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This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 5 January 2022 and 4 April 2022. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Pearl.emokaro (article contribs). Peer reviewers: JJJ7171.

Making Changes to the Weight Change Section[edit]

Reading this article the adverse side effect section seemed to be lacking in information and depth of the topic. One piece that should be expanded on is the information about potential weight gain due to water retention. It should provide more information as to how to creatine works to pull water into the cells and that weight gain from creatine should be noted before an individual chooses to take this supplement, but doesn't mean this side effect will be long term, and will reside once the user stops taking creatine and their total creatine concentrations return to normal. These are the changes that we propose be made to this article to further enhance this article's quality. Any comments or suggestions are appreciated! Skol1214 (talk) 21:24, 16 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki Education assignment: Science Communication[edit]

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 9 January 2023 and 10 April 2023. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Prad8960 (article contribs).

— Assignment last updated by Prad8960 (talk) 02:20, 1 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Is creatine as same as steroids?[edit]

Is creatine as same as steroids? 60.243.208.198 (talk) 05:25, 13 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

No, creatine is not a steroid. 109.48.2.151 (talk) 16:45, 25 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Proportion of the 3 aminoacids?[edit]

I can't find any article online that specify the proportion between the 3 amino acids. If methionine is "an additional requirement", it implies that its proportion in the creatine is low. If someone can find something, put a link on this paragraph in the article.

"Creatine is not an essential nutrient. It is an amino acid derivative, naturally produced in the human body from the amino acids glycine and arginine, with an additional requirement for S-Adenosyl methionine (a derivative of methionine) to catalyze the transformation of guanidinoacetate to creatine." 37.181.51.115 (talk) 21:53, 19 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

It takes one of each of them. The portions that come from glycine and arginine are color-coded in the image just below the paragraph you were reading. And SAM is just a carrier of the methyl group (see the "SAM cycle" section of the article for that amino acid for more information). DMacks (talk) 22:05, 19 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]