Originally Posted by Ross86

There have been over four hundred studies on creatine and none of them have shown to cause liver damage to healthy individuals. As for where creatine's bad rap came from...I think there was a study (maybe more than one) done several years ago that included a guy taking steroids...for obvious reasons, the subject's liver wasn't functioning correctly and he skewed the results. And apparently if you make mice consume the equivalent of their bodyweight in creatine it can cause liver or kidney disfunction. It probably would cause you to have liver problems if you were forced to eat your bodyweight in...anything. It should be safe...it has been taken for years and years by teens and there has never been shown to be serious adverse side effects.

That glutamine was a waste of money. Bioavailability of glutamine from oral supplementation is...not good. If I were you, I would get GNC's Mass XXX and 250g of creatine monohydrate. Take half of the recommended serving of the Mass XXX for your post workout shake and add 5g of creatine. That will give you a great ratio of carbs/protein & your creatine. I think that's your best bet. Oh btw, I work at GNC also.