Desertbreh wrote: ↑Sun Apr 07, 2019 11:39 pm
Also, Animal man, can we discuss creatine's benefits and burdens again? Do you just add it to the brotein shakes?
Sure thing. For muscle building, it helps with endurance and strength by provide a phosphate. Writing off the top of my head, as you work a muscle, you release a phosphate as energy. ATP (adinosine triphosphate) binds to myosin, releases a phosphate, and become ADP (adinosine diphosphate). Having creatine stores helps recycle ADP back into ATP slowing you to continue to contract those muscle fibers. This helps build muscle because you’re able to push them further and extend your sets which brings you closer to failed, increases volume, and time under tension, all of which are shown to be necessary in triggering muscle growth.
On top of that, is actually us a lot of studied health benefits as well. ATP is needed for heart function and other vital organs. Your body can synthesize ATP in the mitochondria of your cells, but as you age this process slows down, so providing that phosphate for ATP conversion from ADP can help keep these organs healthy when they might otherwise start lacking in ATP.
Other benefits are lowering blood sugar, contributing in osteoblasts (needed for bone cell formation, important as we age to combat osteoporosis), and lower fat stores in your liver which we all know is dangerous.
I’m a firm believer that everyone should take creatine unless you’re eating upwards of a pound of red meat a day since that’s our primary food source of natural creatine.