All About Creatine (pt. 2)

Part 2: What Types of Creatine are available?
Creatine is a consumer product so there are supplement companies that are constantly trying to improve the digestibility, potentcy, and bioavailability of creatine. This focus has led to the development of several forms of creatine. Creatine monohydrate is the first form of creatine to start all the hype and is the most scientifically suported form you can purchase. Creatine monohydrate is best ingested in micronized powder form and is the most affordable form of creatine. Be very careful though, there are sub par products out there. To insure the quality and integrity of your supplement only buy from well established companies and look for the "Creapure" label. This will insure that you are getting non contaminated pharmaceutical grade creatine. Although creatine monohydrate is arguably the best form, many other forms exist to target creatine non responders and bio-individuality. These forms are; Creatine Anhydrous, Di- and Tri- Creatine Malate, Creatine Orotate, Creatine Kre-Alkalyn, Creatine Citrate, Creatine Phosphate, Creatine Serum, Creatine tartrate, Creatine Titrate, Magnesium Creatine Chelate, Creatine-Glutamine-Taurine, Creatine HMB, Creatine Ethyl Ester, Effervescent Creatine, and Timed-Release Creatine. In total that is 16 different forms of creatine. It is important that you know that some are better than others and most of these are backed by very little science. However, one type stands out in front of the pack. Micro-ionized creatine monohydrate is considered the gold standard of creatine. Not only is it the most affordable, it is backed by enough research to qualify it as the best supplement to date. Thanks for reading and make sure to be on the look out for part three!