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Simply Straightforward Creatine Information



Welcome to the oldest running creatine informational site on the World Wide Web. The Creatine Information Center first went public in 1999 in an attempt to balance the huge amount of misinformation then circulating about creatine. Our goal has since been to keep the public updated as to all new developments in the creatine field.
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Our Mission
We DO NOT represent the creatine industry! Our mission is to provide the public with unbiased and reliable information about creatine and other important nutritional supplements. To this end, this web site will discuss all aspects (good and bad) of creatine supplementation without reservation, or prejudice, translating the most recent scientific findings into simple everyday language. The information contained within this site is updated regularly, so visit us often!
We will neither advocate nor discourage the use of creatine. Your decision to take creatine (or not) should be based on accurate information, not hearsay, or sales pitch.

Creatine: A Historical Perspective
Creatine is a Natural Component of Skeletal Muscle
In fact, creatine is such an integral part of skeletal muscle that it originally derived its name from the Greek word for flesh, or kreas, from where it was first isolated nearly two centuries ago (1835). The man credited with this discovery was the French scientist and philosopher, Michel-Eugène Chevreul. Shortly afterwards (1847) the German scientist, Justus von Liebig, helped promote a commercially available extract of meat that he claimed would help the body perform extra work. And yes, the secret ingredient in Liebig's "Fleisch Extrakt" was creatine.
Obviously, creatine has been in the consciousness of the scientific and medical communities...