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I'm doing a Ketosis thing right now but I'm also wanting to use creatine I bought not too long ago. Is this gonna totally phukk me up and Dehydrate me or be useless? I also use ECA stack
Creatine and Ketosis
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ProteinFiend
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actually i dont think it will kick you out of ketosis... but your ideas are flawed in two ways...
1) creatine works only if you are eating carbs to transport the creatine to your muscles.... thus during a ckd... the only time creatine would be effective is during your carb up day.
2) the caffine in the eca stack is a diuretic - the creatine helps you retain water... taking these simultaneously would nullify the effects of the two.... therefore i would not recommend it.
what I would recommend would be to cycle them... take creatine 3 - 4 weeks... then take eca 3 - 4 weeks (every other day).
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1) creatine works only if you are eating carbs to transport the creatine to your muscles.... thus during a ckd... the only time creatine would be effective is during your carb up day.
2) the caffine in the eca stack is a diuretic - the creatine helps you retain water... taking these simultaneously would nullify the effects of the two.... therefore i would not recommend it.
what I would recommend would be to cycle them... take creatine 3 - 4 weeks... then take eca 3 - 4 weeks (every other day).
cheers
Actually, ProteinFiend- you are wrong
1.) Creatine can be absorbed in the lower intestine- albeit at a smaller amount, but nonetheless, you do not need carbs for creatine absorbtion. You should however use 2-3 times the amount to get what you normally would out of it.
2.) Cell volume is not the only purpose of creatine- it's MAIN purpose is to resynthesize ATP in the muscle. Once it gets in there, it is stored as phosphcreatine and is used for that purpose. No diuretic can negate synthesis of ATP, only cell volume.
Read Mr. X's Fat Fast diet for a little more insight to creatine on a 0 carb diet.
Cheers
1.) Creatine can be absorbed in the lower intestine- albeit at a smaller amount, but nonetheless, you do not need carbs for creatine absorbtion. You should however use 2-3 times the amount to get what you normally would out of it.
2.) Cell volume is not the only purpose of creatine- it's MAIN purpose is to resynthesize ATP in the muscle. Once it gets in there, it is stored as phosphcreatine and is used for that purpose. No diuretic can negate synthesis of ATP, only cell volume.
Read Mr. X's Fat Fast diet for a little more insight to creatine on a 0 carb diet.
Cheers
