Creatine levels proportionate to disease susceptibility?
October 14th, 2009
I’ve spoken to several health scholars (students not doctors) about the topic of creatine and have received numerous instances of negative feedback from them. I always ask for complete evidence to offer information on the truth and I have yet to receive this. However one person mentioned to me once that they have read in several journals that creatine has been related to disease susceptability. I have yet to find any documents relating to this, but then again I don’t have access to health journals, doctor’s notes, etc. This afternoon though I came across an interesting blog post on Pediatric SuperSite.
Dangers of Creatine, H1N1 Virus
The post is directly about the H1N1 virus and some studies being performed on it, but there was one interesting tidbit that sounds like a potential danger of creatine.
The mortality rate was 41.4% (95% CI, 28.9%-55.0%) by the 60-day point. Factors associated with mortality included initial severity of illness, worse hypoxemia, higher creatine kinase levels, higher creatinine levels and ongoing organ dysfunction.
!!! So does this mean that athletic enthusiasts who utilize creatine are more susceptible to H1N1?!? It certainly doesn’t say that at GNC! This is a very interesting reference and I would be interested in seeing any followup references that clarify this. My questions would be:
- Are the studied individuals with the higher creatine levels creatine users?
- Are the higher levels a result of the virus or a pre-virus condition?
- Is creatine dangerous to your health by making you susceptible to viruses?!?