In young, healthy guys, creatine helps refill muscle energy after intense exercise, but it doesn’t work by making muscles more sensitive to insulin — that part hasn’t changed, according to tests and gene activity.

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Creatine ingestion augments dietary carbohydrate mediated muscle glycogen supercompensation during the initial 24 h of recovery following prolonged exhaustive exercise in humans

Randomized Controlled Trial

Human

2016 Aug

The study shows that creatine helps muscles refill their energy stores faster after exercise, and this isn’t because it made the muscles more sensitive to insulin—just like the claim says.

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Creatine ingestion augments dietary carbohydrate mediated muscle glycogen supercompensation during the initial 24 h of recovery following prolonged exhaustive exercise in humans

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DOI: 10.1007/s00726-016-2252-x

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