Naturally found in your body, creatine is an amino acid that can be found in small quantities in red meats and fish. When in the human body, creatine is stored as a compound called ‘phosphocreatine’. This stores energy in muscular tissue and gives your muscles energy for them to contract. Creatine helps your body create ATP molecule faster, which is your source of quick burst energy. This is ideal for sprinters and weightlifters, as well as any other athletes requiring short bursts of energy in their muscles. This can help with your energy levels throughout the day, which will consequently enhance your mood.

You will also notice increases in lean muscle mass, due to the amount of water held by your muscle cells. The creatine will draw water in to your muscles, making them larger and allowing more nutrients to pass through them. All this helps with creating an anabolic environment in your body, meaning improved protein synthesis. Your increase in strength and ability to turn the protein you consume in to muscle will mean great increases in size and muscle mass!

Creatine has received a lot of criticism, due to untested products being released and people being sceptical of its impressive results. As long as you stick to the trusted brands, like Reflex Nutrition, Gaspari Nutrition, Sci-mx, PhD and BSN, you will avoid any nasty side effects and be left only with great results.

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