creatine

[Reg]

I was lookin at the sup threads and read that cell tech sucks. I am down to the bottem of my first bottle of cell tech and don't want to waste more money on it if there is something better out there. could use your ideas. thanks.

[MuscleScience]

take creatine with some sort of sports drink. Creatine transported is aided by the ingestion of sugar. I take just strait monohydrate creatine, cheap and works well.

[Reg]

by sport drink your talkin gatorade power aid? thanks bro

[MuscleScience]

yeah even fruit juice, just something that will spike insulin. Creatine uses the same types of transport proteins that glucose uses to get into muscle cells.

[legobricks]

Too much simple sugar in those drinks will break down the creatine too much and will be useless. Isntead of 8 oz of a fruit drink (as serving size) cut it in half. Sport drink same thing, cut those bottles in half and ive found it works very well versus the whole thing. Also some juices like orange juice are too acidic and break down the creatine as well.

[MuscleScience]

how would simple sugar intake cause the breakdown of creatine?

[legobricks]

Well I thought I read somehwere that too much sugar will neutralize the creatine and turn it into the waste product creatinine but i did some searching and only thing i found so far was taking it with any acidic juices (orange, grapefruit, etc...) will neutralize the creatine and turn it into creatinine. Ill keep looking tho. But besides too much sugar isnt good for you anyways

[legobricks]

http://www.bla.net/opul/crfaq.htm#Usage

website i got that info from...

[MuscleScience]

Its recommend now taking it with dextrose or maltodextrose, plus what would be the difference of taking creatine with water or with fruit juice. The acid in the stomach has a pH between 1-2, while fruit juice has a pH of about 3.5, which means that the stomach acid is about 50 times more concentrated than that of the fruit juice. It stands to reason that you would lose creatine anyway, taking it with fruit juice would be more beneficial than taking it with water alone since it will spike insulin and cause a greater amount that is absorbed by the transported into the cells.

[reconforce4]

dex is great for pre and post workout.

[dogman69]

cell tech does suck iv found and stand by ce2 by mri