HMB Supplement
- Thread starter The Exiled
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unsweetened soy milk and the creatine dissolves immediately and completely (its obvious as it is white and rest of stuff is darker)
I find oat milk is too thin and too low on protein, e.g. the unsweetened soy milk has 4.5g fat, 2g fiber and 7g protein whereas the unsweetened oat milk (my SO uses) 1.5g fat, <1g fiber and 0g protein.
When I have my high protein cereal with unsweetened soy milk , wheat germ and ground flax seed with lots of fresh berries I am good until a late lunch w/o any snacking.
If you do any baking as I do, oat bran muffins, whole wheat waffles (eggo's whole wheat waffles are a joke) and pancakes ,the oat milk doesn't work any better than water and soy works as good as dairy.
I find oat milk is too thin and too low on protein, e.g. the unsweetened soy milk has 4.5g fat, 2g fiber and 7g protein whereas the unsweetened oat milk (my SO uses) 1.5g fat, <1g fiber and 0g protein.
When I have my high protein cereal with unsweetened soy milk , wheat germ and ground flax seed with lots of fresh berries I am good until a late lunch w/o any snacking.
If you do any baking as I do, oat bran muffins, whole wheat waffles (eggo's whole wheat waffles are a joke) and pancakes ,the oat milk doesn't work any better than water and soy works as good as dairy.
I Googled: "does creatine dissolve"
Google came up with: "Yes, creatine is most commonly taken by mixing it in water. Especially if you're mixing micronized creatine into warm water, it should dissolve very well. "
Anyway
There is a 5g scope in the container and I just dump contents of a scoop right in the middle of my cereal then put wheatgerm, flax, and berries on top. I fold everything together with a teaspoon (maybe 3 folding actions), add soy milk, and then eat. Maybe it doesn't totally dissolve (I can't tell) but I never see any clumps of creatine.
Google came up with: "Yes, creatine is most commonly taken by mixing it in water. Especially if you're mixing micronized creatine into warm water, it should dissolve very well. "
Anyway
There is a 5g scope in the container and I just dump contents of a scoop right in the middle of my cereal then put wheatgerm, flax, and berries on top. I fold everything together with a teaspoon (maybe 3 folding actions), add soy milk, and then eat. Maybe it doesn't totally dissolve (I can't tell) but I never see any clumps of creatine.
So based on the last few posts by @genius and @The Exiled and some conversations with a coach I decided to try Creatine again.
I'm in the second week of the loading phase so we'll see what happens by the end of May.
I take it daily not just when I work out.
On days I work out I mix in the scoop with my Whey protein(Thorne Whey Protein Isolate 25 g ) and take it immediately after the workout and on recovery days I mix it with a Casein (ON 24g) and have it in the morning.
The results will be measurable as I track what I lift and have numbers to compare to.
I'm in the second week of the loading phase so we'll see what happens by the end of May.
I take it daily not just when I work out.
On days I work out I mix in the scoop with my Whey protein(Thorne Whey Protein Isolate 25 g ) and take it immediately after the workout and on recovery days I mix it with a Casein (ON 24g) and have it in the morning.
The results will be measurable as I track what I lift and have numbers to compare to.
