A lot of people want to know if it's OK to take both creatine monohydrate and fat burners at the same time. They want to lose fat while keeping their hard-earned muscle. Many say that by taking both at the same time you adversely affect the results you get. In essence, each product cancels each other out. While this is true to a certain degree, it is possible to take both relatively at the same time.
Ephedrine based products, fat burners, are diuretics. They take water away from the body. Creatine monohydrate does exactly the opposite. It brings water into the muscle cells. When ephedrine and creatine are ingested at the same time you get one product trying to pull water in while another one is making the body lose water. Ephedrine ends up reducing the effectiveness of the creatine as a result. With the manufactures of both creatine and the fat burners directing their uses to take their products before working out, you can start to see where the problem lies.
Here's what you do:
First off, taking creatine before you workout vs. other times throughout the day is negligible in terms of results. Creatine is effective no matter when you take it; the only thing to remember is that you take it everyday. Fat burners however, have a little different story. Fat burners need to be taken prior to working out in order to be truly effective. That's when they're most advantageous to producing the best results possible.
With these facts in mind, we can make some modifications to our supplement schedule in order to produce the results we desire. The best possible solution is to take the fat burners and the creatine monohydrate at opposite ends of the day. If you workout in the morning, take your fat burners at that time then follow up with creatine in the evening. If you workout in the evening then take your creatine in the morning and the fat burners prior to working out.
With this supplement schedule you'll be able to keep the positive effects of the creatine while at the same time trimming body fat with the fat burners. A little modification was all that was needed to continue to see positive results with your supplement program.
Good creatine monohydrate supplements include American Creatine, Prolab Creatine, and Cell-tech. Excellent fat burners would include Xenadrine RFA-1, Stacker 2, and Hydroxycut. Check out our Creatine Brands.
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