3min chapter

#141 - "Creatine Monohydrate: Exercise, Sport, and Health Applications" with Professor Darren Candow

We Do Science - The Sports Nutrition Podcast

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Creatine Monohydrate: A Tool in the Toolbox

creatine is high in animal tissue as opposed to being found in vegetables. It's taken into the body through digestion and once it leaves the intestine, it's taken up through a sodium-based transporter and taken into your scolio muscles. The theory is if you have more creatine in the muscle, you get faster PCR or recovery from the mitochondria when you're breathing. That can delay or expand your anaerobic alactic system.

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