Hi Everyone! And Hi Dan, just bought your book. I have not started this yet but plan to, I'd like to continue with my Betagen (creatine). It has 2gr carb per serving, 3x a day. I love this stuff, should I consider giving it up during the week? Thanks
Sue
p.s. I've been doing BFL for 6 months, looking for something that will help blast off the fat for my 3rd challenge.

Sue, just wanted to say 'hi' - I'm pretty sure I recognize you from the BFLW board. Welcome to the forum and best of luck in your new program

Nat

Hi Nat! Thanks for the welcome! Yup, that's me! Great pic btw!
Sue

Hi Sue,
I did a search under "CKD and creatine" to see what came up and there is a lot of info! As usual, right?

Interesting post I found:
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=C...c.rr.com&rnum=2


Try and cut/paste this. Basically the thought from what I read was to not take the creatine during the CKD diet but I could be wrong.

hth

Thanks Chantel, it makes sense that if I'm doing CKD for a cut, don't need to worry about building muscle right now, so creatine doesn't make sense. I'll drop it unless I hear another viewpoint on it. Thanks girl, you're great!
Sue

Creatine CAN be used during a CKD, AND creatine can be used as a part of a fat loss program.

I would offer studies/support for this, but I am in the middle of moving and my library is at the new abode. LOL.

I'll be back ...

You really like your creatine ...

If you are going to go at a goal with 100% intensity, it makes sense to use the best tools in the arsenal.

Actually, I am not even on creatine right now. Just came off an 8 week cycle of it. Very happy with the results.

I have no exact favoritism toward creatine ...

BUT, what I DO favor is having the right information available to the members who frequent this forum, seeing as how I am ultimately (along with Fern) responsible and accountable for its content.

Since I am also a professional in this industry, it is my reputation on the line as well. So, if I see something that is not correct, you can bet that I am gonna correct it.

With that in mind, here's another reason that creatine is beneficial:

CREATINE AS AN ANTIOXIDANT

Scientists at Texas A&M recently tested the hypothesis that creatine can act as an antioxidant and remove superoxide ions, peroxynitrate, hydrogen peroxide, and lipid peroxides.

The studies proved that creatine did display a significant antioxidant scavenging capacity.