be grateful

Jesus, you posted this on the internet with your
REAL NAME? Don't answer the door.

--
Scott Johnson / scottjohnson at kc dot rr dot com

Thanks everyone for the reply. I can't wait till I go back to the gym to
see this Jealous [censored]...lol

Thanks again

Paul C

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Quoted message said:

Can anyone answer this question please. Is Creatine a steroid? I take
creatine half an hour before I go training on a regular basis, then one
day a fellow gym user said to me it was a steroid. I was totally shocked
with his remark as I have been buying it from my local health shop. This
suggests to me 2 things...1 he's jealous and 2, I don't think it is a
steroid as the health shop is selling it.
Any reply would be grateful

Regards

Paul C

PSC said:

Can anyone answer this question please. Is Creatine a steroid?

No. It's a chemical used in normal muscular action. Steroids
are components of the process of building muscular structures.
Different things.

Quoted message said:

I take
creatine half an hour before I go training on a regular basis, then one day
a fellow gym user said to me it was a steroid.

He's a dope. But so are you. Your muscles are already
full of creatine, and you get it naturally from food,
so loading up on supplements increases your own store by
only by a few percent (claims of up to 20% aren't credible
and many of the "effects" are psychological, most likely
placebo effects).

Quoted message said:

I was totally shocked with
his remark as I have been buying it from my local health shop. This
suggests to me 2 things...1 he's jealous and 2, I don't think it is a
steroid as the health shop is selling it.

The fact that the "health" shop is selling something has
absolutely zero probative value to any nutritional claim.

--Blair
"Which makes it a reference library
compared with Usenet."

JMW said:

PSC said:

Can anyone answer this question please. Is Creatine a steroid? I take
creatine half an hour before I go training on a regular basis, then one day
a fellow gym user said to me it was a steroid. I was totally shocked with
his remark as I have been buying it from my local health shop. This
suggests to me 2 things...1 he's jealous and 2, I don't think it is a
steroid as the health shop is selling it.
Any reply would be grateful

IT IS A ROID CUZ IT WILL MAKE U HYOOOGE BUT IT WILL GIVE YOU A BRAIN
TUMOR LIKE LYLE ALZADO

You ought to know.

--Blair
"Poster boy."

PSC said:

Thanks everyone for the reply. I can't wait till I go back to the gym to
see this Jealous [censored]...lol

I'm jealous, too.

I'm jealous that I didn't think of selling creatine monohydrate
for $15 a pound first.

--Blair
"The world's full of people
with low self esteem and money."

Blair P. Houghton said:

--Blair
"Poster boy."

Indeed, you are. For abortion.
--

JMW
http://www.rustyiron.net

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In article <[email hidden]>,

PSC said:

Can anyone answer this question please. Is Creatine a steroid?

No.

Quoted message said:

I take
creatine half an hour before I go training on a regular basis, then one
day
a fellow gym user said to me it was a steroid.

Then your fellow gym user is an idiot.

Quoted message said:

I was totally shocked with
his remark as I have been buying it from my local health shop. This
suggests to me 2 things...1 he's jealous and 2, I don't think it is a
steroid as the health shop is selling it.

Or 3, he's an idiot.

Quoted message said:

Any reply would be grateful

Regards

Paul C

--
Will Brink @ http://www.brinkzone.com/

Do you rent out space in the brinkzone? I want to live there.

PSC said:

Can anyone answer this question please. Is Creatine a steroid? I take
creatine half an hour before I go training on a regular basis, then one day
a fellow gym user said to me it was a steroid. I was totally shocked with
his remark as I have been buying it from my local health shop. This
suggests to me 2 things...1 he's jealous and 2, I don't think it is a
steroid as the health shop is selling it.
Any reply would be grateful

There are some training regimes that develop muscle at the expense of brain.

--
Chris Malcolm [email hidden] +44 (0)131 651 3445 DoD #205
IPAB, Informatics, JCMB, King's Buildings, Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, UK
[http://www.dai.ed.ac.uk/homes/cam/]

On Mon, 07 Mar 2005 01:58:49 -0600, Proton Soup <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

PSC said:

Can anyone answer this question please. Is Creatine a steroid? I take
creatine half an hour before I go training on a regular basis, then one day
a fellow gym user said to me it was a steroid. I was totally shocked with
his remark as I have been buying it from my local health shop. This
suggests to me 2 things...1 he's jealous and 2, I don't think it is a
steroid as the health shop is selling it.
Any reply would be grateful

Regards

Paul C

I dunno what's up with all the retarded questions about creatine
suddenly, but I will relay an interesting anecdote. I caught a kid at
GNC the other day pimping the latest nitric oxide booster to some
witless customer. And not only was he pimping it HARD, he also had
the nerve to dis creatine by telling the guy that it can cause
"bloating". WTF?!?! BLOATING?! That's the marketing equivalent of
saying that shrinks your nads or something. People associate
"bloating" with tampons and Midol.

I couldn't believe the nerve of the [censored], so I just decided to butt
in and tell his customer that not only does creatine work, but it's
cheap.

As Clint Eastwood once famously said: "You're gonna look pretty stupid
with that knife stuck up your ass"!!

Ugh! It's Monday!!

In article <[email hidden]>,
"Paul \"Mr.Wonderful\" Orndorff"

PaulMr.Wonderful said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

--
Will Brink @ http://www.brinkzone.com/

Do you rent out space in the brinkzone?

Nope.

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I want to live there.

LOL.

--
Will Brink @ http://www.brinkzone.com/

In article <[email hidden]>,

Proton Soup said:

PSC said:

Can anyone answer this question please. Is Creatine a steroid? I take
creatine half an hour before I go training on a regular basis, then one day
a fellow gym user said to me it was a steroid. I was totally shocked with
his remark as I have been buying it from my local health shop. This
suggests to me 2 things...1 he's jealous and 2, I don't think it is a
steroid as the health shop is selling it.
Any reply would be grateful

Regards

Paul C

I dunno what's up with all the retarded questions about creatine
suddenly, but I will relay an interesting anecdote. I caught a kid at
GNC the other day pimping the latest nitric oxide booster to some
witless customer. And not only was he pimping it HARD, he also had
the nerve to dis creatine by telling the guy that it can cause
"bloating". WTF?!?! BLOATING?! That's the marketing equivalent of
saying that shrinks your nads or something. People associate
"bloating" with tampons and Midol.

Ah, but don't forget that the new forms of creatine and the scammers
selling serum creatine promise you wont get the "bloat" using their
product!

--
Will Brink @ http://www.brinkzone.com/

Proton Soup said:

Moron says what?

Clearly, but why did you say it?

--Blair
"Non sequiturs are not an aerobic exercise."

Blair P. Houghton said:

Proton Soup said:

Moron says what?

Clearly, but why did you say it?

Actually, "moron" said "what" not "it"!!