5 Responses to “Optimum Nutrition Creatine Powder 600G, Unflavored, (Optimum), (1.32 -pounds) Bottle”

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   P. Romasco on July 30, 2010 @ 10:07 am

   Review by P. Romasco for Optimum Nutrition Creatine Powder 600G, Unflavored, (Optimum), (1.32 -pounds) Bottle
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   I’ve tried numerous creatine products, including CellMass and No-Xplode by BSN, and have to say this is far superior. I had no changes in terms of size, recovery rate, or strength with the BSN products but only one and a half weeks after starting taking ON’s creatine I’ve noticed a growth of my muscles.

   I take 1 tablespoon (5 grams of creatine) 10 minutes before the end of my workout with 8 ounces of Powerade, providing simple carbs that aide in the delivery of the creatine to the necessary muscles. I use a Nalgene to shake it up in and find that it mixes very well. The powder doesn’t dissolve but it’s not difficult to get it down, just shake between sips. This method helps cover any taste it may or may not have and also makes it easy to mix before drinking. I’ve definitely noticed a change in the size of my triceps and biceps although I have not altered my workout significantly, suggesting the creatine is the cause.

   I would suggest this product, and above drinking directions, to anyone interested in taking creatine.

   Remember: work hard; eat healthy; rest up; and stay natural!
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   Archangel76 on July 30, 2010 @ 10:22 am

   Review by Archangel76 for Optimum Nutrition Creatine Powder 600G, Unflavored, (Optimum), (1.32 -pounds) Bottle
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   This creatine is great, but it’s not quite up to amazon’s hype. Why? Because it’s supposed to be tasteless/odorless, and a better description would be mild taste/wierd odor. In water, it stays relatively suspended, but has a gritty feel to it. It’s much, much better mixed into your protein drink/shake. You can’t even tell that it’s in it that way!

   As far as potency and such, a powder is a great way to go b/c you can monitor your dosages very easily.

   Overall, it worked well for me, and I would buy it again.
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   Michael J. Cho on July 30, 2010 @ 10:41 am

   Review by Michael J. Cho for Optimum Nutrition Creatine Powder 600G, Unflavored, (Optimum), (1.32 -pounds) Bottle
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   The difference in performance is not night and day, but I do have more energy during my weight lifting sessions. I like how it is tasteless as advertised.
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   Michael Rae on July 30, 2010 @ 11:20 am

   Review by Michael Rae for Optimum Nutrition Creatine Powder 600G, Unflavored, (Optimum), (1.32 -pounds) Bottle
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   This product uses CreaPure creatine as its raw material, a branded raw material manufactured by Degussa AG Trostberg (formerly SKW) in Germany and licensed as a pharmaceutical would be there. Optimum Nutrition is one of only a few brands in North America that use only CreaPure raw material, and like Universal Micronized Creatine Monohydrate, 1000-Gram Tub is an exceptionally good value for this expensive raw material in a supplement market dominated by cheap Chinese and other amateur manufacturers. I began looking into the question of creatine purity after having bought some creatine from a company that I generally consider to be quite reputable and from whom I often buy commodity-item supplements, and was disturbed by its very bitter and (surprisingly) soapy taste. The company insisted that the lot number was fine, but my subsequent research suggests it was not. The important issues are nicely laid out in two very good articles by Will Brink and readily available on the internet: “What’s in your Creatine?” and “What’s Really in Your Supplements? – An Update on Creatine”. I proceeded to order some CreaPure-sourced creatine and was surprised that, for the very first time, the stuff had absolutely no bitter taste to it: the suspicious supplement had been the only one with the weird soapy taste, but *every* other creatine I had purchased had a mild bitterness to it, which I’d just assumed to be intrinsic to creatine itself, rather than a sign of impurity. Subsequently, I’ve bought several of the few products that use exclusively CreaPure, and found them to be similarly free of these widespread off-flavors. There is still no proof that the common creatine contaminants responsible for these flavors (dicyandiamide or dihydrotriazine) are harmful — but why anyone (let alone a life extensionist!) would knowingly put high (relative to likely dietary intakes) levels of organoleptically-detectable impurities of unknown toxicity into hir body is beyond me, especially with a CreaPure product as inexpensive as this one available.
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   McLovin on July 30, 2010 @ 12:07 pm

   Review by McLovin for Optimum Nutrition Creatine Powder 600G, Unflavored, (Optimum), (1.32 -pounds) Bottle
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   ON is the shiznit. Period. This stuff is COMPLETELY tasteless.. you can drink it in a sliver of water and I dare you to taste a thing. Dissolves instantly.. you can dip your finger in it and its like a micropowder. What more do you want? Highest quality, great price. Do it.