Creatine is an amino acid naturally produced by naturally the body, and 95% is stored in your muscle. You also get it from meats, but many people in Canada do not get enough in their diets to see the benefits from it that bodybuilding supplements give. So what is it? Put simply creatine helps your muscle cells replenish their energy source, ATP, from the depleted form ADP. This help you muscles work harder. The full biological process by which ADP is converted back to ATP are to complex to do justice to here, but they are not in dispute even by those who question taking creatine supplements.
Creatine monohydrate in Canada was the standard sports supplement for years until recent advances in delivery systems. Creatine monohydrate works for many, but it does have a few major drawbacks for many people. Firstly, it can cause bloating and water retention. While all creatine products dose cause volumisation of muscle cells with water, which is a positive effect, bloating and water retention not this. Bloating and water retention usually refers to water held in the face and abdomen that is not attractive, and not in muscle but organs. Secondly, there is the annoying loading phase where you have to take double the dosage for 4 days to week. Thirdly, the need to take a dextrose, ALA, and vanadyl sulphate to spike insulin for better absorption adds extra cost, effort, and calories. There are premixed monohydrate products like MuscleTech's CellTech Hardcore that does make it easier to use creatine monohydrate.
In Canada creatine ethel ester malate is now the benchmark with: superior cell and muscle volumization, improved absorption, and improved recovery time. There is also usually no bloating or water retention, and no loading phase or need for the sugars, ALA, or vanadyl sulphate. Often in Canada creatine ethel ester malate sports nutrition supplements also include other recovery ingredients like glutamine, for example BSN Cellmass. Now in Canada there are also pill and capsule forms form Ultimate Nutrition Kre-Alkiline and MuscleTech Creakic. These products provide the many of benefits of ethel ester with the ease of just taking a pill.
To further increase pump and vascularity many creatine natural health supplements also include nitric oxide, NO2, boosters. These products increase muscle volumising properties of creatine by increasing blood flow. This lets you work out harder, gain more muscle, and recover faster. In Canada many new product have come on the market in this category: Dymatize Xpand, CMI NO3 Overload, Universal Animal Pump, BSN NO Xplode, and Gaspari Super Pump and Size On .
Here at Canadian Supplement Club we are proud to offer Canada an impressive line up of excellent creatine products from: Ultimate Nutrition CreaPure to BSN Cellmass. All with fast 1 or 2 day shipping via Canada Post, cheap prices, and great customer service.