As the most complete supplement, creatine has developed into a variety of product forms. The existing creatine products on the market are divided into three main types:
Creatine Monohydrate; compound creatine; creatine compound
What are the differences between these different creatine products? Let’s take a look together!
1. Basic creatine product: Creatine Monohydrate
Because creatine is extracted from a solution, the creatine crystal molecules are the chemical substance C4H9N3O2·H2O combined with a creatine molecule and a water molecule, which is called creatine monohydrate.
Creatine monohydrate is the most classic creatine product and a fitness nutritional supplement that has been popular for many years. The pure creatine powder on the market now is creatine monohydrate.
2. Complex creatine
Research shows that taking creatine together with mixed sugar mainly composed of oligosaccharides can significantly improve the absorption of creatine, because the absorption of creatine is affected by the release of insulin, and sugar can act as a promoter. Factors in insulin release, this is currently the most widely used and safest and most reliable form of creatine supplementation, so the creatine powder we take is usually dissolved in sugary drinks and consumed together.
Complex creatine is based on the above principle: it is mainly composed of creatine monohydrate and glucose (or other sugars) mixed in a certain proportion. Just like adding a sufficient amount of carbohydrates to protein powder becomes a muscle-building powder, similarly adding carbohydrates (glucose, etc.) to creatine powder becomes a compound calculation. It can be said to be a fool's creatine. , you don’t have to think about your own sugar mix when consuming creatine.
3. Creatine compound
Many manufacturers and companies have improved creatine products, claiming that they can improve the solubility of creatine products and the absorption rate of creatine molecules, which is also a selling point. From a chemical point of view, these products are compounds that include creatine molecules, and the creatine molecule is only part of the molecular formula of the compound. For example, creatine hydrochloride, creatine citrate, creatine phosphate, creatine esters, etc.
This type of product is actually based on derivatives of creatine monohydrate. It is a product in the form of a creatine compound. But in the final analysis, it still decomposes and absorbs the creatine molecule part in the body, and finally exerts creatine. The effect of increasing muscle and strength.
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