HaltingState <HaltingState@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Post any studies on creatine that you may have come across.
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> While the role of creatine in preventing muscle (peripheral) fatigue
> for high performance athletes is well understood, its biochemical role
> in prevention of mental (central) fatigue is not. Creatine is abundant
> in muscles and the brain and after phosphorylation used as an energy
> source for adenosine triphosphate synthesis. Using double-blind
> placebo-controlled paradigm, we demonstrated that dietary supplement
> of creatine (8 g/day for 5 days) reduces mental fatigue when subjects
> repeatedly perform a simple mathematical calculation. After taking the
> creatine supplement, task-evoked increase of cerebral oxygenated
> hemoglobin in the brains of subjects measured by near infrared
> spectroscopy was significantly reduced, which is compatible with
> increased oxygen utilization in the brain.
>
> http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6T0H-454TR73-
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I have found that creatine can help with mental fatigue, but the problem I
faced was that it was hard on the stomach, no matter what brand I tried.
Its EEC form was also great.
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