Some good stuff today -- a new fat burner review, and some great new material in BodyBuilding. Yup, I've finally gotten around to writing that article on creatine I've been meaning to for the last 6 months or so! :-)

Let's get started...

Relacore is yet another product (similar to Cortislim and Cortidrene) that claims weight gain is the result of excess stress, and believe it or not, not even your fault. This, from the Relacore Web site...

"Excess stomach flab is not your fault. That's the startling conclusion reached by scientists who discovered stress is the likely cause of belly bulge." And later...

"Simply stated, a bulging midsection is not your fault... it’s the harmful combination of everyday stress, overeating, and excess cortisol… all conspiring to keep you overweight, tired, and thick around the middle.

"Boy, oh boy, wouldn't the FTC (Federal Trade Commission) and the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) like to see this. Comments like this are what galvanize these two agencies into action -- just recently the FDA warned 16 manufacturers of weight loss supplements for making exaggerated, unsubstantiated claims about their products.

And acting FDA Commissioner Lester M. Crawford could well have been talking about Relacore when he said...

"These products give unfounded hope to people who are attempting to lose weight. False and misleading claims have significant health consequences to individuals that may be overweight because these products do not produce the desired results..."

Read the rest of the Relacore review online!

Reviews Coming Soon: PatentLean

Lots of folks interested in this one, so I'll be looking at it over the next couple of weeks.

Stay tuned!

Creatine monohydrate... in a world of bodybuilding supplements that make exaggerated, ridiculous claims and outrageous promises, creatine monohydrate stands alone. It's one of the few products that actually works -- and delivers measurable, noticeable results every time. I first experimented with creatine back in 1996 after reading about it in the now defunct Muscle Media magazine, and have been using it religiously ever since. In fact, while I've experimented with almost every bodybuilding supplement under the sun (including HMB, No2, Methoxy, Andro, and so on), creatine, along with a high quality whey protein and l-glutamine supplement, have formed the backbone of my supplement regimen since then. I'd call creatine a "no-brainer" supplement.

Sidebar: About 20% of the population, known as "nonresponders" do not respond to creatine supplementation. Nobody's really sure why -- it may be these people already have a higher concentration of muscle creatine.

Creatine is ideal for performance gains in activities that are largely anaerobic -- i.e., those exercises requiring short, intense bursts of energy at maximum effort. In other words, creatine monohydrate is a great supplement for a weight lifter or bodybuilder, and not-so-great a supplement for a long distance runner (although it may be helpful for sprinters who run very short distances at maximum intensity -- 50 or 100 meter sprints, for example).

Read the rest of the creatine article online!