These oxidative radicals are thought by medical science to cause many of degenerative and age related diseases. We know many things can lead to excessive formation of oxidative radicals such as smoking, sun exposure, stress, infectious disease and even heavy exercise. Some sports scientists believe that oxidative radicals make the elite athlete especially subject to premature disease such as arthritis, cancer, heart disease, degenerative eye disease, and even such things as muscle soreness following heavy exercise. In my opinion, everyone including wrestlers, should take an antioxidant supplement to help prevent some of these conditions. When I first heard about athletes using creatine I was very skeptical about its usefulness.
Many supplements come and go and the initial hype gradually fades.
This is not true about creatine. The use of creatine to enhance strength, recovery, decrease muscle soreness, and increase muscle mass has been proven out with many good scientific articles. Creatine is increasingly used in not only wrestling , but in many sports as well. Even beyond creatines use in sports, physicians are beginning to use creatine to enhance the function of muscle and the heart in people who are sick with various muscle and heart conditions. Most medical reports are very enthusiastic about creatines usage.