Supplement Safety/Information Guide For Parents, Kids, and Potential Users

[USMC03AG]

I just started taking creatine for my first time today and I am doing the loading phase but something I noticed is that I pee'd at least 12 times and the day before was about 5 or 6 and I have been drinking lots of water for awhile but Its weird I pee'd 12 times today. Am I just peeing out the creatine or what? Or is this supposed to happen

You probably unconciously drank more water.

[Fr4nk]

GNC brand creatine I find works great. Take a tablespoon pre-workout mixed with juice. Then I take another tablespoon later in the day.

[AGnity]

Hi all ! I'm new to bodybuilding and have read lots of stickies, just wanted to how many teaspoons of creatine should I take for it to be 5g / day? Because I have a spoon that measures 5ml and I know that vol and mass are two different things.

Thanks All !

EDIT: Alright guys, I found the answer, it is in this thread, I must have search other threads. I apologized for this post.

"Approx a teaspoon = 5g", why not post this on the sticky too ?

[HardgainerT]

Thanks for the good info cuts the bull****.

[tz2010]

thanks for sharing this kind of stuff… great

[mapleridge]

i just got my higher powered creatine
the green scooper that it comes with.. thats a teaspoon right? which is equivalent to 5g's.

[SmallyBiggs92]

has anyone used the gnc AMP creatine?

[maverick93]

has anyone used the gnc AMP creatine?

not worth it trust me just take regular creatine mono gnc's having a sale its like 6.99 now for 50 serves

[SmallyBiggs92]

okay thanks

[makaya325]

After i workout, i mix a tablespoon of creatine in water, and drink it all before it dissolves. I then have to drink a ton of water after,and i was wondering: I do not need to consume water if i need to sleep, since sleep is important to muscle growth, right?

[Pizzownage]

Are the creatine pills effective?

[LukeN.Good]

After i workout, i mix a tablespoon of creatine in water, and drink it all before it dissolves. I then have to drink a ton of water after,and i was wondering: I do not need to consume water if i need to sleep, since sleep is important to muscle growth, right?

Contrary to popular belief, you don't need to be forcing water down - drinking when you're thirsty is more than sufficient. It's when people fail to acknowledge thirst that they run into hydration trouble. If this isn't the response you were seeking, try coherently rephrasing your question.

Are the creatine pills effective?

They are so long as the capsule is ultimately broken at some point in the digestive tract, which has anecdotally been identified as an issue for some people. I recommend the powder, as it's generally cheaper and easier to regulate.

[adimare]

derp

[makaya325]

Should you take creatine even on off days if your muscles are sore?

[User6763672]

Should you take creatine even on off days if your muscles are sore?

Yup

[HR-Puffinstacks]

Just started taking creatine. I felt like an animal at the gym. It's a new kind of soreness today.

[TPB03]

i just got my higher powered creatine
the green scooper that it comes with.. thats a teaspoon right? which is equivalent to 5g's.

Yeah. This is the same creatine I have..and the green scoop is 5g.

[monkey20]

read somewhere the safe amount to take is 3g a day. Will 2g a day do anything for me?

[LukeN.Good]

read somewhere the safe amount to take is 3g a day. Will 2g a day do anything for me?

The typical 5g/day serving is not unsafe to begin with, which in itself is adequate. Even loading (upwards of 20 g/day) has demonstrated no correlation to hepatic or renal dysfunction. The idea is to replenish what is lost to daily chemical degradation into creatinine - an estimated 2-3 grams. Between endogenous production and dietary derivation the supplemental 2 grams a day will still likely result in cellular saturation, it will simply take quite a while before that is reached and effects become perceptible.

Here's post #1445 and #1446 of this thread, found on page 49, in which I posted a few studies on the safety of oral creatine supplementation. (If that is your concern.)

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showpo...postcount=1445
http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showpo...postcount=1446

[bhscurk]

i have two questions. one is my creatine container sais a serving is like 57 grams? how is that possible if im only supposed to be getting 3-5 grams a day?

and how long (long term-months) should i be taking it?

[LukeN.Good]

i have two questions. one is my creatine container sais a serving is like 57 grams? how is that possible if im only supposed to be getting 3-5 grams a day?

and how long (long term-months) should i be taking it?

A serving is 57 grams of product, not all of it is going to be creatine. If it's marketed particularly as a creatine product, then most of it is probably sugar. (An attempt to increase absorption, even though insulin is essentially irrelevant to its cellular uptake.)

While you theoretically maintain sarcoplasmic saturation for however long you take it, there are also the potential factors of homeostatic downregulation of creatine specific integral membrane transport proteins as well as muscular compensation for the resistance of anaerobic extension that creatine offers - both of which would render any extended interval of supplementation relatively ineffective.
Nothing conclusive, but a possibility. The lack of information renders how long you supplement with creatine and whether or not you cycle it at all a matter of preference. Personally, I've never cared to take it for more than 2-3 months at a time.

[bhscurk]

A serving is 57 grams of product, not all of it is going to be creatine. If it's marketed particularly as a creatine product, then most of it is probably sugar. (An attempt to increase absorption, even though insulin is essentially irrelevant to its cellular uptake.)

While you theoretically maintain sarcoplasmic saturation for however long you take it, there are also the potential factors of homeostatic downregulation of creatine specific integral membrane transport proteins as well as muscular compensation for the resistance of anaerobic extension that creatine offers - both of which would render any extended interval of supplementation relatively ineffective.
Nothing conclusive, but a possibility. The lack of information renders how long you supplement with creatine and whether or not you cycle it at all a matter of preference. Personally, I've never cared to take it for more than 2-3 months at a time.

thanks a lot man. is there any way to know how much is just solely creatine or should i just trust the serving size?

[LukeN.Good]

thanks a lot man. is there any way to know how much is just solely creatine or should i just trust the serving size?

It doesn't tell you on the nutrition facts panel? (What is the product?)

[bhscurk]

It doesn't tell you on the nutrition facts panel? (What is the product?)

no not that i can see. its six star muscle professional strength creatine. my brothers a dumbass and got some crappy walmart stuff but its gonna be gone in about a week with me and him. whats a good kind to get besides this?

[LukeN.Good]

no not that i can see. its six star muscle professional strength creatine. my brothers a dumbass and got some crappy walmart stuff but its gonna be gone in about a week with me and him. whats a good kind to get besides this?

As far as the physiological employment goes, no one type in particular is truly superior to another. Any standard creatine monohydrate powder is sufficient.

[bbssassin]

Thanks for this.

[Strenqth]

To Do List:
Add Creatine To Your Supps.

[SmallyBiggs92]

GNC brand creatine I find works great. Take a tablespoon pre-workout mixed with juice. Then I take another tablespoon later in the day.

Just dont get the AMP kind of creatine

[sheikhar]

do i need to continue taking creatine while De-loading(not creatine de-loading)......i mean i am taking a week off training.......do i need to continue taking creatine?

[SmallyBiggs92]

ur genereally supposed to take breaks from creatine... say 1-2 weeks but once you stop you might have to load up again