Creatine linked with Liver problems...same for Creatine GCC?

[Newbie2004]

in Muscle Milk there is something called Creatine GCC is this better for your liver than regular creatine?

[pusher]

no all creatine is bad for you, and it makes your package shrink. :rolleyes:

[Newbie2004]

no all creatine is bad for you, and it makes your package shrink. :rolleyes:


are you being sarcastic??

[fen2zla]

are you being sarcastic??

Yes he is.
:D

Apparently creatine GCC helps your body produce more creatine by itself. I have no idea whether that works or not tho.

[Shao-LiN]

in Muscle Milk there is something called Creatine GCC is this better for your liver than regular creatine?

Creatine doesn't cause liver problems. But if you're worried that it will, just don't take it.

[Jasonl]

If you are worried about liver function you could always just take milk thistle.

[Newbie2004]

Yes he is.
:D

Apparently creatine GCC helps your body produce more creatine by itself. I have no idea whether that works or not tho.


so are Creatine and Creatine GCC two totally different things?
does Creatine GCC actually contain Creatine or does it just help ur body
produce more of its own

[Newbie2004]

Creatine doesn't cause liver problems. But if you're worried that it will, just don't take it.


http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:CHXv7LIavrsJ:www.nutritionalsupplements.com/creatineR119.html+creatine+liver&hl=en

[fen2zla]

so are Creatine and Creatine GCC two totally different things?
does Creatine GCC actually contain Creatine or does it just help ur body
produce more of its own

Yes they are 2 different things from what i have read.

I just did a SEARCH ;) on creatine GCC and came up with that answer before.
Do your own search on here or on google and im sure you will find a lot more information on it.

[Belial]

Brilliant link. Two articles stating the adverse effects are unknown, and one case study that doesn't prove (or even specifically imply) causality.

[ElPietro]

Critical thinking is a lost art.

[Mic Soloist]

newsflash: beer, fast food, whisky, and a lot of other stuff 75-85% of us put into our bodies is bad for your liver.


I could care less if creatine is bad for the liver. I know steroids are REALLY bad for the liver so I dont take em. But I don't think creatine is anyworse than the 12-15 beers I drink on a good friday night.


peace

[ectx]

http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:CHXv7LIavrsJ:www.nutritionalsupplements.com/creatineR119.html+creatine+liver&hl=en

As Alex pointed out..brilliant link. *snicker*

The articles refer to renal problems...that's your kidney not your liver buddy.

Only the NEJM article reported kidney problems, and that was a case study. Case studies are findings in one patient, not a controlled experimental group.

the other "articles" were just blerps that said nothing about your liver.

one of them even said the following:

Oral creatine appears to be well tolerated with no adverse effects reported in healthy men who used recommended dosages.


So there you go, no liver problems. Feel free to do a search on PubMed. You won't get any hits.

[Newbie2004]

so is creatine GCC actual creatine?

[fen2zla]

From http://www.affordablesupplements.com/muscle_milk.asp

Creatine GCC - helps support your body's own creatine production.
Cytosport discovered a revolutionary method to increase your body's own production of muscle energy critical creatine. These creatine factors help your body to produce more creatine than normal. Creatine supplements are good, but so is your body's making more of its own. Plus, Creatine GCC scavenges toxic homocysteine, an enemy of muscle growth.

So i'm guessing, after reading through all that marketing bull****, that it's a creatine precursor, and no creatine GCC does not contain creatine.

See what a quick search on google can do? ;)

[The_Brick]

I read a story written by a 9 year old girl from malta which clearly said that creatine is good for your liver.

[Shao-LiN]

http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:CHXv7LIavrsJ:www.nutritionalsupplements.com/creatineR119.html+creatine+liver&hl=en

This supposed to be telling me something?

[waynis]

If you are worried about liver function you could always just take milk thistle.

yes as well as good fiber intake. Just as a pre-caution.