The multi-billion dollar industry of nutritional supplements is like a wagon that is continually fueled by apocryphal advertising, fallacious claims by its manufacturers and distributors, along with a little dose of pseudoscience passed around in the gymnasiums without much foothold on factual scientific evidence. This has given rise to a lot of misinformation surrounding several nutritional supplements chiefly associated with weight loss, weight gain, athletic performance, sexual performance, hair loss etc.
In the case of creatine, it has been well established that increasing creatine availability in the diet increases the total creatine and phosphocreatine concentrations in the muscle (Greenhaff, Bodin, Soderlund & Hultman, 1993). Moreover, …show more content…
Nevertheless, this review of the literature focuses on the information presented in peer reviewed journals and government sponsored reports in the hope that these findings are based more on sound research and systematic analysis of the subject.
Creatine
The scientific terminology for creatine is methyl guanidine-acetic acid [NH2 - C(NH) - NCH2(COOH) - CH3]. Creatine monohydrate is a natural form of amino acid that is broken down into creatine phosphate in the body. Creatine phosphate integrates the vitality bearing molecule adenosine triphosphate (ATP). ATP provides vigor to all muscle contraction. The stored phosphocreatine and free creatine, make up what is known as your total creatine pool, which amounts to 120g in a 70-kg healthy individual (Balsom, Soderlund & Ekblom, 1994).
The Effect of Creatine on Anaerobic …show more content…
Chwalbinska-Monteta (2003) conducted a study on elite male endurance rowers and observed a significant drop in blood lactate accumulation while exercising at lower intensities as well as a surge in lactate threshold after consuming creatine monohydrate (5 days 20 g/d). According to Vandebeurie, Eynde, Vandenberghe and Hespel (1998), oral creatine intake does not alter the ability to perform a long-lasting submaximal activity or VO2 levels and blood lactate concentration during a continous exercise and the recuperation post the exercise period. On the other hand, McNaughton, Dalton and Tarr (1998), demonstrated a significant enhancement of power output during 1.5 to 5 minutes of exhaustive exercise on a kayak ergometer due to creatine loading. The results of the studies concerning the influence of creatine supplementation on aerobic capacity are
In the case of creatine, it has been well established that increasing creatine availability in the diet increases the total creatine and phosphocreatine concentrations in the muscle (Greenhaff, Bodin, Soderlund & Hultman, 1993). Moreover, …show more content…
Nevertheless, this review of the literature focuses on the information presented in peer reviewed journals and government sponsored reports in the hope that these findings are based more on sound research and systematic analysis of the subject.
Creatine
The scientific terminology for creatine is methyl guanidine-acetic acid [NH2 - C(NH) - NCH2(COOH) - CH3]. Creatine monohydrate is a natural form of amino acid that is broken down into creatine phosphate in the body. Creatine phosphate integrates the vitality bearing molecule adenosine triphosphate (ATP). ATP provides vigor to all muscle contraction. The stored phosphocreatine and free creatine, make up what is known as your total creatine pool, which amounts to 120g in a 70-kg healthy individual (Balsom, Soderlund & Ekblom, 1994).
The Effect of Creatine on Anaerobic …show more content…
Chwalbinska-Monteta (2003) conducted a study on elite male endurance rowers and observed a significant drop in blood lactate accumulation while exercising at lower intensities as well as a surge in lactate threshold after consuming creatine monohydrate (5 days 20 g/d). According to Vandebeurie, Eynde, Vandenberghe and Hespel (1998), oral creatine intake does not alter the ability to perform a long-lasting submaximal activity or VO2 levels and blood lactate concentration during a continous exercise and the recuperation post the exercise period. On the other hand, McNaughton, Dalton and Tarr (1998), demonstrated a significant enhancement of power output during 1.5 to 5 minutes of exhaustive exercise on a kayak ergometer due to creatine loading. The results of the studies concerning the influence of creatine supplementation on aerobic capacity are