How To Choose Your Creatine-The Best Creatine Option-Sports-Dietitian-Nutritionist

Creatine.

Super popular. Well researched. Effective.

However, which one should you choose and which form is best? You need to learn how to make this decision the right way. 

In this short n sweet blog post, I explain how to choose the best Creatine option on the market so that you do not waste your money on the wrong supplement stack. 

So there's no question about it and it's no surprise, that supplements are super popular. People are always wondering which supplement to take - should I take this one, should I not take that one ectetera.

One of the most popular supplements in the discussion is creatine and today I'm going to help you decide on the best creatine option for you.

The Creatine you need to choose should tick off the following 4 boxes:

• Has to be safe
• Proven to be effective (contextually of course)
• Cost effective
• Backed by scientific research

Well, there is only one type of Creatine that universally ticks off this criteria no matter where you are in the world….

Creatine Monohydrate

This is the type of creatine that you should be focusing on if you are going to be taking creatine. Whether or not you should be consuming creatine or not, well that's another topic for another day because a supplements merit does not mean every single person necessarily needs to be taking it.

Let's just assume that you want to take Creatine and you're going to take creatine. In that case, you want to be focusing on Creatine Monohydrate. The one and only. 

It's the most well researched, it's safe, it's effective, and most importantly it's the cheapest one. So why would you spend more for all these other fancy types of creatine out there just because someone's trying to sell you onto something more expensive that's not even as backed by research?

What About The Regimen?

In terms of dosages you're looking at either one of two different ways of doing it.

Option #1: Loading Phase then maintenance
This is typically when someone would consume 20-25g say of Creatine Monohydrate per day (across 4-5 points usually) for 7 days then do somewhere between 3-5g per day from then onwards indefinitely.

The purpose is quick muslce saturation with Creatine to reap quicker benefits and then maintain levels going forward. 

Option #2: Progressive Saturation and maintenance
This is when you simply take somewhere between 3-5g of Creatine Monohydrate per day indefinitely with the purpose of eventual muscle saturation.

Using this option is for people who are not in a rush, want to take it easy, and/or want to reduce gut distress risk while taking it. 

Please note that neither of the above regimen information provided is to be taken as advice or recommendations. Individualised nutrition assessment and programming from a Dietitian is recommended.

Simply hope it provides some insight to help you understand all this stuff.

Recap

There you go!

Now you know that Creatine Monohydrate is the best option to go for if you plan to hop on the Creatine Train. 

Beyond that, you also have some more insight into the way the Creatine is used and what considerations you may need to think about.

If you want a Sports Dietitian to review your supplement stack and send you in the right direction, I am here ready to help. We'd love to hear from you. 

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Brisbane Sports Dietitian and Nutritionist