Effervescent Creatine , does anyone remember that? It was quadruple the price as normal creatine, and touted as being absorbed two to 3 times better.
It was better, and it did get absorbed much better, and all it is for those of you who like to use creatine, and havent tried effervescent creatine, but dont want to spend the extra money, here is the secret.....
just add a couple Alkaseltzer to the bottom of your cup, then scoop in your regular creatine, add water, watch it fiz ! It is this fizzing that is what makes it effervescent! Now you know!
Why is better, and absorbed better? Because its being micronized , broken down more so then had you just added water to the creatine alone, and this micronizing process is why you get more out of it when ingested!
Now, i wrote a long article on this many years ago, and a friend chimed in, and said, on top of the alkaselter micronizing the creatine so the stomach can absorb more of it, thus you get better effects with less. He said that if you drink it while its still fizzing some, that these bubbles aka the fizzing will agitate the lining of your stomach, and this agitating opens your stomach up to more absorption yet.
Now i dont know how true that is, but it made sense to me, although i dont know if the fizzing in the belly agitating the stomach walls, would create a process by which more is absorbed even further than just having the creatine micronized more so than without alkaseltzer, but i think its well worth noting this little tid bit he shared with me!
And in closing, yes creatine works! Yes you can use creatine while on a steroid cycle, and it works quite well actually!
So, the next time you decide to use creatine monohydrate, pop 1 or 2 alkaselter at the bottom of the powder. The effects are night and day!
It was better, and it did get absorbed much better, and all it is for those of you who like to use creatine, and havent tried effervescent creatine, but dont want to spend the extra money, here is the secret.....
just add a couple Alkaseltzer to the bottom of your cup, then scoop in your regular creatine, add water, watch it fiz ! It is this fizzing that is what makes it effervescent! Now you know!
Why is better, and absorbed better? Because its being micronized , broken down more so then had you just added water to the creatine alone, and this micronizing process is why you get more out of it when ingested!
Now, i wrote a long article on this many years ago, and a friend chimed in, and said, on top of the alkaselter micronizing the creatine so the stomach can absorb more of it, thus you get better effects with less. He said that if you drink it while its still fizzing some, that these bubbles aka the fizzing will agitate the lining of your stomach, and this agitating opens your stomach up to more absorption yet.
Now i dont know how true that is, but it made sense to me, although i dont know if the fizzing in the belly agitating the stomach walls, would create a process by which more is absorbed even further than just having the creatine micronized more so than without alkaseltzer, but i think its well worth noting this little tid bit he shared with me!
And in closing, yes creatine works! Yes you can use creatine while on a steroid cycle, and it works quite well actually!
So, the next time you decide to use creatine monohydrate, pop 1 or 2 alkaselter at the bottom of the powder. The effects are night and day!