Creatine supplements can increase performance, muscle mass, and strength, but they are not regulated by the FDA and there is no guarantee they contain creatine. While studies show creatine can be effective, the supplements themselves are not checked for purity. As a consumer, it is safest to get creatine through food like fish and meat, which do guarantee containing creatine, rather than unregulated supplements.

1. Creatine
Supplements
BOTTOM LINE
Science has proven that
creatine can be effective in
increasing performance,
muscle mass, and strength.
Helpful or Harmful?
The problem is that
supplements are not
guaranteed to contain creatine.
Date of publication
People need to know what they
are putting into their body. With
food, like certain fish and
meats, there is a guarantee
that the food contains creatine.
The safest bet is to stay away
from these supplements and to
try to find more natural ways of
taking creatine.
John Boesch
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2. Are you…
An Athlete?
A Gym Enthusiast?
Or possibly you’re
looking to start
working out and
you’ve heard about
creatine
There is information within
this brochure that can
educate you about the
science behind the use of
creatine supplements and
why as a consumer you
should be wary of these
supplements.
THE SCIENCE
Creatine is already naturally found
in muscle tissue throughout your
body (2).
It can be easily consumed through
the diet in foods such as fish and
meat (3).
ATP is the main energy source for
muscles and when it gets used up,
creatine can help get the ATP back
so that it can be used again (3).
There have been studies done in
which people taking creatine
supplements showed more
improvement in muscle mass than
people who did not take anything.
(4).
The idea behind taking creatine
supplements is the more creatine in
the muscles, the more ATP, aka
energy, there will be for the
muscles (3).
THE FACTS
The FDA does not
regulate supplements (2).
So although creatine has
been shown to be
effective in certain
studies, there is no
guarantee that the
supplement you buy will
actually contain creatine
(2).
Creatine in no way is
double-checked for purity
by any independent
companies either (3).
Dr. Komaroff in the
Harvard Health Letter
stated, “because of the
lack of regulation of
supplements, there is
some potential for harm”
(3).