What is the reason that it says mix it with fruit juice or sugared drink? I would prefer to just mix it with water and avoid unnecessary sugars.
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This just let people know that it blends well with any liquid in case they want to put it in smoothies.
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The sugars in fruit juice, sugared drinks, or an amino acid combination (BCAA) help with the absorption into the muscle fibers. It's a much more effective process with sugars, I mix my dose of creatine with a BCAA combination (branch chain amino acids)
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Hi Matthew, The reason that the instructions suggest taking this with a sweetened drink is due to the natural bitter taste of Creatine. You are welcome to use water with this product however it may not taste the best.
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I assume because of the taste. There are probably some options where you can make it taste better and avoid the sugar.
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As far as a bitter taste, creatine has almost no taste, but that's just my opinion. I found this person's work to be very helpful...google Nick Tumminello, creatine report, protein report. He's a well-respected trainer with some good insight.
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I have used with sugar using the lower sugar recipe and also with Splenda. My husband like the sugar in his jam and I would rather not. There are instructions on the container for the low sugar recipe. This is a good buy compared to the stores in my area. Thanks for the question and good luck:)
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We use crushed ice and water...ice makes the drink thicker. Have also added frozen fruit to it as well. Great product not just for weight loss but energy on hectic mornings! Good luck
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Generally don't use the syrups. I won't use anything with Splenda in it at all. It's extremely bad for your body. Seriously look online and avoid it and NutraSweet like the plague. I don't like soda, but I do love Seltzer water, so I just carbonate the water and add a lemon or lime. It's delicious.
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I bought it because it has no added sugar. Cranberry juice may have healthful benefits.
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I mix mine with any juice or protein shake. Dont take it by itself. If you still dont like rhe taste in a deink, pinch your nose while drinking and you cat taste anything.....not a joke.
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It is a little sweet, but not sappy sweet. Orange juice or Morning Juice Blend is the best. Could mix with water, but you notice the texture more. Juice is better.
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Don't know the answer to that. All I know is that the juice that I bought has zero additives so it's just the juice of the fruit. i do know that the pits are poison that is probably why they don't sell the fruit. It is vey tasty and quite sweet.
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I have tried juice which wasn't so great, it was too sweet. It goes best with just water. Cold water mixed best just because it's not too thick when you mixed the two together.
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I've done it with a little less than a cup of water and it dissolved completely, but there is no doubt it'll mix well with a smoothie.. so it'll mix!
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Hi,I mix it with fresh fruit, almond milk, add to smoothies or simply with almond milk (I don't drink milk, but you can use regular milk).
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I mix it with water or juice then drink lots of water during the day. I always have some clumps which I just throw away...just drink what is mixed!
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Since the water comes out hot, you can add the amount of sugar that you want before you start making the drink. I have not had any problems with it dissolving. You can also use a liquid sweetener if you desire (such as agave).
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I am a bit unclear on the question. It's just modified cornstarch so I use it the same way I would use regular cornstarch. I have the fruit juice/liquid in a simmer and add the cornstarch as a dissolved slurry (mixed with fruit juice or water). I then just cook till the 'gel forms and add the fruit.Hope that helps you out.
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All I can tell you is that I put one table spoon in about 8 oz of high pulp orange juice and it's very easy to drink. I take one dose each day (when I remember). Not much flavor and like all these powder substances, it doesn't mix that well. It mixes best with orange juice due to the pulp and stickiness. Just shake it up real good in a container with a lid.
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I also use frozen concentrate juice. In fact that's all I use now. I don't use any of the soda stream syrups. My method is to check the side of the juice concentrate to see what ratio of water to concentrate to use. Most say to mix with 36oz of water to make 48oz of juice. I figured out that this is a 3:1 ratio. I filled the soda stream bottle to the fill line and poured that into a measuring cup and it was 4 cups. So I put 3 cups of water in the soda stream bottle, carbonate that and then add 1 cup of juice concentrate. There are only two downsides to this method. 1. Carbonating only 3 cups of water doesn't work quite the same as the full 4 cups (fill line), you'll have to get the hang of that. 2. You'll find that you have juice concentrate containers that are 1/3 full after using 1 cup. I usually experiment with mixing those with others, or if you like one kind, buy a bunch and eventually it will even out. Here's a couple good combinations I found while experimenting (mix both with 3 cups of carbonated water): 1/2 - 2/3 cup of Old Orchard Cranberry Bend + 1/3 - 1/2 Welches White Grape (totaling 1 cup). You get just enough cranberry flavor and the white grape adds a nice sweetness to it. 2/3 cup of Old Orchard Apple/Passion/Mango + 1/3 cup of Old Orchard Blueberry/Pomegranate (totaling 1 cup). I remember this one being pretty good. What I love about both of these is that they are 100% juice. Anyway, have fun!
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yes, you need to mix it with something to take the edge off the flavor. I use an orange flavored (sugar free) drink. You have to remember you are drinking this to get healthy not because it tastes great. Besides after a while of drinking this stuff you get use to it and you find it does not taste that bad after all.