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Wikipedia: Creatine
Encyclopedia overview of creatine biochemistry, dietary sources, ergogenic use in sport, loading strategies, and research controversies—with outbound citations to primary literature.
How to use this page
Explains phosphocreatine / ATP–PCr physiology, meat intake as a baseline source, and oral monohydrate as the dominant supplemental form in research.
Evidence boundary
Quantitative pooled LBM and body-fat changes belong to the Desai et al. 2024 PubMed-linked meta-analysis on this wiki; pooled strength and power test WMDs (bench/chest press, squat, jump, Wingate) belong to Kazeminasab et al. 2025 (PMID 40944139); ISSN-style safety breadth lives on Kreider et al. 2017—do not treat Wikipedia summary tables as outcomes.
Outcomes
- Performance ImprovementTertiary narrative: consumer and athletic-use context only; verify any performance or safety claim in linked PubMed sources.