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Other benefits of
Creatine from being
Sports Nutrition
Supplement
Though creatine
provides lots of
benefits, many people
still think it just a
supplement which
athletes and
bodybuilders consume
for gaining muscle
mass and strength.
Substantial research
has found Creatine to
have wide array of
benefits. Creatine is
in fact studied as
supplement which might
help with many
diseases that affect
the neuromuscular
system like muscular
dystrophy. Studies
also suggest that
Creatine might have
healing benefits in
aging crowds for
muscle atrophy,
wasting syndromes,
gyrate atrophy,
fatigue, Huntington’s
and Parkinson’s
diseases and other
brain diseases.
Creatine is also found
to reduce the
cholesterol level in
the body up to 15%. It
is used for correction
specific inborn
problems of metabolism
like people born
without enzymes that
make or develop
Creatine. Creatine is
also found to increase
or add to growth of
hormone production.
Creatine is a
substance formed in
our body through amino
acids glycine,
methionine and
arginine. A average
person’s body normally
contain 120 gms of
Creatine which is
preserved as Creatine
phosphate. Few food
items like herring,
beef and salmon have
high supplements of
creatine. However, one
needs to pounds of
such foods daily that
equals to consuming
one tea spoon of
Creatine powder.
Creatine directly
relates to ATP,
adenosine triphosphate.
ATP is developed
in the powerhouse of a
cell called
mitochondria. It is
often termed as
“universal energy
molecule” that is used
by every cell of our
body. The cells’
ability to work is
directly related to
the status of ATP and
mitochondria’s health.
Neurons in the brain,
heart tissues and such
other active tissues
are much sensitive to
this. Minute changes
in the ATP can have
significant effects on
the ability and
functioning of the
tissues. Creatine
seems to the effective
supplements of all
nutritional
supplements in raising
or maintaining ATP
levels.
Creatine helps in
generating energy.
When ATP loses a
molecule of Phosphate
and turns into
Adenosine Diphosphate,
it needs to be
converted back to ATP
to reproduce energy.
Creatine is preserved
in the body as
phophocreatine or also
termed as Creatine
phosphate. Any
depleted ATP can be
recharged with the
help of Creatine
Phosphate. Increased
levels of
phosphocreatine mean
that greater and
faster recharging of
ATP and hence more
work can be done.
Hence, Creatine proves
to be successful for
many athletes. Short
duration sports like
weightlifting,
sprinting and other
anaerobic sports use
ATP as the energy
system. Majority of
research till date has
shown positive effects
of using Creatine on
pathologies,
performance and muscle
mass.
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