Comments on: Natural Creatine Sources

By: john

john — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 01:52:33 +0000

does anabolic switch only put water in your muscles or is it actually worth taking? and is it illegal in ihsa sports?

By: vinoth

vinoth — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 11:54:23 +0000

last 15 days am taking creatine for 5g/day i feel energtic and my muscles also gt bigeer but iam feeling pain on right side of my stomach, now iam in confused mood to continue or to stop taking of creatine

By: sp

sp — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:59:11 +0000

if creatine makes your muscles hold more water and your heart is a muscle that probably puts you at higher risk for heart attack. wait about 2 or three years when who are taking these supplements suffer all of these health problems than decide if you want it or not.

By: sajid

sajid — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 15:42:17 +0000

I took creatine I feel great for few days I add one inch on my arm but know I am having a problem with creatine becuase giving me pain in my chast and in my stomic even I took creatine 5 gram a day.

By: robbieq

robbieq — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 06:00:35 +0000

hmmm… where to begin…

the water weight effect…
a low quality creatine put alot of sodium into their creatine products… now seeing how creatine is suppose to be drivin into your muscle sells, and how sodium makes your body hold water… your muscles will be bigger while taking the creatine product because all the water that you are drinking is being rushed / forced into your muscles because creatine opened up the “cell doors”
now, when you get off of the creatine you will loose the size because you are no longner drinking as much water, and you are also not taking in the same ammount of sodium as you once were
however, a good creatine like MRI labs Anabolic Switch will give you size, and you will keep all of it (at the worst 9 out of 10 of it)
cell tech, you will gain 15 pounds on it and loose 12 off of it… its garbage…

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By: For the person that knows science

For the person that knows science — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 00:21:42 +0000

Isn’t 1 gram/kg bodyweight a lot?! I am 67kg, so that means I can store 67 grams of creatine in my body? But I read that the amount needed for an average person was 5 grams a day. Is that true?

By: sucker4lush

sucker4lush — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 06:39:22 +0000

…and all your actual science, from a university, just agrees with what MicroVita already said much more succinctly.

You should’ve just skipped straight to the last sentence.

By: Somebody who actually knows science from University

Somebody who actually knows science from University — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 00:39:12 +0000

Creatine can be phosphorylated in cells to create phosphocreatine. When the bond between the phosphate and the creatine is broken, it releases a large amount of energy very quickly, even more quickly then ATP being broken down into ADP and inorganic phosphate.

Phosphocreatine provides intense muscular energy for the several seconds before it is all depleted. Claims that creatine increases endurance dramatically are incorrect, as phosphocreatine is as stated above used up incredibly fast. This power increase will be felt each time the muscles are given sufficient time to fully recover their ATP and rephosphorylate the creatine (a few minutes, how long exactly depends on many factors.)

Red meat is an amazingly good source of creatine, and to say that it is inferior just because another source is higher is foolish and incorrect. As for the kidney and liver damage, I am not the FDA, but as it is a natural substance in the body, sensible supplementation is although unnecessary for all but the most intense bodybuilder, not dangerous.

Vegetarians tend to be deficient in creatine, and would actually benefit from light supplementation. The body can only store a number smaller than 1 gram/kg bodyweight creatine, so taking huge doses is wasteful.

By: MicroVita

MicroVita — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 06:00:46 +0000

Creatine is synthesized from glycine, arginine and methionine. Why not get it naturally from their food sources? Let the body generate what it needs. This option is good for vegetarians as well.