Women bodybuilding and women sports have hit the limelight in the World sporting arena, as more and more competitive and talented sports women continue to enthrall views through their performance. As competition increases, there has been an increased trend shown among women, to resort to supplements and performance enhancers.
Not only athletes, there has been an increased trend among women, to attain a good physique and improved body fitness. Women have realized that a good health regime results not only beautiful bodies, but also a chance to go about ones daily chores with ease and be at a lesser risk to suffer from Osteoporosis, Diabetes, Heart disease and Arthritis.
The natural question which arises is, how protein supplements like Creatine, which provide energy and increase body mass, affect women, and whether users face any side effects from use of such supplements. Side effects of steroids include, higher levels of testosterone, which in women may lead to “male-like” characteristics, like deepening of voice, and increase of facial hair. The good news is that Creatine isn’t an anabolic steroid, in fact it is not even a synthetically created compound. Creatine, naturally occurs in the body of humans, and acts as a source of energy. The bad news is, that though creatine supplements marketers claim that it doesn’t have any side effects, reports from women indicate that creatine users suffer from stomach cramps, muscle cramps, nausea and diarrhea.