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> SDer wrote:
>> HaltingState <HaltingState@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> Post any studies on creatine that you may have come across.
>>>
>>>
>>> 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-454TR7
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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.
>
> EEC form? What is EEC?
Ethyl-Ester-Creatine, which is better in pill form as it tastes like
battery acid.
>
> It is much easier to take down if you use green tea to dissolve it. I
> found that for whatever reason that it dissolves more effectively and
> gives less stomach irritation. Some drinks do not seem to dissolve it
> at all.
I hadn't thought of that.
>
> I am currently looking at arginine, glycine, and methionine
> supplementation as a means of increasing creatine concentration beyond
> what would normally be possible via dietary intake of creatine alone.
>
> Glycine also seems to have other interesting nootropic effects, but I
> have no tried it yet personally.
>
I would be sceptical about arginine and methionine. Arginine can mess up
your blood pressure, which might be a good or even pleasant thing
sometimes, depending on your situation. Methionine can make you really
sick if your methylic cycle is already messed (again depending on your
individual situation, but a word of caution is never a bad idea).
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