Interesting Creatine Article

An article was published on the Sports Nutrition Insider website of an interview with a leading expert on Creatine.

You should all know and understand the benefits of Creatine for improving performance and muscular gains. But the expert, Dr Ralf Jäger, explains other benefits of Creatine including improving your cognitive function and its neuroprotective effects through improving the efficiency of certain drugs; thus opening the possibility that Creatine could also be used for medical situations. 

One of the most important points he goes onto explain is about the various forms of Creatine on the market. I've learned through my experience that plain old Creatine Monohydrate is the best form to take as it is the simplest and from my personal viewpoint; the most effective. Dr Jäger explains that as Monohydrate has the most research to prove its effects, almost 20 years worth, and that the research on the newer forms of Creatine or the so-called "Creatine Formulas" does not show conclusively that the effects are greater. So in other words; why waste money on other formulas that are not proven to be more effective than Monohydrate? 

Apparently cycling Creatine is the best way to take it in order to get the best effects; I have not cycled Creatine in years. I prefer to take about 5 grams a day ongoing, and personally I do not go for a loading phase either as I feel it makes little difference to my performance. Dr Jäger also backs this up by explaining that your body will only store a certain amount which can be maintained. Dr Jäger states that there is no scientific reason to cycle Creatine, the only time it would possibly need to be stopped is when your funds are running low. 

So that's the article in a nutshell, hit the link below to read the full interview it is definitely worth a read. 

SNI Interviews Leading Expert on Creatine – Ralf Jäger PhD FISSN

Based on the interview I was using Creatine in a perfectly good manner and I will keep doing it for my entire training life. Oh and by the way; anybody who thinks that Creatine is some placebo effect they are talking total B.S. the stuff works, period. 

Good Evening Readers! Enjoy!