I've read that caffeine stunts creatine absorbtion is this true? I could use some input!

By JC - Smooth on Saturday, February 12, 2000 - 08:04 pm: Edit

Yes.
I've heard this too, but right now I'm a little tired and can't think. I only had 4 hours of sleep last night.
All that I can remember about that is that creatine affects creatine absorbtion.
Sorry,
JC

By Anonymous on Sunday, February 13, 2000 - 01:14 am: Edit

I guess you didn't get that much sleep. I think you meant to say "Caffiene affects creatine absorbtion".

By JC - Smooth on Sunday, February 13, 2000 - 07:19 pm: Edit

Ya. Just looked at that one now too.
Hehe, told you I was tired.
Thanks,
JC

PS. This isn't a flame just directed to you, but when you post, can you just make up a name, that way when someone else directs an answer to your question, you don't have a million people going "Me anonymous, or the other anonymous".

Thanks,
JC

By Anon on Sunday, February 13, 2000 - 10:05 pm: Edit

Ok

By fourmorgans ( - 205.188.199.23) on Thursday, September 07, 2000 - 05:13 am: Edit

Sinse Creatine is a cell volumizer (add water to cell)and caffiene is a diuretic, it will reduce the benefits you will get from taking creatine.

By John ( - 212.120.194.248) on Thursday, September 07, 2000 - 05:55 am: Edit

l found a pretty good story about Caffeine+Creatine, that in one more time it shows that a combination of these two is a big no no!
"A team of Belgian researchers recently investigated the effect of taking creatine supplements with caffeine. They anticipated that caffeine would lend a helping hand to creatine. They were surprised and disappointed to find the opposite - caffeine actually counteracted creatine's positive effects"! (Caffeine dose was 5mg caffeine per kg of body weight (for a 70kg man, the equivalent of 3 cups of ground coffee, and they were taking 0.5g of creatine monohydrate per kg of body weight per day).

(Caffeine counteracts the ergogenic action of muscle creatine loading', Vandenberghe et al, J Appl Physiol, vol 80, pp452-457).