My recommendation is to load for 5 days, followed by a 5-10 gram maintenance dosage for 4-6 weeks. Following this, there are two particular strategies: You can take one to two weeks off and then start the cycle over. Many athletes attest to receiving a better results this way. However, several athletes will never come off of it. They will load it for 5 days, maintain for a few weeks and then reload again. This is increasingly becoming the more popular method of usage.

Whenever we digest carbohydrates our pancreas secretes the hormone known as insulin. The simpler the carb, the higher a burst of insulin our pancreas releases to deal with them. The good thing about insulin is that it actually drives nutrients into our muscles to assist them in recovery. If you take creatine with fast burning carbs, it will increase the absorption rate in your muscles. However, insulin is also responsible for fat storage.

First, let me emphasize that our bodies already produce creatine naturally. Did you ever watch the transformers when you were a kid? Well if not, there were groups of robots called " combiners. " They would join together and form an even larger and more massive robot, crushing everything in their paths! Our liver does the same thing with the three amino acids, Arginine, Glycine and Methionine.

I would like to dispel this myth by giving you the definition of what an anabolic steroid is. These are synthetic versions of the male hormone testosterone. Creatine, as you will see below is not. Basically anyone who says this should immediately be labeled a gymbecile.

I am a woman and I was thinking about taking creatine, but I don't want to become huge and veiny like a man. If that is the case, then I would suggest that you do not eat like the " huge and veiny " men that you do not want to look like. Creatine will assist you in your workout, but only calories will make you grow. Yes, creatine is an excellent supplement for mass, but only if you are eating for mass.

Creatine Monohydrate is known to increase performance during athletic exercises requiring short bursts of intense energy. Long term studies are still being conducted to try to conclude whether or not Creatine supplementation can lead to long term kidney damage, but the results so far have been inconclusive and point to Creatine being safe. Some users of powdered Creatine Monohydrate reported upset stomachs, gas, muscle pulls or cramps.

It is a substance that is produced naturally in the human body and therefore, it cannot be classified as a drug. The use of Creatine is legal in the United States and it is widely accepted as a great food supplement all over the globe.

No! Creatine is an amino acid derivative. Creatine has no effect on an athlete's testerone level. Prohormones and creatine are two very different supplements that work in totally different ways.

Yes, because German creatine is micronized. However, micronized creatine is not restricted to solely German creatine. Any type of micronized creatine is superior.

This topic is part of a continued debate, and will always be open for discussion. You won't be able to know which one works best until you try them, but regardless of your response to either, they are generally the same. No research has shown that creatine will react with any prescription drugs. Current research is always ongoing, but the results always suggest that no reaction takes place. Creatine is naturally produced in the body and is not the same as mixing one drug with another.