Can I pre-mix my creatine and drink it later?

[SubjectiveIllusion]

I'm hearing stories that if you mix creatine in juice or sugar and don't drink it right away that it will not work,.. is this true?

 

[javtoss]

Yeah the creatine breaks down real fast, which is why the liquid creatines you can buy are junky. The longest I have seen for a pre-mixed creatine is 2 hrs.

Javtoss

 

[SubjectiveIllusion]

Also, if I were to mix it with table sugar how much would I need? Later I will go out and buy dextrose but for now I'm using sugar...

 

[javtoss]

I would probly use 4-8 oz of grape juice,
although I have used kool-aid as well,
but from alot of the studies out now you would be better off taking 200mg of ala with it

 

[SubjectiveIllusion]

Thanks for the reply...

I've just bought some dextrose and am using 1/3 a cup with 5g's of creatine per day 1/2hr before meals and 2+hr after, 4 times per day.

This sound good?

By the way how much does ala help creatine delivery? Would it help enough to be worth the money. Ala is not very cheap and I am a cheap man. If it'll not help alot I won't do it..

 

[javtoss]

the best thing about ala with the creatine is that you dont have to use nearly as much surgar to load the muscles, it increases insuline sensitivity without the empty sugar cals
plus, your 4 times per day loading only needs to be done for 3-4 days, then use it after your workouts
if you search the net you can find ala pretty cheap, I've been ordering my stuff from BestPriceNutrition.com
they have the best prices I have found so far

 

[SubjectiveIllusion]

Javtoss:

I like the dextrose because its cheap and studies have said its effective at restoring glycogen stores quickly. This is excatly what I want to do, all-in-one. Besides even the cheapest ala out there is way out of my price range. I would probily try ala if I had the $$$.

Thank you for the reply