I just drank creatine...ask me anything

[absyntheNsugar]

Yummy...with designer whey and sugar juice to get it in my system quick!

[Township75]

1. what state are you in and what do u do for a living?

?

[absyntheNsugar]

2. California, and I'm a techie

[DS1]

3. Careful not to crush your puny mouse

tomorrow

[Township75]

4. LOL!

!

[absyntheNsugar]

5. LOL

[MisterP]

16. "home" of Gov. Creatine-Lederhosen himself!

where are you? I'm half Bavarian and in southern OC

[4morewars]

6. i don't know what creatine is....

but i just took 2 darvasets, don't ask me anything !

[absyntheNsugar]

7. Creatine is an amino acid

athletic types take it after they excersize - it puts water in their muscles and helps their muscles recover after heavy strain.

It's not a steroid or a drug, but a naturally occuring amino acid that can be synthetically produced or found in meat.

[4morewars]

thank you

feeling groggy, must sleep soon

[sir_captain]

10. Creatine is NOT an amino acid

What you're taking is Creatine Monohydrate which is a biological precursor to the substance creatine phosphate. The energy "currency" in each of your cells is something called ATP (it has unusually high energy bonds that can help drive forward necessary reactions in your body.) Creatine phosphate is one of the substances that phosphorylates ADP (the substance that results when ATP is used up) back into ATP so that it can be used again.

So theoretically, eating all that creatine monohydrate can elevate levels of creatine phosphate and help replenish your ATP supply. It also does other things, like drain water out of your muscles--so drink lots of fluids.

edit: spelling

[absyntheNsugar]

11. Yep water by the pint

2 pints an hour

[sir_captain]

13. Most fruit juice completely neutralizes creatine as well

just so you know... if you mix it with juice, you're basically just drinking a waste product

[absyntheNsugar]

14. Only citrus juices

Berry juices, grape juice, etc are OK
OJ, Limeade, etc are bad
As long as they dont have citric acid added, are ok

[sir_captain]

17. cranberry and grape juices have plenty of citric acid in them

not the levels that are in orange or grapefruit juices, to be sure, but they still have citric acid--you're better off with water

[absyntheNsugar]

18. I actually drink it with a non-citric-acid fruit flavored juice

with a hi GI number to get an insulin spike

[sir_captain]

19. heh...ok

just making sure you're not wasting your money! :-)

[WillyBrandt]

12. That's nonsense--creatine works to sever the ionic bonds

between the organelles in the fat cells surrounding muscle. This allows the muscles to become uninhibited by constricting fat cells, and thus grow at a faster pace.

It's simple!

[sir_captain]

15. Thanks Willy

heh...ionic bonds...heh

[IronLionZion]

8. sorry to hear that

I'm glad I'm not in the room. I hear it gives you hellish gas. I doubt the whey and sugar would help.

And why aren't you working out fool!

[absyntheNsugar]

9. I worked out before

Did upper body today :-D

And no gas for me

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

20. Are you feeling kind of... Invincible?