Comments on: Creatine Facts! What Is The Best Creatine?

By: Mark McManus

Mark McManus — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:13:06 +0000

@Strom. No I wouldn’t stack it. Finish off this tub and then invest in mono. The problem with these ‘stacks’ is that when you want some creatine you HAVE to digest the other ingredients as well. These sorts of supps are simply money-makers for supp companies.
Buy your supplements separately i.e. have your protein be protein, and your creatine be creatine.

By: Storm

Storm — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:02:26 +0000

Hey Mark,

Im using a pre-workout product (im in South Africa) called Ganic, here’s a link> https://www.supplementssa.com/products/viewdetails/?ProductID=2hEz0GAYSLLBZACyrlLV6JagBxAQGmqZ/92ZyuOUnLLttzj0MkWUTB4rKO9VLjILG5UOfHNL4YwKr19N6Ug9nXID1idKJEPxqLr6TSbOU/o=

Anyways it contains CEE and I was just wondering whether or not it would be wise to stack Mono on top of that as a post-workout supp.
Thanks in advance

By: Pawel

Pawel — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 19:41:54 +0000

I have taken the Creatine Monohydrate from Optimum Nutrition and a few weeks into my usage I started experiencing high BP ( confirmed by doctors ) and chest pains /difficulty taking deep breaths. Once the creatine usage ceased It all went away. Could this be some allergy or just my body didnt take so well to it? I did want to reap the benefits of this supplement but it seems like I just cant. Any advice?

By: Alex

Alex — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 08:07:15 +0000

hey bro thanks for the article.
i definitely agree with you, better stick with monohydrate. at least i know i works.

By: Ron

Ron — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 22:24:39 +0000

Thanks Mark and thank you for all the advice on your web sight…i cant begin to tell you how much you have helped me…. you the man!!!

By: Mark McManus

Mark McManus — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:00:40 +0000

@Ron. It’s perfectly normal to experience the benefits on creatine mono within a week. Enjoy!

By: Ron

Ron — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 19:52:58 +0000

I just started to use Creatine Monohydrate for the first time. I am in my 4th day of the loading period and It seems that I am already having more energy and better workouts. Is this in my head that this is working so fast?? If so when should I feel the benifits of creatine?

By: Eric

Eric — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 07:23:22 +0000

Question-would it be harmful in any way to mix creatine monohydrate and kre-alkalyn?

By: Robo

Robo — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 20:30:05 +0000

Hey mark. This all sounds great. The problem im having is that when i take Monohydrate Creatine (which worked great btw)for more then 2 weeks i get really bad dahria. Even when i take smaller doses it still continiues untill i stop taking it. With kre-Alkalyn creatine which i started to use about 3 months ago, there are no such side effects and it works about the same for me. Im just woundering if maybe i did something wrong to cause the reaction with the Mono C.? any suggestions?

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 21:34:25 +0000

I’ve always just used regular old creatine monohydrate when I’ve used creatine. I’ve heard people mention that CEE has some good properties, but like you mentioned they also seem to much less confident about it when compared to regular monohydrate. And as you mentioned, it’s a whole lot cheaper!

By: Aaron

Aaron — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 16:21:37 +0000

@Mark
From reading your articles, I think you’d really enjoy a few college level biology and anatomy & physiology courses. They’ll bring more light on exactly how things work at a cellular level. They were hard, but by far the most interesting classes I’ve ever taken. For example, I can tell you exactly why, where, and how in the kidneys creatinine is filtered into urine and the specific reasons warming up helps you with strength gains. On the negative side, they may cause you to be more cautious about being a guinea pig… hasn’t stopped me though.

By: Mark McManus

Mark McManus — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 10:15:50 +0000

I’m sure it’s working SoG, remember to drink loads of water.
@ Brett – Glad the article was useful for you

By: Brett

Brett — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 07:54:06 +0000

Wow, freaky timing. I haven’t used creatine for years, and only this week decided to have another go. Thanks!!

By: Son of Grok

Son of Grok — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 00:57:21 +0000

I have definitely noticed the creatine you recommended working. I don’t know that I have seen any physique benefits yet but I have seen the increased energy in workout, better pumps and fun dehydration related side effects! This pretty well convinces me that it is working and doing its job. I am sure I will start to see positive physique benefits over the next several weeks.

The SoG

By: Mark McManus

Mark McManus — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 23:32:56 +0000

Well there is no benefit to taking them together Annie but also, no harm if you did.

By: Annie

Annie — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 23:31:29 +0000

hey mark,

is it ok to take both creatine and caffine at the same time? wouldn’t they both undo each other?

By: Mark McManus

Mark McManus — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 21:03:16 +0000

@ Jamie – glad you switched bro.
@ Benjamin – That’s pretty much my method for everyone too – guinea pig. As far as creatine goes, I don’t think there’s a need anymore after these studies.
@ Andrew. The question being asked is, which form of creatine REMAINS stable in an acidic environment and doesn’t degrade to creatinine – mono easily wins.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 20:40:22 +0000

So Creatine is mostly stable in an acidic environment. Would that be true of citrus products? I’d LIKE to mix creatine with some OJ and vanilla whey powder (after-workout shake), but I’ve heard that creatine monohydrate breaks down in OJ. Is that true?

By: Benjamin

Benjamin — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 20:09:10 +0000

Though not a scientific study, I went all guinea pig on myself and drew the same conclusion about monohydrate. The only thing I have personally found the improves the monohydrate is taking it post workout with fruit juice.

Way to cut through the fog, Mark, and save people (hopefully) from the trial and error.

By: Jamie

Jamie — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 18:34:58 +0000

explosive! That has settled it for me. I switched back to mono on your advice a few months ago, glad I did 😉