How long to wait to drink acidic juice after taking creatine?

[markfromaurora]

When you take creatine, I read you are not supposed to mix it with acidic/citrus juices. Well, after taking your dose whith water or whatever non-acidic drink you like, how long are you supposed to wait befor you can drink something acidic such as orangejuice?:shoot:

[Cirino83]

7 minutes and 38 seconds.










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seriously dude, just take the creatine any time of day and drink anything at any time.

[BFGUITAR]

http://www.bmrb.wisc.edu/metabolomics/standards/creatine/lit/3594.png

According to this picture, I cant see anything happening if you add some weak acid to the mix (assuming your not drinking your creatine with pure hydrochloric acid, even then nothing would happen). When added to water the H attached to the OH on the right will come off but thats fine. Having extra protons in your drink isnt going to make a difference. There are just no sites for reactions.

[dusst]

7 minutes and 38 seconds.










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seriously dude, just take the creatine any time of day and drink anything at any time.

i think its actually 7 minutes and 48 seconds. gets your facts straight!

but ya i started taking creatine today, no loading for me im jus taking 5 g a day with 8 ounces of water.

quick question, the more water i drink throughout the day while im on creatine, the more water wil be absorbed in my muscles correct?

[markfromaurora]

i think its actually 7 minutes and 48 seconds. gets your facts straight!

but ya i started taking creatine today, no loading for me im jus taking 5 g a day with 8 ounces of water.

quick question, the more water i drink throughout the day while im on creatine, the more water wil be absorbed in my muscles correct?


im curious about this too. just started creatine last night.

[markfromaurora]

at my old school i used to see this guy with these baloon looking muscles walking around with a gallon of water in his hand... is this like... more you drink , more water in muscles

[Cirino83]

www.creatinemonohydrate.net

[ZenMonkey]

is this like... more you drink , more water in muscles

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[sCaRz*Of*PaiN]

What do you think happens to the creatine once it hits the hydrochloric acid in your stomach?

[mikey4402]

When you take creatine, I read you are not supposed to mix it with acidic/citrus juices. Well, after taking your dose whith water or whatever non-acidic drink you like, how long are you supposed to wait befor you can drink something acidic such as orangejuice?:shoot:

its not that acidic juices are bad. Its High GI carb drinks are better for creatine transport. It usally takes a dose of around 80 grams of dextrose to create an insuln spike large enough. However ingesting this much suger isnt really worth the benifit from the spike, IMO.

Just drink 5grams of creatine with your favorite beverage. It makes things alot more simple.:thumbup:

[mikey4402]

quick question, the more water i drink throughout the day while im on creatine, the more water wil be absorbed in my muscles correct?
Not really.

I guess if you were dyhydrated The more water you drank the more water would be avalible. But you arn't dyhrdrated, are you?

You should be drinking about a gallon of water when your not using creatine. So IMO you should be drinking a gallon and a half to two gallons a day while supplementing with creatine.

There are multiple reasons to increase water intake. one is to help dilute your concentrated urine that is produced because of your supplementation.

[Ecto]

Introducing creatine into your muscle increases its osmolarity, this draws in a set amount of extra fluid based on that increased concentration. So as far as I know the answer would be no.

[jdeity]

(assuming your not drinking your creatine with pure hydrochloric acid, even then nothing would happen to your creatine).

fixed :evillaugh: