taking creatine when your sick

[Foot_076]

I was recently sick with flu like symptoms and i was in the middle of my cycle of creatine but i stopped taking it while i was sick what des everyone else do when there sick?

[Insane_Man]

If you weren't working out then it wouldn't benefit you at all. So no point in taking it. And you don't need to cycle creatine.

[faze]

Originally posted by Insane_Man
If you weren't working out then it wouldn't benefit you at all. So no point in taking it. And you don't need to cycle creatine.

i was under the impression that u did need to cycle... because you have to "load up" or atleast thats what ive read... its also in the directions on many bottles.

[MuffDyver]

u do need to cycle. and when im sick, i never take creatine for two reasons....i dont work out when im sick, and it burns my fukin throat when i have a soar throat.

[Insane_Man]

There is absolutely no need to cycle creatine. All it is is an amino acid. If you don't get enough in your diet, your liver can synthesize it, but it can only produce ~2g a day. By supplementing creatine, you get more than you otherwise would. That's like saying that you need to cycle protein, makes no sense.

Loading can help you see results faster as the creatine transporter is saturated faster. But once it's full, it's full.

[Dai Lo]

yeah i was sick while i was on creatine and i stopped taking it because i didnt really feel like eating and i lost alot of water retention