Is Creatine Banned?

[Franko]

Does anyone know if creatine is a banned substance in ANY professional or collegiate sport?

 

[quadancer]

I can't imagine why, unless the sponsors, judges or whatever have been living on the moon or somewhere. Most researched, safest supp out there. And it's not something off the food chain.

 

[Aaron_F]

Its banned in france.

I think some of the sports groups frown upon it in junior athletes, especially coaches pushing it on kids, but they cannot really check for it.

 

[Morgoth the Dark Enemy]

This is stupid...wtf ban creatine?Should red-meat be banned as well because it has creatine?Umm...i also heard that tribulus is banned, and that`s a worthless piece of junk that does mostly nothing. Is it cool to ban things?

 

[Sniggel]

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(Morgoth the Dark Enemy @ Feb. 17 2007,10:08)</div><div id="QUOTEHEAD">QUOTE</div><div id="QUOTE">This is stupid...wtf ban creatine?Should red-meat be banned as well because it has creatine?Umm...i also heard that tribulus is banned, and that`s a worthless piece of junk that does mostly nothing. Is it cool to ban things?

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Yes it is
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/230292

 

[Joe.Muscle]

no not in the USA.

 

[colby2152]

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(Aaron_F @ Feb. 16 2007,23:02)</div><div id="QUOTEHEAD">QUOTE</div><div id="QUOTE">Its banned in france.

I think some of the sports groups frown upon it in junior athletes, especially coaches pushing it on kids, but they cannot really check for it.</div>
That shows you what the French know. Lol

 

[Aaron_F]

Ultimately using the IOC guide of performance enhancement being the guide to making something illegal to use for a sports person, creatine would fall under this heading.

THats the route the French went, and some work on animals and brain health from memory.

 

[Franko]

I agree with all of you that its stupid. Thanks for the proof to show my gf . Shes like most of the uneducated people that think its like steroids or something... javascript:emoticon('

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[Jake]

<div></div><div id="QUOTEHEAD">QUOTE</div><div id="QUOTE">Shes like most of the uneducated people that think its like steroids or something...</div>

Hate to tell ya, Franko, but there are plenty of &quot;educated&quot; people out there (that would linclude docs) who think creatine, and even whey protein, fall into the steroids category. Clueless!

 

[Morgoth the Dark Enemy]

Sadly, some docs are right-out ignorant, and not only about supplements, which basically wouldn`t bother me all that much, but even about their particular area of expertise, which does bother me, as a crap diagnostic or a misplaced treatment is a very bad thing, generally.