Creatine Found to Boost Brainpower

Eric Ass Raymond writes "According to this BBC article, researchers from the University of Sydney and Macquarie University in Australia have found that the dietary supplement creatine - a natural compound found in muscle tissue - can improve not only your athletic performance, but also your intelligence and memory. One of the side effects, however, is an unpleasant body odour."

Comments

body odor?

[oakz]

One of the side effects, however, is an unpleasant body odour

...yeah...like this affects the slashdot crowd much...

Re:body odor?

[Lord_Slepnir]

Actually it will. Rather than having to worry about showering, putting on clean clothes, etc. before a date, I can just tell my Girlfriend that I'm on creatine, even if I'm not.

Re:body odor?

[MadX]

When they refer to unpleasent body odor .. Just how bad is it I wonder.
It could be
"You smell funny", and by simply applying the correct amount of deo etc. you would be fine.
Or is this
"You smell like a skunk being run over by a fertilizer truck next to a wood pulp factory !!"
In which case perhaps an extended stay indoors is the order of the day ??

Re:body odor?

[teeker]

Don't worry...if you're concerned about body odour, there is a new patch you can apply! Check out this email from the BOML:

From: Jasper Spaans [email blocked]
To: Linus Torvalds
Cc: Body Odour Mailing List
Subject: [PATCH] Change all occurrences of 'odour' to 'odor'
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2003 20:00:32 +0200
Hello,
This patch is a followup to creatine changeset 1.1046.1.459, which changes all instances of 'body odour' to 'body odor'.

Re:body odor?

[carlos_benj]

...lack of creatine (= vegetarian diet) is causing redused brain abilities than Creatine boosting brain power.

I would bet that only the lowest levels have a reduced intelligence while the rest is average.

Did you have some creatine between sentences?

Re:body odor?

[Drakonian]

...so don't get exposed to direct sunlight when taking these meds...

...yeah...like this affects the slashdot crowd much...

Re:body odor?

[Anonymous Coward]

WEll I eat a hell of a lot, and I think a hell of a lot, but i dont stink or smell bad at all. I know this because my friends would be the first to tell me. Being as a high percetage of them a ladies.

StrongBad? Is that you posting?

Re:body odor?

[DeadWizdom]

I'm a vegitarian... But me smart.

Arnold for Governor!

[MORTAR_COMBAT!]

Thanks to creatine, not only is his body huge and muscular, he apparently has to be brilliant and have a good memory as well!

And maybe the "unpleasant body odour" will help him with his "clean out Sacremento" campaign...

Re:Arnold for Governor!

[mce]

If my memory serves me well, having a usable memory was apparently not a requirement for certain previous CA governors.

Re:Arnold for Governor!

[richie2000]

Unfortunately for him, he misread the labels and OD'd on "Cretin" instead.

I predict...

[LeoDV]

...the amount of jokes about smartness, body odour and slashdotters will soon be verging on the infinite.

Odour or Odor?

[zipsonic]

We all know that it's Odor though..... right?

Re:Odour or Odor?

[chia_monkey]

Well we all know that the olfactory senses are involved in both smell and taste. Hence, your odour is related to flavour, unless you're flavor gives you a bad odor. Or something.

Re:Odour or Odor?

[chef_raekwon]

We all know that it's Odor though..... right?

maybe we should ask Linus what HE feels is the correct spelling....

I can't imagine how dumb they were before..

[dBLiSS]

I can't imagine how dumb the muscle headed pea brains, I see at the gym every day, were before they started taking this stuff!

We already have those.

[numbski]

They're called 'geeks'. :P

j/k. I used creatine for a while, and I never experience any unusual b/o. Of course I bathe daily and use deodorant, excercise, play hockey...

Perhaps it only happens if you're sedentary?

Re:We already have those.

[lxs]

yes, but now they will be strong as well.

Supergeeks - it's a frightening concept.

That reminds me.

[Renraku]

Some TV show or something did a poll catering to women. They asked them, "If there were a pill that made your ass bigger, but made you way smarter, would you take it?" 90% of the women said they wouldn't take it. Of course, that might not apply here, as us men have no shame.

Re: That reminds me.

[Black Parrot]

> Some TV show or something did a poll catering to women. They asked them, "If there were a pill that made your ass bigger, but made you way smarter, would you take it?

If you took it as a suppository, would it make you a big-headded smartass?

Re:That reminds me.

[Channard]

To which the answer would be.. 'Yes. I'll start up my own dotcom, and use the money I make to buy up a whole bunch of them penis enlargement pills I hear so much about, take a few, and be right as rain.'

Re:That reminds me.

[drunk_as_in_beer]

So ask the men "this pill shrinks your penis by an inch, but makes you way smarter - would you take it?"

As long as that is length and not width.

Re:That reminds me.

[Blacklantern]

I think that poll was done before the song "Baby got Back" I think a few more women wouldn't mind having a bigger booty now. "Even Slashdotters have to shout, Baby got back"

Re:That reminds me.

[tannhaus]

if it shrunk my penis by an inch they might as well say "take this pill and we'll castrate you"

Re:That reminds me.

[Mad-cat]

Well, it's not like most geeks need that bit.

However, please note the reverse is not true

[clickety6]

Just because you stink, it doesn't mean you're clever!

Re:However, please note the reverse is not true

[Soko]

Just because you stink, it doesn't mean you're clever!

You are correct, sir. All of the (20+ so far) "smelly nerd" jokes stink, and none are clever.

Soko

perpetuating the myth

[chia_monkey]

Oh great...let's perpetuate the myth that geeks smell bad. You bastards!

It would be fun to be a buff geek though. "You talkin' to me?"

Re:Odour

[Gr33nNight]

I think that comment goes with the 'real geeks dont have women' subject. Maybe I'm a poser then, cause I like showering, and chicks, and even both at the same time.

Re: Odour

[Black Parrot]

> So I can intelligent and smell or stupid and smell nice. Ho hum life is full of hard decisions.

To paraphrase an old saw, "strong, intelligent, sweet-smelling: choose two".

"poindextrose"

[brejc8]

First discovered on the Simpsons and named "poindextrose"

The End of Dumb Jocks?

[Hoi Polloi]

Will this be the end of the dumb jock? At least we'll still be able to make fun of their B.O.

Vegetarianarianism

[A55M0NKEY]

Vegatarianarian: One who eats nothing but Vegitarians.

Re:Take Niacin

[rtaylor]

Niacin is a vitamin, so it is completely safe.

Sure... Mercury is a natural mineral, so it is also completely safe to injest.

Problems with the control group

[hussar]

The supplement is also notorious for creating an unpleasant odour in the vicinity of the taker.

I heard that they had to give the control group garlic pills to keep the study "double blind".

Depends...

[emilng]

Rubber duckies don't count

Re:Yes, but...

[chef_raekwon]

"MUST HAVE TINY ASS

I believe this to be true, in the 90's and into the 00's, but lately, have you seen J.Lo's ass? holy smokes! her ass is big(ger), and it is SUHWEET!

you may see the trend slide towards a plumper bum...as it gains popularity....mainly because in the Carribean, and South America it is already the trend....

cheers to big bums!!!

Re:Other Side Affects

[Civil_Disobedient]

One side effect that I remember was increased agitation. Of course, the inferior boobs surrounding me at work could have caused that.

You know, you start working out, and all of a sudden your standards go through the roof. The chicks around you aren't pretty enough... they're not fit enough... their boobs are "inferior". Jeez.

Maybe,

[twoslice]

It is rumoured that are these pills that can be found on the Internet that will make your penis bigger that you can ever imagine. That will counteract any potential shrinkage....

News flash: brainy geeks and jocks have BO!

[gatkinso]

How long did it take them to figure this out?

They don't mean B.O.!

[DnemoniX]

I used to live with a body builder, taking this suppliment doesn't make you ooze some odor out of your skin. One word, FARTS! Thats it, the stuff that used to come out of him used to clear classrooms! Oh my god, they should bottle that for riot control!

Insta-Geek!

[Dalcius]

It's the amazing new product, Insta-Geek! By taking this supplement regularly, you can magically turn yourself into an intelligent*, smelly nerd**! Be the, uh, envy of all your friends!

Try Insta-Geek today!

*Not guaranteed to bestow knowledge of kernel hacking.
**Not responsible for any resulting physical abuse.