You sound like you've been talking to a GNC rep trying to get you to buy the stuff for hours. It slows you down. I know from experience. And yes it does increase muscle mass and bulk more than leaness. I also know from experience and from seeing 50 others on the stuff on my football team awhile back. Creatine does damage your kidney's, when it is abused. Hmmmmmm I wonder how many teenagers abuse it????. Probably most, especially when their coach is screaming down their ear to lift more, and then your best friend almost dies from kidney failure and remains in the hospital for 2 months. You have all the facts but lack the practical info, and experience. If you love the stuff so much why don't you go snort a line of it and do a whole study on that and write another 2 page essay letting us know what it does and how it works. Last time I checked this is a boxing forum to get advice and talk BOXING, not debate central where you try and see who you can argue with. No, I don't drink soda, or microwave food in a plastic container, I happen to be very deticated to my boxing. Take a punch to the face, HA, try me buddy, any time, anywhere, any place.