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Creatine is decomposed in acidic environments. This is accelerated by heat. Creatine is much more soluble in hot water than cold, the trick is to keep it from decomposing. I use a small amout of baking soda (1/2 teaspoon for each 75 g of creatine) in warm water. This keeps the solution...

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I've already written my congressmen had have added the following points which some of you may want to include. 1) Though not conclusively shown to be effective, these substances have not been shown to be harmful. 2) The regulations for these substances should be no different from other over...

PPP: All amino acids weight trainers are concerned with, except glycine, can come in either a right or left handed form.  These molecules are mirror images of each other.  The left handed form is also called levorotatory (Greek levo for left) and the right handed form is call dextrorotatory...

Phoenix, Arizona. 112 F today (45 C). We say its a dry head but give me air conditioning anytime, especially for workouts. I think we need a sweating emoticon.

I'm 47 and have been using DHEA for about 6 months.  Does it work?  Yes I think so.  I generally feel better and workouts are going well.  Bench presses are up 100 pounds over the past year though, of course, maybe that's just HST.  However anything I say about myself is anecdotal and you should...

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Thanks.  The full text of the Physiol Rev. article is available at: http://physrev.physiology.org/cgi....0893433 I'm trying to 'digest' it now. :)

The purpose of grinding is just to make the creatine dissolve faster in warm water. No, it doesn't help molecular adsorption, but its got to be dissolved before it can be adsorbed. I use a Braun coffee grinder, nothing fancy or scientific in any way. Using creatine monohydrate used to upset my...

On a related issue I would like to submit my recipe for creatine "tea." It isn't really tea. Think of it as just a hot beverage. As you all probably know creatine isn't chemically stable in acidic environments like real tea (tannic acid) or the stomach (HCl) and is converted to...