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FAQ About Pure Creatine


Pure Creatine - FAQs


What is Creatine Monohydrate?
Why is Direct NutriSciences' Pure Creatine better than ever before? Is this why it looks different?
Who should take Pure Creatine?
How does Pure Creatine work?
What should I look for when buying creatine monohydrate?

What results should I expect and when?

How do I take creatine? What are the loading and maintenance phases?
What should creatine monohydrate be taken in?
How long should I take it for? Should I take it in cycles?

What about safety? Are there any side effects?
How do I know this is pure creatine monohydrate?

How can Direct NutriSciences offer Pure Creatine at such a low price?



What is Creatine Monohydrate?


Creatine Monohydrate is an amino acid-like substance that occurs naturally in our bodies and in foods such as beef, fish and chicken. As a supplement, it comes in the form of a white crystalline powder, and has been proven to be one of the most effective natural performance enhancers on the market.


Why is Direct NutriSciences' Pure Creatine better than ever before? Is this why it looks different?


The next time you buy Pure Creatine Monohydrate, don't be surprised that it looks different. Direct NutriSciences Pure Creatine is now micronized, which means it is manufactured with a 200-mesh screen, leaving the material a much finer powder. How does this affect Creatine? The best way to benefit from any nutritional supplement is to achieve full absorption of the ingredients. Because micronized Creatine is broken down into smaller, finer particles it suspends in solution for much longer than other Creatine - mixing instantly and absorbing quicker into the system.


Who should take Pure Creatine?


If you’re a recreational or competitive athlete seeking a competitive edge, you should be taking creatine. Your competition is probably already taking it. Most professional athletes take creatine, as do amateur and Olympic athletes: 3 out of 4 medal winners at the 1996 Olympics were taking creatine at the time of their competition. Athletes involved in sports or activities such as weightlifting, sprinting, wrestling, football, basketball, volleyball, hockey, soccer, or anything that involves bouts of intense activity, benefit from Creatine Monohydrate supplementation.

Creatine Monohydrate is used not only by athletes, but also by anyone who needs more energy in their muscles for the work they do. For example, many doctors, massage therapists and dentists who have to bend over their patients for prolonged periods find that their lower back strain is alleviated by the use of Creatine Monohydrate. People who use their muscles extensively at work, like employees of the construction and oil-field industries, use creatine for increased energy throughout the day. Creatine is not only for workouts, but any activity that involves the use of muscles.


How does Pure Creatine work?


Basically, Creatine Monohydrate provides more energy to your muscles. The creatine in muscle cells serves as a metabolic reservoir (gas tank) of the high-energy molecule ATP (adenosine triphosphate, the gas), which is required for muscular contraction. Many studies have proven that taking Creatine Monohydrate increases this energy reservoir, meaning that your muscles have more energy to burn. Because creatine provides more energy, your muscles can work for a longer time before they fatigue. Studies have also proven that supplementation with Creatine Monohydrate decreases the time your muscles need to recover from intense exercise. In short, it has been proven in numerous controlled scientific studies that creatine increases muscle strength and endurance while decreasing the time it takes to recover from muscular exertion.

For a detailed explanation, check out the science of Creatine Monohydrate.


What should I look for when buying Creatine Monohydrate?


So how do you know which companies are offering pure Creatine Monohydrate and which are offering second-rate products? There are three easy signs for analyzing the quality of your Creatine supplement:1) Creatine Monohydrate does not dissolve in water. 2) It is odorless. 3) It is white.

If your Creatine supplement does not feature these three qualities, chances are it isn't pure Creatine Monohydrate.

 


What results should I expect and when?


You will notice an increase in strength, an increase in endurance, and a decrease in recovery times. You may also experience a slight increase in weight, since the absorption of creatine into cells causes your cells to absorb more water.

Most people feel the results immediately, although for some people it takes a little bit longer to notice the difference.

 


How do I take creatine monohydrate? What are maintenance and loading phases?


Scientific studies have shown that you will optimize gains with creatine if you take it in two phases: the loading phase and the maintenance phase. The loading phase is designed to saturate the muscles with creatine, while the maintenance phase is designed to keep them saturated. For the average person, 5 grams of creatine should be taken 4 times daily for the first five days to complete the loading phase. The maintenance phase consists of taking only 5 to 10 grams per day. The amount of creatine you should take depends on your weight, so take less if you are under average weight, and more if you are over the average weight (160 lbs). For example, if you were 250 lbs, you would take 5 grams 6 times a day for the loading phase, and 2-3 times a day for the maintenance phase.

Having said this, we have to add a note for the people who think that if a little bit of something is good, more must be better. Not true! You aren’t going to get any better results by downing a kilo of creatine a day. What people have to remember is that more is NOT necessarily better with creatine; it is only a waste of money.

Servings of creatine should be spread out over the course of the day. Try to take one serving right before your peak physical activity, and another serving right after. The best time to get creatine moved into muscle cells is immediately after exercise. If you can manage it, try to take creatine on an empty stomach so that absorption is maximized.


What should creatine monohydrate be taken in?


Not milk, not water, not coffee, not yogurt. Quite simply, creatine should be taken with a sweet juice because it has been scientifically proven that the type of sugar found in fruit juice causes a temporary increase in plasma insulin level, which increases the absorption of creatine by muscle cells by up to 300% compared to taking it in water. Grape juice is a good option, but orange and grapefruit juices are too acidic, and may interfere with absorption.

There are creatine products available with ‘special’ carbohydrates that are supposed to increase the absorption of creatine. The ‘special’ ingredients are, at best, nothing more than the carbohydrates that you find in fruit juices. You get the same effect by taking pure creatine in juice. You also get a better deal, since you aren’t paying for sugar ‘fillers.’

It should also be noted that one recent study showed that taking creatine with a combination of carbs and protein is just as effective as taking it with straight carbs. In other words, it may be beneficial to supplement your Creatine with a high quality protein such as Direct NutriSciences' DynaWhey Protein Beverage Mix.


How long should I take it for? Should I take it in cycles?


We make creatine in our bodies at an average rate of about 2 grams per day, through a metabolic pathway that is most active in the liver. Studies have shown that when you take supplemental creatine you shut off this internal manufacturing process, but that it restarts as soon as you stop taking creatine. To be absolutely safe, we recommend that you take creatine for a maximum of ten weeks before you take a minimum of ten days off. This also prevents your body from getting too accustomed to the increased creatine levels.


What about safety? Are there side effects?


There is a huge pile of studies on the effects of creatine supplementation in the biomedical literature. To the best of our knowledge, none of these studies have reported any detrimental side effects, even at dosage levels much higher than recommended. There are, however some anecdotal reports of intestinal discomfort and mild diarrhea due to excessive creatine doses. If this happens to you, cut your current dosage until symptoms disappear. Insufficient water consumption during creatine supplementation may lead to muscle cramping or stomach discomfort, so increase your water intake when taking creatine.

We recommend that people with kidney or liver disorders refrain from using creatine, as these organs are responsible for clearing any excess creatine from the body.


How do I know this is pure creatine monohydrate?


It’s only natural to wonder if you’re getting a high quality product when you buy supplements. We understand that, because we have the same questions and concerns. We have been selling supplements for years, and we have an excellent reputation for quality and purity.

Every lot of creatine that we get from our suppliers is tested for purity. Once we know that it is at least 99.5% pure creatine, it is packaged in our facility under very strict food handling regulations. We are positive that you’ll be very happy with the quality and purity of the creatine monohydrate you get from Direct NutriSciences.


How can Direct NutriSciences offer Pure Creatine at such a low price?


The answer is simple - we eliminate the middleman or, as is so often the case in the supplement industry, the middlemen. Most Creatine distributors go through two or three middlemen in the process of getting the Creatine to the customer, every one of which wants to make some money and increases the price, thus increasing the price for the customer. At Direct NutriSciences, however, we actually produce our own Creatine, thereby removing the middlemen and maintaining a low price.
 




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