Creatine Effects
CREATINE Effects - what are the main effects
and benefits of taking creatine? The benefits of taking creatine include - an
increase in muscle peak torque production (force of contraction), a great
increase in muscle strength, and endurance levels, it provides ample amount of
energy for the muscle cells. These affects of creatine monohydrate may be a
result of its ability to better maintain ATP levels.
Other benefits of creatine may include and .
•Creatine helps in promoting of lean-muscle mass.
•Creatine helps in reducing muscle wasting in post-surgical patients
•It increases muscle cell volume by increasing water.
•Creatine increases work capacity in muscle.
•It also increases muscle stores of creatine for short term energy.
•It increases glycogen re-synthesis.
Creatine is a natural substance and is a very important substance for cellular
energy production and modulation. It also helps to lengthen the life of cells
and tissues and also protects them from any injury or harm. Creatine is also
beneficial for the treatment of many serious illnesses and diseases. Some of the
illnesses that are treated by creatine are :
•Creatine helps in the treatment of muscle
weakness associated with congestive heart failure.
•It also helps other heart patients by increasing their exercise capacity,
reducing heart spasms and thus increasing heart function.
•Creatine has been found very much beneficial for the treatment of Amyotrophic
Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), which is a fatal disease that disables motor neurons
(the nerves which sends signals from the brain to the skeletal muscles ).
•Creatine also benefits people suffering from neuromuscular disorders, such as
muscular dystrophy, stroke, and the hardening of the arteries that feed the
heart. Tests are still being conducted for the treatment of such type of
disorders.
Creatine is a supplement used in sports that
require sudden bursts of energy in a short interval of time. Creatine refuels
the ATP stores in our body, which in turn allows you to train harder through the
exertion of more energy and also allows your to recover sooner.
In 1920
researchers identified the two forms of creatine. They named them phosphorylated
creatine and free creatine. In 1990 scientist comes to a result creatine is an
constituent present inside the muscles. In 1992 Olympics it was found that a lot
of athletes have taken creatine supplements for increasing their muscle
strength. As a result a company companies started to work in this field. Very
soon a company releases its product called phosphagen. It was the very first
creatine supplement for strength training.
What is Creatine
Creatine is a substance which is present inside in our body and is created from
the amino acids, methionine etc. Most of the body creatine is present in the
skeletal muscle(nearly 95%). The remaining percentage of creatine exists free.
The enzymes which are responsible for the creatine synthesis are present inside
the kidneys, liver and pancreas. The transportation of creatine inside the
muscles occurs through the blood stream.
Function of Creatine
When you contracts your muscle then the energy needed for that is provide by a
compound called the Adenosine Triphosphate. The ATP transfers its energy by
loosing one of its molecule. Now the ATP becomes a new compound called Adenosine
Diphosphate. But the problem is that ATP can provide the energy needed for
muscle contraction only upto ten seconds. Thus to supply more energy to the
muscles more phosphate molecules are needed. Creatine provides this necessary
phosphate molecule to the ADP to reconstruct ATP molecule in the rescue
operation. So ATP becomes available again as a fuel for the muscle contraction.
The more is the quantity of creatine in your muscles the more quantity of ATP
can be generated by the body. This provide a building mechanism for the muscles.
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