Is creatine bad for your health?

A recent news article which popped up on the internets a few weeks back seems to have tarnished the well-known and most studied sports supplement ever—creatine.

Of course from the media’s perspective, it’s easy to sensationalise stories such as these and make sports supplements the enemy rather than pointing fingers where they should be. In this case, directly at the school’s staff.

So is creatine REALLY bad for your health? How did it get caught up in such a scandal?
Surely It must be because of its steroid-like affects?

I’m hearing the sound of a thousand tiny testicles crying out in blame-laden obscenities right about now. Read the rest of this entry »