Using Creatine.... water retention!

[want2getBIG]

I have been using creatine for about a year now, and recently decided to stop using it because of its effect of water retention,but creatine is useful for repairing the muscles. Is there another product out there which is just as good? Or should I still use creatine but not as much! Please reply..

[wrstlr69sdnl]

you will have some water retention for a while just up your water intake and you will be fine I usually go with 2 gallons a day its a ***** when you start out you have to take a piss every five minutes but your body gets use to it

[maki riddington]

Re: Using Creatine.... water retention!

Originally posted by want2getBIG
I have been using creatine for about a year now, and recently decided to stop using it because of its effect of water retention,but creatine is useful for repairing the muscles. Is there another product out there which is just as good? Or should I still use creatine but not as much! Please reply..

*** Creatine does not cause water retention, the percentage of water in your body does not change when you take creatine.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=10408330&dopt=Abstract

My suggestion is to continue using it.

[NPursuit]

Try switching to V12 users don't report the bloating that people experience on regular creatine mono. Many people including me are loving V12.

[Speedracer59]

Most everything I have read says you should cycle off of it every few months or so. Stay off for a few weeks.

[Speedracer59]

Re: Re: Using Creatine.... water retention!

Originally posted by maki riddington
*** Creatine does not cause water retention, the percentage of water in your body does not change when you take creatine.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=10408330&dopt=Abstract

My suggestion is to continue using it.

I just find that hard to believe. All I have every heard is how creatine will cause water retention. I firmly believe it did in me when I was on it. I was on for three months off for 1 month for about a year. Within one week of getting off of creatine I lost 10 lbs. While on I almost looked like I had gyno. My chest got firmer an I lost all the gyno look when I got off. If not water what could this be attributed to?.

[maki riddington]

That's the thing, it's something you've heard. What we hear (passed down through the grapevine) and what is fact are two different things.

At this time it is unknown, the study I posted, stated that it could be due to "dry matter" growth. There is still alot that is unknown about Creaine, there are however theories floating around that are usually passed off as fact.

[jack hust]

i dont feel any bloat on creatine

[Speedracer59]

Possibly a placebo effect? There is no doubt I hold water when I use creatine. Could it be the dextrose I add to it and the bloat and puffy nipples be fat from the calories?

[Hardcoregrowth]

I feel no bloat whatsoever on creatine....maybe everyones different.

-HCG

[BigD]

Zero bloat here, on 20mg/day of regular creatine/dextrose/ala I no water, same with Syntrax "Slow: ( my fva!)

[FUZO]

I TAKE CREATINE AND HARDLY GAIN ANY WATER RETENTION

[4play]

I use CREATINE,dextrous, ala with my slin and i get hardly no bloat at all. I keep my water intake to about a gallon to a gallon and a half.

[artimus]

how does creatine impact a diabetic--any ideas?

[Rebel Yell]

Everyone's body is different. I have tried creatine on more than one occasion, between many months, even a year apart and BAAAM! Water retention. I know some other guys at the gym with the same situation. Lucky for those who don't get it.