RE: WEIGHT TRAINING AND CRON

[Guest guest]

I have seen one recent speculation that creatine may be somewhat protective

in the brain wrt Parkinson's. While who knows, I thought I'd mention it.

Regarding creatine and CRON. Creatine does have some energy content so will

need to be factored in caloric budgets. I believe creatine will also bind to

water and so increase body weight as it builds up in muscles. In my

experience creatine also tends to increase appetite, YMMV.

How do you plan to use it? I had good results using creatine intermittently

but only when stuck to help break through a plateau while training to

increase strength.

If you are lifting just to be cut, or to maintain strength that you already

have, I don't see what purpose the small increase in strength that creatine

generates would serve.

JR

-----Original Message-----

From: nebulaxor [mailto:nebulaxor@...]

Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2004 4:23 PM

Subject: [ ] WEIGHT TRAINING AND CRON

Hi,

I am a new follower of CRON diet, and I feel phenomenal as a result

of the diet. However, I am also a weight lifter (not a professional

or anything, but I am very athletic). I am looking for information

on whether or not supplements such as creatine are contrary to the

principles of CRON. If anyone has any information, please feel free

to email me at nebulaxor@.... I am ultimately interested in

maintaining my physique (more or less) while still consuming only

1500 calories per day. I have gone from 160 to 150 in about 4

weeks, and my weight seems to have stablized at that number. I'm

5'8 " , so 150 is an okay weight for me. Look forward to any replies!