There is no clear scientific link between creatine and cancer, despite occasional claims that it can cause or treat cancer. Creatine supplements are marketed to improve athletic performance, but their effectiveness varies. Some studies suggest creatine could reduce cancer risk, but more research is needed. Krebiozen, a creatine-derived treatment marketed in the mid-1900s to treat cancer, has been discredited. Creatine has been proposed as a treatment to prevent cancer patients from losing muscle mass during chemotherapy, but more research is needed.
As of 2011, there was no clearly established scientific connection between creatine and cancer. Creatine, a naturally occurring amino acid that athletes sometimes take as a dietary supplement, has been reported on various occasions to cause cancer or to treat cancer. However, none of these claims have been sufficiently supported by credible scientific research.
Creatine is an amino acid involved in anaerobic or “power” exercises, such as weight lifting and other high-intensity, short-term activities. Most of the creatine a person needs is created naturally by the kidneys, some is obtained by eating fish, game or lean red meat. Creatine supplements, usually in powder form, are marketed to improve athletes’ performance in certain activities, but the effectiveness of these supplements varies widely from person to person.
A report published in the early 2000s indicated that creatine supplements could cause kidney cancer, but this report has been largely discredited. Research hasn’t conclusively disproved any relationship between creatine and cancer risk, but there’s also no significant reason to believe the two are linked. There are no documented cases leading to an increased risk of cancer in both humans and animals. In fact, some later studies have shown that taking creatine could actually reduce a person’s chances of getting cancer, but as of 2011, there still wasn’t enough evidence to support this research.
In the mid-1900s, a creatine-derived treatment known as Krebiozen was marketed to treat cancer. It was never submitted for clinical trials in the United States, however, because there was no evidence linking creatine and cancer cures. This remedy has also been discredited by the entire scientific community.
Since creatine has been shown to increase muscle mass in many athletes, it has been proposed as a treatment to prevent cancer patients from losing muscle mass during chemotherapy treatment. However, this is not a direct link between creatine and cancer, as creatine is used to treat treatment side effects, rather than the disease itself. As of 2011, more research is still needed to determine whether cancer patients might benefit from this creatine use.
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