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.

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Effects of creatine supplementation on strength exercise and its optimization through carbohydrates: A review

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The study shows that taking creatine with carbs helps your muscles absorb more creatine because the carbs raise insulin, which helps move creatine into muscle cells.

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Effects of creatine supplementation on strength exercise and its optimization through carbohydrates: A review

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DOI: 10.58951/fstoday.2023.52

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