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for Women’s Fitness Creatine Once considered to be a supplement only for bodybuilders and athletes, creatine has a new role to play in healthy ageing – especially for women over 50.
A growing body of research supports the supplemental use of creatine in women’s health to maintain strength, stamina and healthy ageing. Creatine is a naturally occurring compound that is made by the body and also found in several foods, primarily meat and fish. It is mainly stored in skeletal muscles, and it plays a vital role in the body’s ability to produce energy. In particular, it rapidly replenishes the energy that muscles lose during short bursts of high-intensity activity. A new direction While creatine has long been associated with sports performance, due to its role in building and maintaining muscle, it is now being investigated for its relevance to women’s health and fitness through different life stages. Women typically have a lower dietary intake of creatine than men. In addition, their ability to metabolise creatine, and then turn it into energy that directly affects the use of calories, muscle strength and storage
of body fat, is also different from how men metabolise creatine. These differences have inspired nutritional research studies, the results of which have opened up potential new uses for creatine to be targeted towards women’s health needs. It is proving to be especially useful for women through their 30s, 40s, 50s and beyond, when reducing fat, strengthening muscle and supporting balance and stability become increasingly important, not just to maintain health, but to prevent injury. Supercharge with creatine While creatine may be the ingredient that is in the news now, a balanced approach to healthy ageing should extend beyond just one headline nutrient. This thinking has inspired the formulation of White Wolf Nutrition's new product, Elevated Creatine+, which provides five purposefully-selected ingredients that each bring different, yet complementary, benefits to a product designed with strength, movement and healthy ageing in mind.
1 Creatine monohydrate: This is one of the most extensively- researched ingredients in sports nutrition. Creatine monohydrate increases the availability of phosphocreatine in muscles, which supports the body’s ability to rapidly regenerate adenosine triphosphate (ATP), its primary source of cellular energy. For women with a busy and active lifestyle, creatine is therefore particularly relevant, especially if they practise high-intensity exercise and strength-based training.
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