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<blockquote data-quote="Duke" data-source="post: 2830662" data-attributes="member: 553656">Without changing my diet at all, I gained almost 20 pounds taking 5 grams of 99% creatine monohydrate per day, 10 grams on workout days, all in less than 2 months. I now only take creatine after workouts (5 grams), and I&#039;m holding steady at 240 pounds in body weight. My diet is still the same as it always has been.&quot;Muscle biopsies were acquired from the vastus lateralis m. of 16 male subjects (18-32 y) before and after the experimental intervention. After the initial biopsy, subjects ingested 20 g x d(-1) of creatine monohydrate, 20 g x d(-1) of creatine monohydrate + 100 g x d(-1) of sucrose, or 20 g x d(-1) of creatine monohydrate + 100 g x d(-1) of sucrose + 1000 mg x d(-1) of alpha-lipoic acid for 5 days. Subjects refrained from exercise and consumed the same balanced diet for 7 days. Body weight increased by 2.1% following the nutritional intervention, with no differences between the groups. There was a significant increase in total creatine concentration following creatine supplementation.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Duke, post: 2830662, member: 553656"] Without changing my diet at all, I gained almost 20 pounds taking 5 grams of 99% creatine monohydrate per day, 10 grams on workout days, all in less than 2 months. I now only take creatine after workouts (5 grams), and I'm holding steady at 240 pounds in body weight. My diet is still the same as it always has been. "Muscle biopsies were acquired from the vastus lateralis m. of 16 male subjects (18-32 y) before and after the experimental intervention. After the initial biopsy, subjects ingested 20 g x d(-1) of creatine monohydrate, 20 g x d(-1) of creatine monohydrate + 100 g x d(-1) of sucrose, or 20 g x d(-1) of creatine monohydrate + 100 g x d(-1) of sucrose + 1000 mg x d(-1) of alpha-lipoic acid for 5 days. Subjects refrained from exercise and consumed the same balanced diet for 7 days. Body weight increased by 2.1% following the nutritional intervention, with no differences between the groups. There was a significant increase in total creatine concentration following creatine supplementation." [/QUOTE]

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