Not all athletes respond to creatine supplementation, even with the best of diets. Magnesium might be one of the variables, but in fact all minerals contribute to the process. I'm a big advocate of getting our nutrition from food instead of pills and powders, and that goes for creatine too! Beef, tuna, salmon
Including a few nuts in your daily diet will cover a multitude of sins, including magnesium deficiency, and very few, various nuts is all it takes. For example, ONE brazil nut contains a daily dose of selenium. All tree nuts are good sources of magnesium. I recommend that my patients buy several bags of various tree nuts, and add just one nut of each variety to their daily breakfast. Try adding an almond, a walnut, a brazil nut, a pecan, a pistachio, a hazelnut, a macadamia and a cashew to your morning. Be sure these are unsalted, raw or dry-roasted.
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