What are the effects of a daily dose of 25ml of creatine w/o working out?
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Nothing is going to "grow muscles" except a tough work out and a strong recovery.\n\nStay off the drugs, drink lots of water, and eat a good meal with a fair amount of protein after you workout.
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http://www.absolute-creatine.com/creatine.htm
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Creatine is natural in skeletal muscle and is not harmful. The "good and bad" creatines have alot to do with how much is absorb by your body as useful creatine. Check out Muscular Development, they have a website.
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Your trying to compare apples and oranges.  They're two very different supplements with very different mechanisms in the human body.  \n\nWhey protein is loaded with both essential and non-essential amino acids and is primarily used to accelerate muscle development and aid in recovery.\n\nCreatine is designed to increase the production and availability of ATP, specifically for the first few seconds of intense activity.\n\nIt is probably the only supplement on the market that can actually help you increase your loads, power and size in a realtively short period of time. \n\nPROS\n- Increases the availability of energy for first 6-10s of power related movements\n- It increases muscle strength and power\n- May improve some endurance and delay fatigue. \n- Forces water into your muscles (cell volumization), making muscles bigger and firmer. Do not confuse this with water retention that happens outside the muscle cells, making the muscles look smooth. \n- Gain weight quickly (if that is a desired goal) 4-8 pounds is common in the first three (mostly due to increase of body fluids in the muscles). \n- Gain muscle faster since your able to lift greater loads longer due to reduced fatigue and leverage.\n\nCONS\n- Weight, strength and power gain are quickly lost approx 2-3 weeks after termination of last cycle\n- There have been some outrageous claims of Creatine causing everything from high blood pressure to cancer, but these have never been proven. There are no scientifically proven side effects from moderate Creatine supplementation.\n\nhttp://preventdisease.com/news/articles/creatine_and_teens.shtml\nhttp://preventdisease.com/news/articles/creatine_boosts_brain_power.shtml\n.\n.
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Creatine is a nitrogenous organic acid that naturally occurs in vertebrates and helps to supply energy to muscle cells. Creatine was identified in 1832 when Michel Eugène Chevreul discovered it as a component of skeletal muscle which he later named creatine after the Greek word for flesh, Kreas.\n\nCreatine supplementation has been, and continues to be, investigated as a possible therapeutic approach for the treatment of muscular, neurological and neuromuscular diseases (arthritis, congestive heart failure, disuse atrophy, gyrate atrophy, McArdle's disease, Huntington's disease, miscellaneous neuromuscular diseases, mitochondrial diseases, muscular dystrophy, neuroprotection, etc.).\n\nDoes creatine cause cancer?\nRecently, there has been a lot of talk about creatine causing cancer. This concern initially arose from the fact that certain carcinogenic agents (AIAs) are produced in meats when exposed to high temperatures. The connection between creatine and cancer stems from the fact that meats with higher creatine content produce more of these cancer causing agents WHEN COOKED. The French agency for food safety, AFSSA (Agence Française de Sécurité Sanitaire des Aliments), thus alleged that creatine supplementation, since it increases our muscle creatine content, increases our chances of developing cancer. It remains to be clearly demonstrated, however, that these same cancer causing agents are produced within the human body. In other words, in a person that isn't cooked! Moreover, some experiments performed on isolated tumor cell lines maintained in tissue culture have demonstrated just the opposite. That is, creatine had either no effect, or even suppressed tumor cell growth.\n\nCreatine known potential side effects may include cramps, kidney stones, gas and bloating. \n\nFor full info, click the links below.\n\nThat's My Best Answer!
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they are all pretty competative. i used to use now sports micronized creatine. its 100% pure creatine powder and works pretty good. the time you take it also depends. take it just before your work out. dont take it unless your working out and definatley under no circumstances forget to drink plenty of water with this stuff. i mean at least a gallon a day 2 is more sufficient. and start off small.
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Yes, women can take creatine too.  I use to take it when I workout, but I don't anymore.  I didn't want to get bulky, so I stopped.  It's totally safe for women to take.  Read the dosage on the back of the bottle or ask a Rep. in a Vitamin are GNC store.
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you will gain water weight when you first start using creatine.i took it for a while i was what you call a non-responder. it didnt do much for me but you should know that gaining weight is easy to do .....but gaining muscle weight and mass is a lot harder.....in one moth you will probobly gain about 4 maybe 5 pounds and about 85% of that weight you gained is going to be water.
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More energy Creatine for sure.  But do you homework before you try it, Creatine is naturally produced in your body, It's the enzyme that breaks up ATP molecules, energy molecules.  In other words, its what give you energy.\n\nSo, I've heard not many really work, But No-Xplode is a type that I know actual people have tried and gotten real results.  All creatine is expensive tho <_<\n\nProtien shake is good for building mass, but when I was on it I noticed no difference in size or strength, but i Gained 10 pounds quick.  Try gettin protein shakes made of Whey or egg white
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When taking supplements, you should always follow the manufacturer's directions.  The only time this isn't true is if you are under instructions from a physician to use the product differently.  \n\nHowever, it might help you to know all creatine monohydrate does is cause your body to store extra water in your muscles, it doesn't actually increase muscle mass (so you're paying for an illusory effect when you take it).
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Protein is what your muscles feed off of.  The recommended serving per day is 1 gram of protein per 1 lb of body weight.  It gives your muscles the nutrients to grow larger and stronger.  It is a know fact that more muscle means your body will burn more fat.  So by building muscle you will lose weight, that is assuming you also have a reasonably healthy eating habits.  The best proteins I have found are high in protein content,low in fat and carbohydrates, calories I feel aren't as important.  But that is only my opinion.  \n\nTo the person above creatine does not make you lose weight.  It actually makes you gain weight.  It basically makes your body retain more water and other nutrients to help your muscles repair themselves.  Once you stop using creatine after a set cycle, you will lose the weight you gained originally.
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Hey dude, i use creatine, and its fine. get them from GNC.\n\nYou should get the liquid one, because it doesnt have any side effects.
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Creatine monohydrate is legal and probably safe.
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Creatine will dehydrate you so if you take it, make sure you drink enough water. Protein is always good. Without protein you can't build muscle.
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Forget supplements. Increase your caloric intake and eat more carbs(fruits: oranges,melons, apples; rice etc) and proteins with different amino acid content-make sure you get all of the eight essential amino acids in your food. Proteins(beans, meats, pulses etc) serve in muscle recovery after a work out., while carbohydrates are the body's main source of fuel and will keep you energized throughout your day. You also must eat 4-6 times daily in appropriate portions to optimize your metabolism. This way you are assured that what you are ingesting is more or less safe for your body. A lot of supplements have been marketed as being safe for the body and then later on found to have very harmful side effects. An example of such would be creatine.
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The side effects relate to the dose and type of anabolic steroid you take and how long you take them/\n\nHealth problems such as high blood pressure, liver damage, heart damage can occur if you take large doses or take steroids for long periods.   More commonly you will get pimples, headaches and when you stop taking the steroids feel depressed and lose the muscle you gained.  Yor testicles will shrink and you will have trouble with your libido and getting it up.\n\nBuild your muscle naturally through smart hard work - it will last longer, look more sexy to the ladies and you will not have any touble in the sack if you get the opportunity!\nSteroids are for lazy losers who end up being fat slobs!!!
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take it before and after nowadays creatine is cheap enough to use 2o grams per day if you wanted too..but 5 grams before and 5 grams following your workout is all you really need to experience benefits