, most athletes take creatine in the form of pills or powder-mixed shakes. One teaspoon of creatine supplement equals the amount found in 4.4 pounds of red meat, so the ingestion of pure creatine is considerably more convenient than trying to eat large amounts of meat and protein. (Williams 1) Around ninety-five percent of creatine found in the human body is stored in muscle cells, with the other five percent distributed among the heart, brain, and testes. ("Creatine" 1) The human body produces creatine in the liver, kidneys, and pancreas.
             When someone exercises, he or she burns energy, and this energy burnt is called ATP. ATP is a molecule with very high-energy bonds, that when broken down by the human body, it releases energy. (Klein 1) Creatine is an extremely powerful metabolite, which helps to produce ATP (adenosine triphosphate). It functions to restock the muscle's supply of ATP. A metabolite is a substance necessary in carrying out a metabolic process. Creatine's role occurs during the breakdown of food and release of energy. Increasing the availability of creatine, improves the body's ability to re-supply ATP to muscle cells. (Kirval 22) When the muscles of a human work, ATP are rapidly broken down into ADP (adenosine diphosphate), and energy is released. Since creatine increases the amount of ATP in the body, more energy will be released. This will result is more energy for the athlete, which could be used in the weight room. Athletes can now have longer weight lifting sessions, longer strength and conditioning sessions, etc. The amount of ATP stored in the muscle tissue will only fuel a maximum effort, such as weight training, for about ten to fifteen seconds. (Kirval 22)
             One of the other main effects of creatine supplementation is body mass increase, and the most important step in achieving this goal is the first stage of creatine dosage, called the loading phase. "The creatine content of skeletal ...