| What's this new Russian Red Creatine Actijube I've seen being talked about? |
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Russian Red Creatine Actijube is the latest super-duper advanced form of Creatine to hit the market. It’s described as a “chewable patent-pending low-temperature formed Advanced Pharmaceutical Delivery Technology delivering 3 grams of Creapure Creatine per jube.” Despite our best efforts (and we did try hard) we couldn’t find anything special about it at all. The main ingredients in Russian Red Creatine Actijube are Glycerin, Creatine Monohydrate, and High Fructose Corn Syrup. Is there any research to show these ingredients make Creatine work better? We couldn’t find any. Glycerine, also known as “glycerin” or “glycerol” is a sweet-tasting, syrupy liquid used to sweeten as well as add a chewy texture to protein bars. But there’s no reliable research to show that combining glycerol with Creatine works any better than Creatine combined with an insulin releasing carbohydrate such as dextrose and/or protein. And high-fructose corn syrup is just a sweetener that does nothing to improve the absorption of Creatine in the body. Fructose, for example, has a low glycemic index, which would not maximise the beneficial effect of insulin on Creatine absorption. Russian Red Creatine Actijube costs £25.45 for 120 grams of Creatine, meaning that each gram of Creatine costs a whopping 21 pence. Most types of high-quality Creatine are far better value for money. Creatamax 300, for example, includes a patented magnesium transport system - which has research to prove that it works [1] - and costs just £19.99 for 300 grams, or less than 7 pence per gram! This makes Creatamax 300 three times cheaper than Russian Red Creatine Actijube! … and doesn’t come with the fancy marketing and expensive packaging. Research |