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2002/09/13, 01:18 PM
I usually don't do this, I like to answer peoples questions for them, but I also hate to see people joing the "supplememt of the month club". It is a very expensive club to say the least...so, interesting findings on liquid creatine...Muscle Marketing has been selling Creatine Serum for a couple of years now claiming that it is 100% stable and more effective than creatine powder. Through their large advertising campaign they have gained massive distribution and have generated millions of dollars in sales.
Because their claims ran out of bounds of the scientific literature we decided to test their Creatine Serum for amount of creatine and amount of creatinine. According to their label there should be 500 milligrams of creatine per millimeter and 0 milligrams of creatinine.
Here are the results through HPLC testing:
Creatine Serum Test Results
Component Label Claim Actual Contents
Creatine 500 mg. / ml 5.5 mg. / ml*
Creatinine† 0 mg. / ml 12.1 mg. / ml
*Creatine: 5.5 mg / ml (1% of label claim)
† Creatinine is waste byproduct of creatine degradation.
An entire bottle of Creatine Serum contains less than 1 gram of creatine. I have to admit I didn't think the tests would come back this bad. Less than 1 gram in the entire bottle. You would have to drink 6 full bottles a day just to get 5 grams of creatine. 6 bottles a day!
As for the stability issue, like I said and like the scientific literature clearly indicates, creatine in a liquid medium will degrade into the useless byproduct creatinine. Creatine Serum has over twice the amount of creatinine as it does creatine. So much for their 100% stability claim.
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2002/09/14, 02:01 AM
Yes we know this...... The incredible thing is just that they keep selling soooooo much.
Another thing is that they have now for two months, been advertising in all French fitness and BB magazines with 15 pages of ads!!!!!!!
15 PAGES!!!!! and in one go!
Geez, just knowing that they have enough money to do that (and for several months) makes me wanna throw stones at them!!! (o;
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- Nina :o) Les Victoires éternelles sont celles du coeur.
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2002/09/14, 12:40 PM
Wholehearted agreement.
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2002/09/15, 05:51 PM
I've been telling people that creatine serum was just a bunch of crap for a couple years now. Its nice to know that I'm actually right about it. Thanks for posting it; I'm sure a few people will change how they get their creatine soon. ;)
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--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."
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