Creatine FAQ

[DocToxin8]

The caffeine creatine combo being bad isn't that well documented.
I have trouble believing that caffeine would prevent all the creatine from getting absorbed. I don't know if there's more than one study that points to this either.

So I wouldn't care about it right now.

[MuscleScience]

The caffeine creatine combo being bad isn't that well documented.
I have trouble believing that caffeine would prevent all the creatine from getting absorbed. I don't know if there's more than one study that points to this either.

So I wouldn't care about it right now.

I've never read of any connection. They work on completely different mechanisms anyway so I can't conceptually see how one effects the other. Most pre workouts have some form of Creatine in them anyway.

[DocToxin8]

I've never read of any connection. They work on completely different mechanisms anyway so I can't conceptually see how one effects the other. Most pre workouts have some form of Creatine in them anyway.

I think there's one small pilot study on it,
and nobody's read the whole study, just the abstract,
so I'm willing to bet there's some methodological error somewhere.

If creatine mg chelate was cheap, I might have gone with that cause you always need magnesium. But it isn't cheap, so better to do CM and then supp Mg on the side.

[MuscleScience]

I think there's one small pilot study on it,
and nobody's read the whole study, just the abstract,
so I'm willing to bet there's some methodological error somewhere.

If creatine mg chelate was cheap, I might have gone with that cause you always need magnesium. But it isn't cheap, so better to do CM and then supp Mg on the side.

I agree with that completely. CM is so intensely studied to, you know exactly what to expect by taking it. If someone was really worried about it getting to the muscles effectively, then just take it with gatoraid and boom. There is your intra cellular transport mechanism lol.