CREATINE INTAKE of 25g per day instead of 5g. Is that "normal"?

Thanks everyone for contributing to this post. But I think no one has read the article, that I have attached to my first post, which I used as a prime reference...

So Please check at least this passage out:


These studies found that 20 grams per day of creatine, taken for five days, successfully raised muscle creatine content by 30-45 percent. The problem with the vast majority of these studies, however, is that they only lasted five to seven days—and yet we’ve been using them to make recommendations for people who supplement for months on end.
NOTE: I was not exhaustive in my search, but I pulled a large sample of research across different modes of inquiry, e.g., looking for improvements in endurance, strength, power, and one-repetition max.
Of the 47 studies, only 4 tested or employed a protocol lasting longer than 14 days and attempted to use a maintenance dosage of creatine[1-47]. The idea in these studies is to load for five days at a high level—the standard 20 grams per day—then maintain that supraphysiological concentration with 2-3 grams daily thereafter. This protocol was first tested in 1996 with apparent positive results[48]. It’s been used ever since.
This maintenance protocol should have seemed a bit suspect to other researchers, but only if they’d taken the time to consider that a 150 pound male (approximately 70 kilograms) will burn through about two grams of creatine naturally every day[49]. Since 95 percent of creatine exists within muscle tissue, the average resistance-trained athlete would require greater amounts of creatine just to maintain normal cellular levels.
It wasn’t until 2003 that researchers tested this maintenance protocol using more advanced methods of determining intracellular creatine levels. The group found that after two weeks of using the standard maintenance protocol outlined above, intracellular creatine levels returned to baseline[47]. In other words, the maintenance procedure didn’t maintain anything.
NOTE: The 2g/day maintenance level is the current recommendation by the American College of Sports Medicine’s expert panel on creatine[50].

Source : http://athlete.io/4117/the-ultimate-guide-to-creatine-supplementation-part-3/

HamsterManV2 wrote: »

Scientific studies show 5g of creatine daily is enough. Some people do choose to load it.

I am using about 25 g a day for a month and i have gained 3kg of weight... thgats my biggest question. Is that all due creatine and is that normal?

My goal is to bulk.

Taa