Originally Posted by Extreme

Tall, I wrote a paper on "The Effects of Creatine Monohydrate on Human Muscle Tissue" when I was studying bio-medical sciences and found after reading many studies that the loading phase only speeds creatine saturation in the muscle cell but cell saturation after 1 month was the same whether you loaded or followed a 5g daily protocol. The biggest differences between approaches was on the 5g daily course the user experienced vastly less kidney stress and they had less water retention, bloating, cases of stomach upset and had saved a load of creatine from being p1ssed down the loo!

Personally I would not load on mono but use in a 3g twice daily approach (breakfast and post workout), I've found this works best for me bcos I'm naturally a fattie and suffer from water retention easily and used to always get the sh1ts during loading. Also if your a porker (like me!) do you really want to use a product best absorbed when taken with simple sugars?