Creatine comes into the picture because of a study that
showed creatine supplementation increased DHT levels in male rugby players by about 40 to 60 % after three weeks of usage.
Not exact matches
Interestingly, it has been
shown that the
creatine / phosphocreatine pathway may play a central role in energy metabolism, and nutritional
creatine supplementation has been
shown to impart beneficial effects in a number of diverse disease pathologies (Kitzenberg et al., 2016).
Creatine supplementation had been
shown to increase IQ an average of 21 percent in controlled studies.
Research
shows that
creatine supplementation increases the water content in muscle cells.
Extensive research has
shown that oral
creatine supplementation effectively improves the maximal force production of muscles in athletes.
Several studies have
shown when
creatine supplementation is used in combination with resistance training there was an increase in lean tissue mass and muscle strength in aging adults.
Resistance training, increased protein intake, and
creatine supplementation in combination with resistance training has
shown to be viable interventions for the aging population in the prevention of muscle loss and strength.
One study
showed that
creatine supplementation reduced the «oxygen cost» of activity, meaning that less strain was placed on the cardiovascular system when performing aerobic work after
creatine supplementation.
Creatine has been shown to delay the onset of muscular fatigue during repeated bouts of work A single bout of work appears to have no improvement with creatine suppleme
Creatine has been
shown to delay the onset of muscular fatigue during repeated bouts of work A single bout of work appears to have no improvement with
creatine suppleme
creatine supplementation.
A direct comparison between CEE and
creatine monohydrate
shows that CEE can't even duplicate, let alone surpass, the results seen with
creatine monohydrate
supplementation.
Research
shows that a small portion of the population doesn't benefit from
creatine supplementation, most likely because they already get enough from their diets.
Additionally, recent investigations have
shown that 28 — 42 days of CEE or KA
supplementation did not increase muscle
creatine concentrations more than CM [139, 140].
While
creatine showed a dramatic improvement in memory and intelligence in this study, it needs to be remembered that it was conducted on vegetarians who would be extremely likely to be deficient in
creatine, making them likely to respond particularly well to
creatine supplementation.
In theory, it would seem to make sense to cycle
creatine, but I've never seen a research study
showing any harm from continuous
supplementation (1 year or more) or any need to cycle it (and I've done my best to stay current with
creatine supplementation research over the past 20 years).
Creatine supplementation has previously been
shown to have similar effects to caffeine in reversing the effects of sleep deprivation in physical tasks (4), but this study supports its ability to enhance mental performance too when adequate sleep is not taken.
The authors point out that
creatine supplementation has previously been
shown to enhance memory and reduce fatigue in calculation tests, and their own study adds to the weight of evidence supporting the positive cognitive effects of
creatine.