(Disclaimer)This article is only my opinion 
and in no way reflects the views of my sponsors. 
Basically, this is my take and isn't the be all 
or the end all.
     First off, I would like to get all of my 
frustrations with the media off of my chest. 
Sometimes the media does good stories and other 
times blows things way so far out of proportion
that it sends fear through the public. I was 
extremely happy to participate in an interview 
to set the record straight on what creatine is 
and the truth about it.  If you do believe 
next statement, then you are a victim of poor 
media, "Creatine is a steroid."  The Mark Mcguire 
incident is where all of this started.  Mark was 
closing in on Babe's record and as we know 
surpassed it considerably.  Many people believing
it would never be broken had to give some reason
for him not breaking the record fairly, I guess.
So they brewed up this idea that he was using a
performance enhancing drug that let him hit 70
homeruns, and not his skill or ability.  I
played baseball for twenty years of my life, and
I don't care how big you are, size doesn't 
automatically mean homeruns.  Size and strength
helps, so don't get me wrong, but the difference 
of a pop-out and a homerun, is less than an eighth
of a inch.  Enough of that, so then, creatine 
became a huge seller thanks to this publicity, and 
every child to young adult to older adult wanting 
to be Mark Mcguire, started to buy the stuff, not
knowing if it has any side-effects.  Now it has 
become a huge seller and parents hear this rumors
that have been brewing over the past few years and
one day they see a container of powder in their 
child's room that says, "CREATINE" on it and there
scared thinking there kid is using an illegal 
substance.  Let's clear some things up.