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Carbohydrate ingestion augments skeletal muscle creatine accumulation during creatine supplementation in humans
Am J Physiol
1996
271(5 Pt 1):E821-E826
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- PMID 8944667
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Study snapshot
| Design | Controlled human supplementation study |
|---|---|
| Model | Human |
| Sample | 24 men |
| Intervention | 5 g creatine four times daily, with or without 93 g carbohydrate after each dose |
| Duration | 5 days |
| Endpoints | Muscle total creatine; Phosphocreatine; Serum insulin; Urinary creatine |
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