Creatine

Diet and Nutrition
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So, I know this is a bit of a subjective topic. I take my creatine every morning with Power Drive.
I know some say that it doesn’t really matter when you take it as long as you take it every day. I also put it in with my Surge after a workout, but that’s only 3 days/week.

So the recommended use says:
Mix one scoop (5 g) in 16 ounces of cold water that also contains one or more insulinogenic ingredients, such as essential amino acids, branched-chain amino acids, whey isolate, or grape juice. Drink immediately after mixing.

Now, what exactly is considered an essential amino acid?
Tyrosine is an amino acid.
Power Drive has L-Tyrosine.
Is L-Tyrosine an essential amino acid?
Is it acceptable/recommended to mix Power Drive with creatine in the morning?

Can someone please clear this up for me?
Thanks.

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You can just mix it with hot water too. The need to mix it with something specific is fairly over-rated.

Also, let me get this straight- on workout days you are using it twice? Once in the morning and again later with your Surge? Why twice?

3

Well… the main reason i guess is because it’s dirt cheap.
Also, just in case I wasn’t taking it properly in the morning I make sure to get it after a workout when it’s recommended.

CW suggests taking it after a workout.
On days where you have 2 workouts, like in his new training frontier program, he suggests you take it after both workouts.

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Check out these two articles and all your questions should be answered, about Creatine at least.

http://www.T-Nation.com/readTopic.do?id=459369

http://www.T-Nation.com/readTopic.do?id=1085045

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[quote]tad wrote:

Now, what exactly is considered an essential amino acid?
Tyrosine is an amino acid.
Power Drive has L-Tyrosine.
Is L-Tyrosine an essential amino acid?
Is it acceptable/recommended to mix powerdrive with creatine in the morning?

Can someone please clear this up for me?
Thanks.[/quote]

I agree with eengrms.

though if you want to know what an Essential Amino Acid is, it is an amino acid that cannot be synthesized by the body. There are 8 that NEED to come from the diet. Phenylalanine. Valine. Tyrosine. Threonine. Isoleucine. Methionine. Histidine. Alanine. Leucine. Lysine.

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So, L-Tyrosine is just a form of Tyrosine? Therefore, it’s an essential amino acid and I am taking it as recommended per the label at least?

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yea L-tyrosine is tyrosine. so yes.