In today's society, a lot of emphasis is put on how a person looks. People everywhere strive to look their best, and a big part of looking ones best is having that "perfect body". Very few people are actually willing to put in the time and effort required getting a great body naturally, and then some people just are not quite satisfied with the naturally occurring results they get. They want to get bigger and stronger, and as fast and as easily as possible. There are many products available that claim to enhance a person's ability to gain strength and muscle size, the most popular of these being creatine. Creatine is one of the most widely used performance enhancing agents in modern athletics. Creatine use is common in professional and amateur athletics and is increasingly becoming more prevalent in high school athletics. Yet, despite creatine's current popularity, there are still many things about creatine which remain unknown, such as its long-term consequences. Creati!
             ne does have the ability to be a very useful aid in weight training, but it is important to first understand what creatine is.
             Creatine is a compound that can be made in our bodies or taken as a dietary supplement. The chemical name for Creatine is methyl guanidine-acetic acid (The Beginners Guide to Creatine, 2000). Creatine is composed of three amino acids - Arginine, Glycine and Methionine. The human liver combines these three amino acids in order to make creatine. Another source of creatine for humans is through their diet. The amount of creatine a person actually contains in his body varies based on the amount of muscle mass and weight of a person. The average human has between 3.5 and 4 grams of creatine per kilogram of muscle (Does Creatine Work?, 2000). For example, on average a 160-pound person would have about 120 grams of creatine stored in their body. Of course all this creatine needs to be stored somewhere, and it is be...