GERMAN CREATINE 100% PURE MICRONISED CREATINE MONOHYDRATE MUSCLE STRENGTH AND MASS Manufactured For VIP Vitamins Made in USA One Can, 300 g Benefits: Increases Muscle Mass, Strength and Size Improves Perfomance in Exercise Energy Booster Description German Creatine is made with 100% Creapure Creatine Monohydrate, manufactured in Germany under strict GMP conditions, and verified for purity using High Pressure Liquid Chromatography. The end result is the highest purity level for Creatine Monohydrate ever achieved in the world – a minimum 99.95%. Creatine is similar to protein in that it is a nitrogen-containing compound, but is not a true protein. In the nutritional biochemistry world it is known as a “non-protein” nitrogen. It can be obtained in the food we eat (typically meat and fish) or formed endogenously (in the body) from the amino acids glycine, arginine, and methionine. Creatine is a key player in the phosphagen energy system, the primary source of ATP (the main energy substrate in our body) during short-term, high intensity activities. Creatine exists as both free form creatine and phosphocreatine in the body. Phosphocreatine (PC) functions as a “storehouse for high energy phosphate”2. The use of creatine as an ergogenic aid is based upon the theory that one can increase the saturation of creatine in the muscle through supplementation. Theoretically, increased creatine in the muscle will increase performance in short, high intensity exercise by increasing the capacity of our phosphagen system. BENEFITS OF CREATINE MONOHYDRATE Creatine is one of the most widely researched supplements. In fact, a google scholar search for the terms “creatine supplemenation” yielded 6,740 scholarly articles and a PubMed search yielded 562 articles, indicating there is a plethora of data for us to draw conclusions from. From decades of research and hundreds of studies, there are several well substantiated benefits to creatine monohydrate including: INCREASE IN MUSCLE CREATINE LEVELS In order for creatine to be effective, you need to see increased levels of creatine in skeletal muscle. According to recent research, 10-40% increases in muscle creatine and PC stores have been observed with creatine supplmentation. Creatine supplementation can speed your muscle growth by boosting the synthesis rate of ATP. INCREASE IN POWER PERFORMANCE When you want the best, use what National and World Powerlifting record holders use -- Fitness Labs German Creatine. Creatine increases the amount of fluid inside muscle cells to make your muscles feel fuller and give you a harder, more defined look. Creatine also enhances your body's ability to make proteins within its muscle fibers by stimulating the uptake of amino acids. Your muscle fiber thickness increases, so you pack on more mass. Creatine supplementation appears to be the most effective legal nutritional supplement currently available in regards to improving anaerobic capacity and lean body mass (LBM). The research surrounding the ergogenic effects of creatine supplementation is extensive with hundreds of published studies looking exactly at those two outcomes. Approximately 70% of the research has reported a significant (P .05 for the stats people out there) increase in exercise capacity, while none have reported an ergolytic effect. In both the short term and long-term, creatine supplementation appears to enhance the overall quality of training, leading to 5 to 15% greater gains in strength and performance. In addition, nearly all studies indicate that “proper” CM supplementation increases body mass by about 1 to 2 kg in the first week of loading. Creatine can prolong the amount of time your body remains within the ATP-CP cycle before it reaches muscular failure. More intense workouts mean you can finally break through plateaus. One study found that taking creatine for one week boosted mean power output by 6 percent In the International Society of Sports Nutrition position stand on creatine the authors state, “The tremendous numbers of investigations conducted with positive results from CM supplementation lead us to conclude that it is the most effective nutritional supplement available today for increasing high-intensity exercise capacity and building lean mass”. HOW TO TAKE CREATINE MONOHYDRATE As mentioned above the entire goal of creatine supplementation is to saturate muscles stores with creatine. This can be achieve in several different ways but it appears that an initial loading protocol followed by sustained dosages is the optimal way to quickly reach and maintain saturation levels. Such a protocol would look like the following: ingesting roughly 3 g/kg/day for between 5 and 7 days (roughly 20 grams a day in 5 gram increments) and 3-5 g/day following the first 5-7 day period. Supplement Facts Serving Size: 1 Scoop (5 g) Servings per Containert: 60 Ingrerdients: Creeatine Monohydrate - 5 gramm (Creapture*) Other Ingredients: None *Daily Value not established. *These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.