
Originally Posted by
jimmyinkedup
"Glycocyamine is the immediate precursor for creatine production in the body. It is creatine minus a methyl group. The problem is that glycocyamine competes with creatine for transport into muscle via the creatine transport protein. Unfortunately, muscle lacks the enzymes required to add a methyl group to glycocyamine, so it acts as a competitive inhibitor of creatine uptake. Using it can result in a creatine deficiency, as well as increased homocysteine levels linked to various serious diseases. Glycocyamine is linked to convulsions in animals".
Jerry Brainum