{"id":35,"date":"2008-11-29T20:38:28","date_gmt":"2008-11-30T03:38:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glossary.ultimatefatburner.com\/creatine.php"},"modified":"2015-02-14T17:19:21","modified_gmt":"2015-02-14T22:19:21","slug":"creatine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/glossary\/creatine\/","title":{"rendered":"Creatine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A\u00a0naturally-occurring, nitrogenous compound that &#8211; in the form of creatine phosphate &#8211; functions as a phosphagen: a storage form of phosphate for the production of ATP. Creatine can be consumed in the diet from animal protein, derived from the amino acids <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/glossary\/larginine\/\" target=\"_blank\">arginine<\/a>, glycine and methionine, or taken in supplemental form.<\/p>\n<p>Creatine supplements\u00a0are taken by bodybuilders and other strength athletes to enhance lean body mass and strength.\u00a0 Creatine also has therapeutic potential, and has been <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/18652078\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">used experimentally to treat neuromuscular disorders<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>See also: Creatine Monohydrate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A\u00a0naturally-occurring, nitrogenous compound that &#8211; in the form of creatine phosphate &#8211; functions as a phosphagen: a storage form of phosphate for the production of ATP. Creatine can [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[199,309,755],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}