About Creatine
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008I wrote this as a post but decided to put in here as a blog post as well since I spent some time on it:
In response to: Originally Posted by crazyquick 
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Hi Crazyquick,
Cell Tech (by Muscletech) is known to give acne, particularly on your back.
Cell Tech helped me to gain some serious mass back in high school, but the results didn’t stay very long. Also it has a massive amount of sugar, and always made my stomach queasy (which I of course ignored). Whatever you do, if you do buy Cell Tech, only buy the Fruit Punch or Grape, because in my opinion, the Lemon Lime and Orange are unbearable. This flavor preference (at least for me) is true for all similar types of products, including Cell Mass by BSN.
For me, Cell Tech was the only form of creatine that gave me back acne, but it was worth it while the results lasted. I recommend Cell Tech, but the things to consider are, the [high] price; that the results, at least for me, did not stay long after going off it; and the massive amount of sugar, which is bad for your teeth, bad for your liver, and also throws off the healthy bacterial flora that keep down levels of candida albicans in your stomach (in other words it surely doesn’t help your stomach be healthy). Also, you must cycle it to be most effective (on two weeks, off a month is one good way to cycle it that I would recommend).
On the other hand, one of the good things about the massive amounts of sugar is that so much sugar helps the creatine (and other ingredients) to be more bioavailable for your system, which is really why it works so well.
Although I recommend it because it works well, I personally no longer take it because now that I am in my 20’s and in college, I am more concerned about the long term effects on my body from using it. You can make your own conclusions from this. I do think it works probably the best of all, but I do not take it because of possible long term negative effects and because I care about my teeth and my liver and such.
I liked Anavol (by NxCare) because it is just creatine on a time release, so instead of forcing its way into your system, it works with your system to be the most bioavailable. Also, Anavol has glutamine, which helps with recovery. There are no other ingredients; and simplicity, in my opinion, is always good, especially if it works.I don’t take any creatine right now, because I drink an occasional coffee (after reading new studies that coffee can actually help you live longer — google it!), and because coffee has antibacterial and antioxidant properties.
I also find that coffee after workouts helps to eliminate the psychological fatigue, or mental drain, that you get after a great workout; although most of the time, since my personal ideal workout time is at night, I just go to sleep afterwards.
You see, caffeine has properties which negate the benefits creatine gives you. I could go into all the adenosine triphosphate description of exactly how this is, but most people either don’t care about the technical aspect, or don’t understand such technicality.
Basically, drinking coffee (or soda or energy drinks with caffeine, or weight loss supplements with caffeine, or anything else with caffeine) makes the creatine not work.
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Creatine is essential for energy in every human because it is actually part of the molecule that makes every person’s primary energy source, which is ATP. When ATP is used for energy, it is broken down, and the part that goes to waste is called creatinine. Taking creatine monohydrate simply “recycles” your primary energy source (ATP) by adding the missing part (creatine monohydrate) of the broken down energy (ADP), so it can be ATP again.
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In short, although Cell Tech works and is powerful, it has its advantages and disadvantages. One disadvantage is back acne, which is not a side effect of all forms of creatine. Consuming creatine in general can be beneficial to give you more energy to work out as long as you do not consume any caffeine.
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