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Better Sip Your Beta Alanine: Decreased Urinary Excretion from Time Released Beta-Alanine Formula.

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Image 1: Tabbing or cabbing, or just washing it down with some water - what is the best way to take your beta alanine? If you have been following the supplement scene for quite some time now, you will probably remember headlines such as " Beta Alanine, the next creatine! "... well, the hype which was deliberately fueled by the supp-companies, who realized that the price umbrella on creatine was shriveling, has abated and yet, beta alanine and, of course, creatine are both still there . Compared to the number of studies on creatine monohodrate, which were and still are published on almost a monthly basis, the science on beta alanine and most importantly its mechanism of action is however pretty skinny. I am thus happy to share with you a few interesting findings from two recently published studies - one today, the other tomorrow ;-) The more it tingles the less it works... !? Despite the fact that I personally like the awkward feeling you get when you take tons of be...

Ask Dr. Andro: The Pharmacokinetics of Creatine (Part II/II) - How Is Creatine Transported into the Muscle?

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Illustration 1: There is a bunch of things that could potentially go wrong with creatine uptake: The creatine from dietary sources could be mal-absorbed (1) in the small intestine, (2) not make it into the cell, or (3) be excreted too readily either before or immediately after it was transported into the muscle. Question from Learner (via comments): Do Creatine Transporters behave the same as glucose transporters? (I.e., serum insulin binds to cellular insulin receptors, which causes Transporters to migrate from inside the cell to the plasma membrane - and the Transporters then pull in the external glucose.) Answer Dr. Andro: As you may have noticed, I took the freedom to set Learner's question into a broader context. A context I broached in my dissertations on Athletic Edge Nutrition's new creatine product Creatine RT on Tuesday, Aug 16, 2011. Thus, the questions I will be trying to answer (unfortunately, I have to rely on existing studies and do not have m...
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