Increasing creatine and glycogen concentration in muscle

Abstract From the Canadian patent

Methods and compositions for increasing creatine retention in and glycogen , concentrations in muscle of the human and/or animal body, comprising increasing the creatine concentration in blood plasma of a body and causing a substantially simultaneous increase in blood plasma insulin concentration. Compositions comprising creatine or an active derivative thereof are introduced into the body, by oral ingestion or infusion such as injection, along with a carbohydrate such as glucose to augment insulin release into the blood which in turn drives glucose into muscle for glycogen synthesis. Insulin or an active derivative thereof may also be comprised in the composition either along with …