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Contains Creatine Supplements illegal
substances. How can I avoid to get Creatine supplements with
impurities like banned steroids or hormones?
PreVent ensures that our raw material
Creapure does not contain any illegal (doping) substances deriving
from the Creatine synthesis.
Please request a certificate from your supplier guaranteeing that no
doping agents are present in your product.
Every serious company will be happy to provide you with such a
certificate
Does Creatine improve performance in
athletes?
The effects of Creatine supplementation were studied in people with
different training background and athletic abilities, from
competitive college athletes to relatively untrained beginners.
Creatine supplementation significantly increases performance in a
variety of sports such as sprinting, repeated jumping, swimming,
kayaking/rowing, resistance exercise or cycling. Short-term Creatine
supplementation improves, for example, maximal strength/power
(5-15%), work performed during sets of maximum efforts (5-20%),
power production during short sprints (app. 30%) and work performed
during repetitive sprints (5-15%). Creatine supplementation is
common amongst bodybuilders, power lifters, wrestlers, rowers,
cyclists, mountain bikers, tennis players, skiers, or players in
American football, soccer, rugby, basketball, ice hockey, volleyball
or handball teams as well as track and field athletes (sprinter,
shot put, javelin, discus).
Is there any other sports nutrition product
with proven ergogenic effects?
Besides Caffeine, Creatine is the only sports nutrition product
having scientifically proven ergogenic (performance enhancing)
effects.
Are there any beneficial effects of taking
Creatine with Glucose or Protein?
Creatine retention can be augmented when Creatine is consumed along
with simple carbohydrates, such as Glucose,
However, large amounts of carbohydrate (~100 g) or combinations of
carbohydrate (47 g) and Protein (50 g) are necessary to
significantly improve Creatine uptake. These large doses of
carbohydrate are difficult to palate and potentially hazardous to
diabetics or those with glucose intolerance.
A recent study suggests that adding alpha lipolic acid can reduce
the amount of Carbohydrates needed. 25 g Dextrose and alpha-Lipoic
Acid (250 mg) resulted in greater muscle Creatine accumulation than
Creatine intake alone, or Creatine plus 25 g Dextrose
How does Creatine improve performance?
Different mechanisms are involved in the ergogenic effects of
Creatine supplementation:
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higher Phosphocreatine concentrations
serving as an immediate buffer to ATP during exercise,
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increased Phosphocreatine resynthesis
rate during and after exercise due to increased levels of free
Creatine,
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smaller decrease in muscle pH during
exercise,
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enhanced training load
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increasing muscle mass (absolute power
output).
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