What is Creatine and what does it do?
First of all.. What is Creatine ?
Creatine is a substance that is found naturally in muscle cells. It helps your muscles produce energy during heavy lifting or high-intensity exercise.
Its not been long since it was marveled as the secret ingredient to the body builders diet,
The science bit .. Creatine is a combination of three different amino acids: glycine, arginine, and methionine this compound is involved in a vast number of processes in the body. It's a fundamental component in how your body creates its primary form of energy in muscle cells, the compound adenosine triphosphate, or ATP. When muscles contract explosively, or for brief, intense work lasting no longer than 8-12 seconds, creatine (bonded with phosphoric acid as creatine phosphate) is how the muscle creates the energy necessary to do it.
Simplifying things - Creatine helps your muscles perform for longer
Creatine monohydrate, the most popular form of creatine supplements, is simply creatine with one molecule of water attached to it—hence the name monohydrate. It is usually around 88-90 percent creatine by weight.
What Does Creatine Monohydrate Do?
Creatine itself is a fuel source
Creatine is your body's first choice of energy when performing anaerobic activity, such as lifting weights.
When your body is trying to create the compound that powers quick muscle contractions, ATP, it does so by "borrowing" a phosphate molecule from phosphocreatine and combining it with another compound, ADP. Only after a muscle has largely used up its store of phosphocreatine does it start to produce ATP from other sources, like glucose or fats.
Simplifying things - The more phosphocreatine you have, the more work you can accomplish before fatigue sets in.
A secondary function of creatine is to draw water into muscle cells, making them more hydrated.
When muscle cells are hydrated a few things happen, the most noticeable being an increase in protein synthesis.
Many bodybuilders will tell you ,the action of drawing water into the cell can also make their muscles look bigger or fuller.
How to take Creatine ?
To load with creatine, take 5 grams four times per day for 5–7 days. Then take 3–5 grams per day to maintain levels.
Where can i get Creatine Monohydrate from ?
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Edited by Steve Stone MD - The Governor Sports and Nutrition