Creatine monohydrate is a formulated supplementary sports food. This tub is full of an amino acid called Creapure Creatine monohydrate. To find out what it does in the body; why your friend, naturopath or coach recommended it and to find out how much you should take; google it. Cut and paste this word “creatine monohydrate” into google, pubmed, infotrieve or any unbiased information database.