Hi,
Over here in New Zealand i have been buying a NFS product called Kre-alkalyn. It is 'buffered' creatine and doesnt convert to creatinine which normal creatine does. You end up only using 1/10 of the amount and dont need to load.
Has anyone here tried this stuff at all?? I have noticed strength gains while using it but that may have been due to another product of NFS i was using at the same time called Sterone. Was wondering if anyone has tried it and waht results they saw.
Haven't tried it but something to keep in mind: plenty of studies show very high plasma increases in creatine after monohydrate supplementation in addition to increased creatine levels in the muscle after a muscle biopsy.
Quote from linked study below...interestingly enough, the same study showed that the liquid creatine pills had only 2% of the promised creatine, presumably because of the pill's shelf life:
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Quote[/b] ]The degradation of creatine in water at 25 °C follows a first-order degradation kinetics with a rate constant of 0.0263 per day.
The concentration of the solution tested was 80 micrograms/ml creatine, which equates to 5 grams of creatine in 2.2 fluid ounces at a degredation rate of ~3% per day (unless my stats are off). Whether or not their product doesn't actually degrade into creatinine (perhaps something else??), I don't know, but it seems somewhat hard to rationalize paying that much extra for a product that isn't proven to work and bases it's benefits on misinformation
I'd watch out for that SterOne thing too but that might just be me
Why would you watch out for this product?? Is there something questionable in the ingredients?
I used it once before and did notice substancial strength gains with no visible side effects.
Well, I've heard nothing good about Ecdy/Methoxyflav stacks; supposedly, it takes exorbitant amounts of EcDy to mimic androgens, assuming it even does so. I don't believe there is any hard evidence backing up the anabolic claims of plant sterols (at least, I can't find any decent and recent articles on it). I'd be suprised if anyone on this board would recommend it but ya never know!
Anyways, if you're really into taking it and believe that it was active in your strength gains before, here is a list of products containing mixtures of EcDy and other stuff like Trib/Methoxy, etc... which may or may not be cheaper and higher quality than that NFS company.
I'd just put my money into whey protein and creatine monohydrate instead, if I was you
CHeers dude.
I havent bought anymore recently but was considering it. THe drawback is the high price. Supplement wise, im using a high quality protein power, the Kre-alkalyn creatine and just some glucostamine for my joints. Was using L-glutamine but ive read that during a bulking phase its not really necessary since there is ample amounts in food.
Oh, also EFA's from flax oil, some vitaman C and zinc.
