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Initial info added - much more to come Glen Stollery 09:43, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

Thanks Bluebot/Bluemoose :) Glen Stollery ^{(My contributions)} 22:59, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

EAS was founded in Pacific Grove, Monterey County, California in 1992 by a biochemist named Anthony Almada, and a businessman named Ed Byrd after discovering the possible benefits for athletes of creatine monohydrate supplementation. In December of 1992 they acquired a kilo of creatine and began trials with themselves as the guinea pigs.

The above statement can be disputed. According to TC Luoma, it was a guy named James Bradshaw (of Met-Rx and SoCal fame) who first, tried creatine and convinced Anthony and Ed to market it. Yankees76 16:29, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

Possibly that's how they 'discovered' it? I'm familiar with Bradshaw however I thought he wrote most of the copy along with Bill well after Almada 'discovered' creatine? I'm probably wrong. However TC's not exactly reliable either! ;) Regardless however they discovered it they were first to the sports nutrition market - perhaps that statement could be reworded? Do you have a link on t-nation where TC claims this at all? Thanks for correcting the side box also Glen Stollery ^{(My contributions)} 17:38, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

I do in fact. [[1]]. See the "Editors Note" at the bottom. Yankees76 17:52, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

Thing is I don't think Bill had even met Almada in 1992 so I'd assume that's where he got the creatine from? Which would tie in with "In 1993 Almada and Byrd released the first commercially available creatine supplement designed specifically for strength and muscle enhancement under the EAS brand name Phoshagen. That year their discovery caught the eye..." maybe after Bradshaw showed him. That article is intentionally taking a dig at Byrd and NO citing his involvement (which I'm sure was just incidental) but doesn't necessarily refute the above. I'd be happy for any changes tho simply because of the ambiguity so please edit as you see fit. Thanks for the link :) Glen Stollery ^{(My contributions)} 17:55, 23 February 2006 (UTC)