Ive started using Glutamine and Creatine along with a couple teaspoons of Gatorade powder mix.. is it ok to have both at the same time? Didnt want to have anything canceling out the other.
I thought someone told me to take it with the gatorade powder.. main reason I got it.
that's nonsense.Mix your creatine with WARM water, then drink your juice 30 minutes after that. AND don't drink apple juice!! apple juice has mainly fructose, which causes little to no insulin spike, depending on how much you drink. dextrose is fine. Now, why would you drink your dextrose 30 minutes AFTER your creatine? Doesn't make sense? Yes it does. Creatine takes a certain amount of time to be absorbed, dextrose is absorbed right away, starting in your mouth, while creatine will be absorbed by your intestines. So drinking it together will result in an immense insulin spike, (regarding the fact that most people use way too much dextrose, "too be on the safe side") which will come crashiing down after a few minutes. Now the creatine arrives, but the insulin is long gone. So, a timed consuption of carbs and creatine is better. Eating a lot of cinnamon keeps insulin sensitivity high, so i would recommend in adding cinnamon to your diet instead of consuming more and more sugar to get the creatine to where it should be. Any questions left?
Man! DonkeyKong sure loves that quote from himself! It's a good quote though!But I agree, Creatine & Glutamine do not compete for absorption. If anything, Glutamine would help Creatine's absorption.
