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Creatine Boosts Muscle Strength, Strength and
Endurance:
Creatine is one of the most researched and important sports supplements today. It has become a must for athletes wanting to increase workout
intensity while delaying the onset of fatigue. Research has shown that supplementing with creatine can boost muscle size, strength and
endurance, improve athletic performance, and speed muscle recovery. Saturating your muscles with creatine improves your body's ability to
quickly replenish and recycle ATP, which increases muscle energy and delays muscle fatigue.
Studies show that when athletes supplement with creatine while weight training,
they can quickly gain lean body mass and strength.
Creatine may Act as a Lactic Acid Buffer Improve Exercise Recovery Time: Lactic acid is a bi-product from anaerobic (without oxygen) exercise,
such as weight training. Lactic acid is responsible for the 'burning' sensation
when the muscle becomes fatigued. When you cannot train anymore, it is due to
you either having run out of energy or a build up of lactic acid. Creatine may
act as a buffer for this lactic acid, which helps to delay the onset of fatigue.
Creatine Stimulates Protein Synthesis: It has been demonstrated
that creatine may also promote muscle growth by stimulating protein synthesis in
two ways. Firstly, from the increased work you are able to do as a result of its
energy replenishing actions. Secondly is that the more creatine phosphate (CP)
that is stored in muscle, the more water is drawn into muscle making it fuller
and stronger. With more CP and water in muscle, the volume increases, and the
muscle cell is volumized or 'super-hydrated'. A volumized muscle helps to
trigger protein synthesis, minimize protein breakdown and increase glycogen
synthesis (Haussinger 1996; 1996). If a muscle is then trained properly, this
could lead to enhanced muscle growth. The muscle 'pump' experienced when using
creatine is reported to be much more intense, and this is as a result of the
cell volumizing effect.
Recommended
Use:
Daily dose: As a dietary supplement,
mix 1 scoop with water or your favorite beverage. For best results
consume 1 serving 30 minutes prior to exercise and 1 serving
immediately after exercise but at least 3 hours after the first
serving. Non Training Days: Take 1 scoop with first meal of
the day, take second serving with a meal at least 6 hours later. Loading Phase: Mix 1
scoop with water or your favorite beverage four to five times daily
for first five days of use. Separate doses at least 2 hours apart
For best results: The product contains creatine so consume
adequate water when using. A s a general guideline consume at least
an extra 16 ounces of water daily for each serving.
Hypoallergenic: Contains no yeast, dairy,
egg, gluten, corn, soy, wheat, sugar, starch, salt, preservatives, or artificial
color, flavor or fragrance.
Warning:
NOT INTENDED FOR USE BY PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF 18. KEEP OUT OF THE
REACH OF CHILDREN.
Women who are pregnant, breast feeding or lactating, diabetics, hypoglycemics, and people with known medical
conditions and/or taking drugs should consult with a licensed
physician and/or pharmacist prior to taking dietary supplements.
Read all label warning before taking creatine or any nutritional
supplement. For more information click
creatine safety.
Drink at least 16-32 ounces of additional water per day when using this or any type of creatine.
The best creatine in the world:
NutraBio.com supplements are manufactured under the strictest pharmaceutical standards producing
the highest quality and purest creatine available anywhere. Unlike many inferior creatine sources flooding the market, our creatine is
manufactured under patent 5,719,319 and undergoes state of the art HPLC analysis to insure zero tolerance for impurities and by-products.
Our creatine is produced through a temperature and humidity controlled process, using a double pass, reverse osmosis high purity water system.
This is important because the production of creatine is water intensive, so impure water will yield impure creatine. Our pharmaceutical
ultra-fine micronized creatine is the purest, contaminant free creatine in the world. It is laboratory-tested and assayed to ensure what you
are getting is 100% pure.
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How does
creatine work? Studies show that when athletes supplement with creatine while weight training, they can quickly gain lean body mass and strength - sometimes
within a week. A study conducted by the University of Memphis divided 63 athletes into three groups. The groups were given either a protein
and carbohydrate supplement with creatine monohydrate, a protein and carbohydrate supplement without creatine monohydrate, or a carbohydrate
placebo. In one month, the athletes taking creatine monohydrate gained 5-7 pounds of lean mass which far exceeded the two groups not taking
creatine.
Muscle cells generate mechanical work from an energy liberating chemical reaction -- ATP is split into ADP and P (phosphate). ATP can be used by muscle cells very quickly, but there is only an extremely limited supply --
usually only enough for a few seconds of high intensity work. When the ATP is gone, work stops. Fortunately, the body has several ways to convert ADP back to ATP. The fastest method is to move the phosphate group off of phosphocreatine
and onto ADP. This yields ATP -- which is immediately available for muscular work -- and creatine. There is enough phosphocreatine to keep ATP levels up for several more seconds. So at this point we've moved from 2 - 3 seconds of all-out work (ATP) to almost 10 seconds (ATP + creatine).
The body can recharge creatine back to phosphocreatine, but this takes time (approximately 30-60 seconds). This ATP + creatine system makes up the fastest component of the anaerobic system, and is most used by power athletes. A good example is trench warfare in football (i.e., 6 seconds
of all out force, followed by 45 seconds of standing around).
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