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."

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Taco is the creator of the GNAA !

[Anonymous Coward]

Look at how he enjoys to stupidly fr1st ps0ting

on his fellow( or foe)s' web sites...

Re:Taco is the creator of the GNAA !

[Anonymous Coward]

The time has come for me to fuck you in tha ass!

I'm fucking butts
I want to fuck a butt
feel it in your gut!!

Everbody sing along OK?

first

[Anonymous Coward]

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Interesting

[Anonymous Coward]

Sounds like most geeks have been taking creatine for a while then. Especially the Indians.

Other Side Affects

[Infernon]

I haven't used creatine, but know a number of people who do.
Body odor is not the only side affect. People who use creatine have problems with losing hair, enlarged foreheads and impotence. Basically, you can expect a number of the side affects that you would from using steroids-- you start to look like a "juicer".
I don't think that the extra brain power is worth it. Stick with other things like ginseng:)

Re:Arnold for Governor!

[Anonymous Coward]

I think Ahhnuld can probably thank Syntex and Bela-Pharm for the body. Nature didn't play much of a part in it, unless you're talking about all of the pot. Run drug boy run!

Is it just me, or do an awful lot of the hardcore war on drug politicians have an awful lot of drugs up nose in their past?

An analysis of an attractive female body shape

[Eric Ass Raymond]

I agree.

Although I'd like to point out that it's not the size of the ass. It's the size of the ass in relation to the rest of the body. I've never understood men who ogle after a big ass or big breasts as if that single feature makes the girl either attractive or ugly.

A huge ass with an otherwise lithe body does not look good. Huge breasts on a small body don't look nice either. On the other hand, a large ass combined with large breasts (possibly with narrow waist) can be extremely sexy. Sort of a Marilyn Monroe figure. I also find geeky women with small breasts and narrow hips attractive too. What I find unattractive is anything unproportional (augmented, artificial looking breasts for instance) or just something mismatched in the size of the various parts of the body. Symmetry is beautiful.

Re:I agree

[Anonymous Coward]

That's why all those Neandertals were so brilliant. But I agree that vegetarians are stupid.

What a load of BOLLOCKS

[7-Vodka]

The only thing that increases muscle mass is your body repairing damaged muscle tissue. That's why you lift weights. If you've ever done bar-dips, you probably know the tingling feeling of micro-muscle tears. Supplements, steroids, it's all for the same purpose: to enable you to better wear out your muscles.

Dear god it hurts. How is it that someone so woefully missinformed manages to post all this bollocks and come away thinking he's done us a favour?

Listen Civil_Disobedient (261825), do yourself a favour, put down the muscle mags, stop listening to the idiots at the gym and go read some excercise science textbooks/research papers if you want to learn anything.

Now I understand. . .

[Speed Racer]

This finally explains why us carnivores are so much smarter than those leaf-eaters.

All this really tell us

[pugdk]

is that the brain power of vegetarians are probably lower than the brain power of people eating a normal diet consisting of food with somewhat high levels of creatine in them (e.g. meat).

Re:Arnold for Governor!

[BrokenHalo]

having a usable memory was apparently not a requirement for certain previous CA governors.

It wasn't for Ronnie Raygun anyway. Sorry, I forgot, none of the /. crowd are old enough to remember him :-|.