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School of Biomedical Sciences, University Medical School, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham NG7 2UH, United Kingdom
This study investigated the effect of
creatine supplementation in conjunction with protein and/or
carbohydrate (CHO) ingestion on plasma creatine and serum insulin
concentrations and whole body creatine retention. Twelve men
consumed 4 × 5 g of creatine on four occasions in
combination with 1) 5 g of CHO, 2) 50 g
of protein and 47 g of CHO, 3) 96 g of CHO, or
4) 50 g of CHO. The increase in serum insulin was no
different when the protein-CHO and high-CHO treatments were compared,
but both were greater than the response recorded for the low-CHO
treatment (both P < 0.05). As a consequence, body
creatine retention was augmented by ~25% for protein-CHO and
high-CHO treatments compared with placebo treatment. The areas under
creatine- and insulin-time curves were related during the first oral
challenge (r =
0.920, P < 0.05) but
not after the fourth (r =
0.342). It is concluded,
first, that the ingestion of creatine in conjunction with ~50 g of
protein and CHO is as effective at potentiating insulin release and
creatine retention as ingesting creatine in combination with almost
100 g of CHO. Second, the stimulatory effect of insulin on
creatine disposal was diminished within the initial 24 h of supplementation.
insulin; muscle metabolism; diet; exercise
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