INCREASING CREATINE AND GLYCOGEN CONCENTRATION IN MUSCLE

摘要

Methods and compositions for increasing creatine retention in, and glycogenconcentrations in muscle of, the human and/or animal body, comprisingincreasing the creatine concentration in blood plasma of a body and causing asubstantially simultaneous increase in blood plasma insulin concentration.Compositions comprising creatine or an active derivative thereof areintroduced into the body, by oral ingestion or infusion, such as injection,along with a carbohydrate, such as glucose to augment insulin release into theblood which in turn drives glucose into muscle for glycogen synthesis. Insulinor an active derivative thereof may also be comprised in the compositioneither along with or instead of the carbohydrate.