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is creatine really a carcinogen

arturo03 Posts: 137 Joined: 2003/02/11	2003/02/28, 11:18 AM i read up on the stuff and in some studies i read that creatine is a carcinogen (causes cancer). ive been lifting naturally for about 4 years, i have alot of mass and size but i want more. can anyone help me out here? ---------------------------- Get Rugged
mackfactor Posts: 766 Joined: 2002/10/17	2003/03/04, 05:41 PM How could creatine be a carcinogen? It is a naturally occuring compound in many foods. Creatine is merely a compound of several amino acids, I don't see how it could be carcinogenic. Where did you hear this? -------------- "Don't follow leaders and watch your parking meters!" -- Bob Dylan
bigdavid Posts: 139 Joined: 2001/04/05	2003/03/04, 06:36 PM i agree with you mackfactor .. creatine been around for a long time ,.. i honesly never heard anythign of that effect .
jbennett Posts: 1,558 Joined: 2001/02/28	2003/03/04, 08:44 PM Probably some anit-creatine freak speading bad info about a product they've never tried themselves. Creatine is produced naturally in your own body. That would be a terrible evolutionary flaw that could lead to the end of our species if creatine was in fact a carcinogen. What a bunch of BS..... -------------- --JBennett "I've up-ed my intensity.... now up yours!" "Pain is only weakness leaving the body." "Never think of how weak you are; think of how strong you're going to be."
arturo03 Posts: 137 Joined: 2003/02/11	2003/03/05, 10:55 AM i asked because i read it in an article on a web site. thanks for the help, now i will probably go out and buy some. -------------- Get Rugged
mackfactor Posts: 766 Joined: 2002/10/17	2003/03/05, 03:35 PM Arturo - it's good that you at least waited until you turned 18. -------------- "Don't follow leaders and watch your parking meters!" -- Bob Dylan
Carivan Posts: 8,542 Joined: 2002/01/20	2003/03/05, 04:04 PM To be more specifac it is produced in our liver. -------------- Nothing is too small to know, and nothing is too big to attempt! Ivan Montreal Canada
arturo03 Posts: 137 Joined: 2003/02/11	2003/03/05, 04:11 PM thanx guys for your advice -------------- Get Rugged
wheyinhaler Posts: 6 Joined: 2003/03/20	2003/03/22, 09:13 PM I read somewhere that this came from the fact that burned meat causes cancer and someone, for some reason, connected that to the creatine found in meat.
bofeity Posts: 38 Joined: 2003/03/15	2003/03/23, 03:54 PM News flash: Even the sun causes cancer! ooooo ahhh...Lets avoid the sun, eh? Anyway, i have been using creatine for a while and its great... i agree with what everyone said, it being produced in your body and thus can not cause cancer. enough said. -------------- Work hard, play hard, and work some more.