creatine question

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Blessings Family

I have a question on behalf of my 16 year old daughter who is a sprinter. Although she is not a vegetarian, she takes herbal medicines and she does eat a lot of the live vege wraps and salads I prepare. Her coach is suggesting she take a supplement to "enhance" her muscle development. She has a weightlifting regimen (although at the moment she's resting from a pulled hamstring).

Given our discussion about the necessity of supplementation and I am beginning to question even the bioalgae superfood capsules I have been taking over the past several months. I remember from previous conversations with Jinjee and some others that we have some athletes in the group. I'd appreciate anyone's feedback regarding alternative options. The coach will also be consulting with a sports nutritionist.

Thanks for sharing

love and light

pam

[Guest guest]

Thanks Bev!!

[Guest guest]

George

Graham wrote a book called NUTRITION and ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE. I don’t mind sending you my copy

if you would like to borrow it, or you can go to his

website, foodnsport.com, I think.

He, of course, does not advocate any supplementation and says, “it is time for athletes to stop relying on chemists for their

nutrition and once again start relying on the farmers.” If I remember correctly, he has trained Olympic

level athletes (trampoline) with great success on raw/vegan diets. He talks about banana smoothies 20

minutes after workouts to replenish glycogen stores and aid in healing ~ among

other things.

 

I would not give creatine

to a growing teen, or anyone for that matter. Being an ex-Health/Physical Educator, I

can’t believe the coach is recommending Creatine

supplementation. I remember looking

into it when it was hot years ago and there were such negative side effects, I

was concerned for my husband who was consuming it for a time.

 

My 3 year old is calling,

I will scan the book to see if he talks about Creatine

specifically and get back with you.

 

 

BEV

 

 

 

atzzill

[atzzill]

Monday, August 02, 2004 1:58

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creatine

question

 

Blessings Family

I have a question on behalf of my 16 year old daughter who is a sprinter.

Although she is not a vegetarian, she takes herbal medicines and she does eat a

lot of the live vege wraps and salads I prepare. Her coach is suggesting she

take a supplement to " enhance " her muscle development. She has a

weightlifting regimen (although at the moment she's resting from a pulled

hamstring).

Given our discussion about the necessity of supplementation and I am beginning

to question even the bioalgae superfood capsules I have been taking over the

past several months. I remember from previous conversations with Jinjee

and some others that we have some athletes in the group. I'd appreciate

anyone's feedback regarding alternative options. The coach will also be

consulting with a sports nutritionist.

Thanks for sharing

love and light

pam

[Guest guest]

Of

course I mean Doug Graham. George Graham was a Physical Education Professor at

Virginia Tech. I get my guru’s

mixed up sometimes!

 

 

BEV

 

 

 

atzzill

[atzzill]

Monday, August 02, 2004 3:06

PM

 

Re: creatine

question

 

Thanks Bev!!

[Guest guest]

Blessings Mark,

I am very greatful for the information and insights you offer to the group. I am hoping to gather all of this useful information and present it to my daughter's coach. I have to admit that I must spend more time juicing and less time eating even if it is mostly kale and avocados. I will juice for Thelma and me and anyone else in my "nuclear" family who is willing.

Your friend Terri's story is an inspiration to me.

Many Thanks for sharing

love and light

pam

[Guest guest]

Greetings Pam.

First I'd like to acknowledge you for your contributions to the group. I had the

pleasure of sitting next to a bodybuilder and his on my trip back from Roatin.

He weighed 225lbs about 5'9 " and 5% body fat (needless to say I looked like the

celery for his salad) Anyway he said he incresed his muscle mass by about 40lbs,

although that took 18 years of intense bodybuilding. He's a world class

bodybuilder resently retired and suggested one or two lbs of muscle a year

(actual)is about what you can build. Of course a growing teenager has more

potential. A freind of mine Toni runs 8-10 miles several times a week (she's all

raw) and doesn't use supplements and even runs sometimes while fasting. She's

not even tired and she's in her 40's and according to her more energetic w/ the

raw and especially the green juices. When I started working out I was eating

fish, legumes and grains (all cooked) and raw veggies and fruits and green

juices. I weighed 186lbs, when i gave up fish i went down to 168lbs and then

back to 177lbs (I'm 6'4 " ) When I went raw I went as low as 150lbs and then back

to 172lbs. My strength and energy is better although I'm trimmer. My oldest son

is about the same size as me at 16 and works out daily and does jumping and

speed exercises. I'm still faster and jump as high and much stronger although

thirty years older. I belive much of his natural ability is hindered by his diet

of half raw and half everything. There are studies that link weight training at

early ages to arthritis in later years. For me green juices havebeen a great

source of energy and stength. Sometimes adding healthy things in our diet can

hinder our atletic performance, since the body may begin cleansing w/this extra

energy. It's important to balance out the atletic performance w/the

consequences/ good, bad or indifferent. Although I don't run much these days, I

can run 10-15 miles on a glass of water. That's to say the energy potential is

in our body. The trick is proper training, replenishing w/nutrients that don't

hinder the body, and limiting the other toxinspeace,

Mark