When you eat carbs, your body releases insulin, which helps shuttle creatine into your muscles more effectively—like a key that unlocks the door for creatine when sugar is around.

Insulin helps your muscles take in more creatine by making blood flow better and boosting a pump-like system in muscle cells, which helps bring in more nutrients.

When insulin is present, it tells muscle cells to pump more sodium and potassium around, which creates a better environment for the cell to pull in more creatine — a compound that helps muscles store energy.

If you take creatine with carbs after working out, your body absorbs about 25% more of it because the carbs raise your insulin, which helps shuttle creatine into your muscles.

Insulin helps muscles pull in more creatine by boosting a cellular pump that creates the right conditions for creatine to get inside.

When you take creatine with carbs, it helps your body hold onto more creatine because the carbs spike insulin, which helps shuttle creatine into your cells better.