creatine + caffine

[D00fy]

sorry i asked before

for example

if i take creatine in the morning at 8am is it okay to drink a coffee around 12:00pm


or drink coffee before workouts and than after have my creatine and protein shake?

 

[Enock]

Its fine, despite caffines duiretic effects it also increases uptake at the same time (for some reason I've long forgot). At anyrate caffines increased uptake effect may prevent its duiretic effect or may even surpass it. Don't worry about sceduling creatine around caffine many here including myself have found it to work just as well while taking it along w/ their ECA stack. Just make sure to get plenty of water.

 

[D00fy]

thx,what do u mean the uptake??

 

[diamonddiceclay]

coffee and creatine are fine to take together

 

[manny78]

coffee and creatine are fine to take together

believe it or not I tried creatine 10 mg in my coffe once instead of sugar lol

 

[D00fy]

haha

 

[Enock]

thx,what do u mean the uptake??

I mean Creatine uptake into the muscle cells.

 

[D00fy]

Enock so u saying coffee will uptake of creatine into muscle makin it seem more big?

 

[Enock]

Yeah it helps shuttle creatine into the muscle cells. I'm not sure why, I remember reading it though and I remember one of the gurus ont he anabolic board later fully explained it. I also remember reading something about the way caffine acts as a duiretic is by preventing salt release from the liver or something bizaare like that (think it was a post by the same guru). So less salt less ability to hold water. If thats true then I don't believe that the duiretic effect of caffine would even hinder the creatine at all. If the uptake thing is true now caffine can only help.

Odd how it can go from mabe I shouldn't have caffine and creatine at once to mabe I better have caffine to help.

Of course still need to increase water intake if you can't hold the water your going to need to replace it.