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Taking cinnamon with creatine doesn’t give young active guys any extra boost in strength, power, or endurance beyond what creatine alone already does — even though cinnamon might help with insulin.

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Creatine co-ingestion with carbohydrate or cinnamon extract provides no added benefit to anaerobic performance

Randomized Controlled Trial
Human
2016 Sep

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Creatine co-ingestion with carbohydrate or cinnamon extract provides no added benefit to anaerobic performance

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DOI: 10.1080/17461391.2015.1071877

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For young, active guys taking creatine, adding carbs doesn’t seem to make it work better for boosting power, strength, or stamina—even though we thought insulin from carbs might help the body absorb more creatine.

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