Thread: The djwolford Supplement Superthread

Here's an example of a good reference for creatine, written by Mark A. Jenkins, a team physician for Rice University athletics and director of Rice's Student Health services:

http://www.rice.edu/~jenky/sports/creatine.html

Though short term studies show little to minimal risk associated with creatine use, no definitive long-term studies have been completed, and there is increasing evidence that long-term creatine use might be harmful. Also, it shows that studies indicate creatine does not improve endurance athletes' performance.

The blurb from the store's site you included above does not include either of these crucial pieces of information (especially the safety information) and no reference at all to back up its claims. You really have to make sure your source is reliable.

The only caveat about this site is that its information is 10 years old. There may be new developments which either clear up some uncertainties in this article or disprove some of this article's claims.

From this information, I'm going to stick to only the whey protein suppliment. I'm not a serious athlete, and as such I probably don't need either creatine or glutamine, though I might considering trying short bursts of creatine consumption in the future.