Creatine, a steroid, WHAT

[TheGame826]

could someone please clear this up for all the idiot that do not know what they are talking about...
yesterday a friend of mine was saying that creatine is a type of steroid , i know its not, i know that creatine is not a hormone and that it is a simple extract from red meat. please clear this matter up.

[Mallet]

Creatine is converted to ATP witch without it you wouldn't have the energy to walk across the room, it's basically energy for the muscles, not glucose, don't confuse the 2

Steroids however help your body convert more creatine into ATP,
that's why you can train longer and harder.

But most people don't take there creatine properly anyways, so
I say save your money for the GOODS!

[Billy Boy]

Creatine is NOT a steroid !! Tell your friend to take his head out of his butt and do some research.

Look throught this forum and you will find a detailed post about Creatine which explains how it works and what it is.

[bex]

If it was a roid it would be banned.....TELL your freind it is and sell him some for some big bucks......

[TheGame826]

thanks guys, i new it wasnt a roid, why would someone spend hundreds of roids, when they could buy creatine for 30 bucks and get the same results.
bexum thats not a bad idea

[Big Cat]

Creatine is proteinaceous. Its a strand of amino acids, shorter than a protein. A peptide if you will. Its not an active hormone at all, its more of a catalyst. In the body creatine picks up a phosphate ion creating Phosphocreatine. This is a natural product made in the body and found in some foods, such as red meat. As was said. After the creation of energy and ATP molecule will split into ADP+phosphorous+energy. ADP is mostly useless, its then converted to AMP and cAMP in a cell, where it can be used as a secondary messenger. Phosphocreatine can chemically donate its phosphorous ion to ADP in a certain rate to regenerate lost ATP.