Supplements — LAB SERIES

Anxiety is extremely common in today’s society. Many people suffer with debilitating symptoms that come from having anxiety or an anxiety attack. Pharmaceutical medications such as benzodiazepines and antidepressants are commonly prescribed to those suffering with anxiety. The problem is many wish not to take prescribed medication to treat anxiety. Or many wish to use it a last resort. It is therefore important that a potential alternative option be found. Here we investigated whether supplements may be able to ease they symptoms.

Author: Gareth Sapstead - Fitness Director   What does creatine do? Supplementing with Creatine works to increase intramuscular storage of Creatine Phosphate (CP). CP has an extremely important role in the production of energy for short-duration and high-intensity exercise. CP is used for the formation of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) by re-phosphorylating adenosine diphosphate (ADP). In short, if ADP can be converted quicker and more efficiently in to ATP either through the body’s natural sources of CP or by supplementing with Creatine; more energy would become available for intense exercise. By supplementing with creatine, muscular stores of CP would increase, thereby...

How familiar are you with creatine? For those of you aren’t so familiar with it, it’s a naturally-occurring substance that’s present in our muscles.

It’s also what helps our muscles to produce the energy that’s required to lift heavy weights or take part in high intensity exercise.