creatine for weight gain?

[vchavan11]

can I take creatine for weight gain ?

[gymdandee]

Funny!!! That salmon Jerry! Just read it now! :>)

[Paxiled]

Salmon jerry?  This is why I never type on a tablet!  I think I'd like that salmon jerky.  The wild salmon steaks just went out of season, ate a ton of them.

[gymdandee]

Yes with the typo! I have big hands and using a tablet is a pain!! I make my own nut butters and pax. I make dehydrated Salmon jerry. You have to set the dehydrator OUTSIDE or your home will smell like an fish market!!
I'll get back on a pc in 2 days.

[Paxiled]

You got a typo in there, so I'm not sure if you're asking something.  I'm not a zealot, personally.  I believe being too strict on what to eat causes stress, which also isn't good.  So I wouldn't say never consume certain things and other things, yeah, never consume them.  But this person just wants to gain weight, we have no idea if the person is in an exercise program that can burn off or utilize the things you recommend.  My own opinion is that none of these GNC type products popularized by Arnold Schwarzenegger when he owned a lot of magazines (including steroids, by the way) should ever be ingested unless you're at a gym and you're hungry and have no other food to eat.  But there are sources of these substances, such as MCT and CLA made by companies that don't add harmful artificial ingredients or artificial sweeteners.   You can find them if you have a good health food store nearby; you can even find them at a GNC, but you have to know what to look for.  I would just compare ingredients and don't buy the ones with the red dye # whatever and don't buy the ones most advertised, because they tend to made in China and often contain unlisted pharmaceuticals.  Many athletes have been caught for using prohibited drugs because they were in GNC products and not listed on the label.  It's gotten hard now that Whole Foods has driven most of the clean stores out of business in most urban areas, but even Whole Foods carries some decent products.  I also don't think any of them have been proven to work, which is another problem, and I don't think spending so much of one's life pursuing bit muscles leaves enough time for more important things, but I don't make anyone's decisions for them.  So again, if I'm at the gym and had no time to eat, I will occasionally buy a protein bar that's the cleanest I can find there but still contains something I don't want to consume, but if I do have time to prepare I'll take some nuts with me or some clean trail mix heavy on nuts.  But that's just me, my wife loves Luna bars even though they're intended for people riding mountain bikes in the Rockies.  Otherwise, you won't burn off all that sugar.  Again, that's just me.  I just want people to see that there are options to what you recommend given we're usually the only two commenting on here and you're info is more general from websites and mine is from actually selling the different products so I know what's out there, that there are better choices.  Then the posters can decide.  

[gymdandee]

"not made to be healthful generally " I see you included GENERALLY!
Meaning? It all depends on the persons question! Then I might say to include something. I assume everything you say not to consume or to you never consume.

[Paxiled]

Right.  They both contain things that just aren't healthy and neither is necessary to gain weight.  I keep saying it, but if you just eat more of what you're already eating you'll gain weight.  The way to gain lean mass is to do resistance training along with the additional food intake but not to burn off more than you're eating.  As to the evidence of fat burning, there isn't any that has held up for CLA or MCT, but I wouldn't rule it out, it just hasn't held up.  The other problem is that gymdandee pretty much tells people who want to gain weight and lose weight to do pretty much the same thing, and that can't really be true, can it?  I sold these supplements, and I believe intense bodybuilders and people doing boot camp like programs do find some of these supplements helpful but they also often end up with health problems.  I think this can be done without these supplements but if I were going to take
supplements I'd probably put them together from the really clean ones so I didn't also ingest things that aren't good for you.  The SAN product, for example, contains sucralose and artificial ingredients, things gymdandee is always telling people not to ingest.  That's the problem with bodybuilding supplements -- they're not made to be healthful generally but to convince people they're getting bigger muscles.  

[gymdandee]

When you're gaining weight, you want to make sure as much of it as possible is lean body mass, not fat. A way to limit fat gain and help muscle growth is by keeping your protein intake high. There are many powdered supplements that favor protein over carbohydrates and fat. These can be easily mixed with water or milk to help you gain weight. Here are some of the best.

SAN Infusion: This low-carbohydrate supplement is formulated to increase lean mass and reduce body fat and has 47 grams of protein into a 330-calorie serving. The blend of proteins includes fast and slow-digesting sources, that will encourage lean mass building all day. Plus, it contains CLA and Medium Chain Triglycerides, which are special fatty acids that encourage fat-burning. Infusion also includes Essential Fatty Acids and Fiber. I think it  comes in four flavors.

Cytosport Muscle Milk, It has 300-350 calories per serving (when mixed with water). Muscle Milk is lactose-free, it has 32 grams of protein, 5 grams of fiber and 16 grams of carbohydrates per serving. Like SAN Infusion, Muscle Milk contains MCTs and a blend of sustained-release proteins to ensure that the weight you gain isn't fat. It comes in many flavors.
For a woman I think these are good!
I'm sure paxiled will say something negative! Right pax. :>)

[Paxiled]

This is something to be careful with.  You have to know how to use it, and it's really only for serious athletes particularly bodybuilders.  By itself it's not for gaining weight, it's to help build muscle in people doing intense workouts.  Too much creatine in the system isn't good for you, so if you don't know what you're doing and you're not working out fairly hard, I don't see why you'd want to take it.