Staying Healthy: Magnet Maintenance

Creatine was discovered by French scientist Michel Eug in 1832, when he discovered a natural product in meat that he named after the Greek word for flesh. The substance was subsequently found in mammalian muscle tissue by Leiberg, who later discovered such a significant larger proportion of creatine in wild animals than in their domestic or captive equivalent species that he put the increase down to exercise.
So what is creatine, apart from being a substance used by body builders and others trying to increase their muscle bulk? What is known about it is that it is a natural product of the kidneys, liver and pancreas, and that it is composed of the three amino acids, arginine, glycine and methionine. There are two forms of creatine: the free form and also the phosphorylated form, the latter comprising two thirds of the creatine found in the body. It appears that once the substance has been formed it is transferred to muscle tissue by the blood.
However, it is now known that biosynthesis is only one method by which your body can obtain creatine. It can also be obtained through ingestion, although cooking destroys most of the creatine content of […]
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