Cheapest source of creatine monohydrate?

[KoolDrew]

Any suggestions for 1 kilo or even more?

 

[crt1530]

TrueProtein.com

 

[KoolDrew]

I ended up purchasing from 1fast400:

http://www.1fast400.com/?produ...hudaj09tgmo81n3vqv3j35

Trueprotein has really good deals on fish oil and protein though, so I'll usually buy from there for those.

 

[TheNinja]

http://www.nutraplanet.com/pro...onohydrate-1-kilo.html

$12.95 for a kilo

 

[mchammer187]

7.57 / lb

http://www.amazon.com/Prolab-C...00-Gram/dp/B00024CS90/

w/ free shipping

 

[IceBergSLiM]

you get what you pay for. always.

 

[TheNinja]

Originally posted by: IcebergSlim
you get what you pay for. always.

Not always true in the supplement industry. Companies like MuscleTech spend a ton on marketing and therefore pass the cost on to you. That doesn't make their products that much better than others.

 

[Titan]

doesn't your liver make creatine? I would think that would be the cheapest. Cut the beer out?

 

[The Sauce]

Try Supplementwarehouse.com. excellent site. I pay about 2/3 now of what I did before. They will instantly pricematch the lowest internet price you can find and give you another 10% on top. I used to pay $45 per tub for AST VP2, now I pay $26! I just search for the lowest price, go to supp warehouse, cut, paste, voila...instant cheap price. Reasonable shipping too. You guys should check it out.

 

[The Sauce]

BTW, just checked supplementwarehouse. Pricematch amazon.com and it came up as $30 for the 50-serving can.

 

[KoolDrew]

Originally posted by: IcebergSlim
you get what you pay for. always.

:roll:

doesn't your liver make creatine? I would think that would be the cheapest. Cut the beer out?

Creatine can come from two potential sources, your diet or made by the liver and kidneys from the amino acids glycine, arginine, and methionine. However, it would be next to impossible to get enough creatine for performance benefits relying on just diet alone. It would take about 2.2lbs of red meat just to get 4-5 grams, and most of it would be destroyed while cooking anyway.

 

[The Sauce]

Originally posted by: KoolDrew

Originally posted by: IcebergSlim
you get what you pay for. always.

:roll:

doesn't your liver make creatine? I would think that would be the cheapest. Cut the beer out?

Creatine can come from two potential sources, your diet or made by the liver and kidneys from the amino acids glycine, arginine, and methionine. However, it would be next to impossible to get enough creatine for performance benefits relying on just diet alone. It would take about 2.2lbs of red meat just to get 4-5 grams, and most of it would be destroyed while cooking anyway.

Agree. There aren't many things out there that have good evidence to support their use in sports supplementation, but creatine is one of them.