1.  Creatine By: John Nero Mark Mollo

2. What is It?  Is a natural amino acid (protein building block) that is found within the body’s muscles.  Also found in meats and fish.

3. How is it made?  1. Creatine is made by the human body in the liver, kidneys, and pancreas  2. The amino acid is then converted into creatine phosphate or phosphocreatine, which is then converted to ATP  Can also be made in a laboratory

4. What it’s used for…  Creatine is most commonly used for improving exercise performance, not athletic performance  Increasing muscle mass in athletes and older adults  Practically used for high-intensity, short duration exercise, such as weight lifting and sprinting  Does not help with endurance exercises!

5. Used for Continued…  Parkinson’s disease  McArdle's disease  Increasing strength and endurance in people with heart failure  Muscular dystrophy  Slowing loss of sight in an eye disease called gyrate atrophy

6. How it’s Consumed?  Mixing the supplement powder with a type of liquid mainly water  By Mouth

7. Who takes it?  Athletes and body builders  Older Adults  People with muscle diseases or weaknesses  International Olympic Committee, National Collegiate Athletic Association, and professional sports teams  Doesn't usually work for people over 60  Should be educated or supervised on the supplement before usage.

8. Side Effects  Mainly safe to use…However may cause following:  Stomach Pain  Diarrhea  Nausea  Muscle Cramping

9. High Doses of Creatine= Unsafe  Harm Kidney, Liver, or Heart functioning  Weight Gain  Irregular Heart Beat  A skin condition called pigmented purpuric dermatosis  Diabetes

10. Myths And Facts  Myths  Creatine is similar to anabolic steroid  Creatine can help you build muscle mass without going to the gym  Creatine will help you run a faster 5K  Creatine users will lose muscle when they stop taking the supplement

11. Mths and Facts Continued…  Facts  Creatine causes weight gain  Creatine doesn’t work well for everyone  Creatine makes you look softer  You shouldn’t take too much creatine

12. Creatine

13. Video  http://youtu.be/BR3dDO1Sz0E http://youtu.be/BR3dDO1Sz0E

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15. Work Cited  http://www.foxnews.com/health/2012/10/11/creat ine-myths-and-facts/ http://www.foxnews.com/health/2012/10/11/creat ine-myths-and-facts/  http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/nat ural/873.html#Description http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/nat ural/873.html#Description  http://www.umm.edu/altmed/articles/creatine- 000297.htm http://www.umm.edu/altmed/articles/creatine- 000297.htm  Google Images