I was off of creatine for 3 days, should I take my typical 5g today or take more....

[Mic Soloist]

to load back up?

[Paul Stagg]

Unnecessary.

[Mic Soloist]

thanks

[ryuage]

if you stopped creatine for 3 years I wouldn't take more then 5g a day still.

[Vido]

if you stopped creatine for 3 years I wouldn't take more then 5g a day still.

Why is that?

[TBone4Eva]

From what I've read Vido anything over 5g at a time will not be absorbed and will be excreted from the body.

[geoffgarcia]

Tbone,
I thought I read somewhere that 5g a day is the amount that your body will naturally consume, thus your potential creatine stores need to be replenished by that amount each day.

If your stores are on empty for whatever reason I would think you'd probably be able to consume and store a bit more than 5g to refill yourself, but thats just a guess...

Its cheap enough...if your feeling low on it just take a 5g'er in the AM and another 5 in the PM.

no harm no foul

[Vido]

Yeah, I'm aware you can only use so much. In fact, I think it's even less than 5g. I just thought the way he wrote his post that there might have been some further reasoning behind it...probably not.

[ryuage]

reasoning is, theres no need to load it, which he the original poster is kinda of hinting out on what he wanted to do.

[sharpskin69]

the "load" is a bunch of crap. You dont need to do it.

[Spartacus]

you could just take the larger amount in several servings spaced throughout the day