INFORMATION ON CREATINE MONOHYDRATE

Creatine is a nitrogenous organic acid that occurs naturally in the body, mainly in the red muscle tissue, but also present in the heart and brain. It helps to store and supply energy to all cells in the body, but especially muscle.

Creatine monohydrate is the synthesised supplement form of Creatine, produced from the amino acids glycine and arginine.

Research demonstrated that creatine boosts muscle energy, and is most effective in activities that require short anaerobic explosive bursts including weight training, sprinting and soccer.

Creatine does not of itself build muscle but as a result of increased power to the muscles, the athlete is able to exercise more vigorously and therefore more rapidly build lean muscle mass.

Evidence suggests creatine to be a major source of energy for cardiac tissue, and has been found to lower elevated cholesterol and triglyceride levels.

Some evidence indicates that creatine may be helpful to Myotonic Dystrophy sufferers, can improve insulin sensitivity and may aid with augmenting SSRI treatment in depressed persons.

How it works:

Creatine is produced in the liver and kidneys, carried by the bloodstream and absorbed by tissues with high energy demands, such as the brain and skeletal muscle.

In the body Creatine turns into creatine phosphate. In turn Creatine phosphate helps make a substance called adenosine triphosphate (ATP). ATP supplies energy for most of the energy-consuming cell activites and it is ATP that provides the energy to power myosins or the motor proteins responsible for muscle contractions