I drink 3 liters or more a day. Best to drink as much as you can.
You should be taking about 8oz of water per tablet or capsule.
Creatine powder does, but not creatine pills. Creatine powder works really well because you mix it with water and that water goes into your bloodstream, forcing the creatine into your muscles, opening up your musles and all that water weight going in to it. On the other hand, creatine pills doesen't work that well at all because it's harder and much longer to digest, and it's more dense.The reason it's a little more expensive than creatine powder because it's harder to make.
Creatine helps with water and essential nutrient retention in your muscles (helping you recover faster and workout longer) - when you stop using it you LOSE weight because you stop retaining as much water. What you are left with is all of the muscle you had built up while using creatine and none of the water weight.
Too much creatine would create an excess of ATP in the body and i think due to the hyperactivity of major metabolic processes in the body it can cause a major loss of water(dehydration)
Creatine is water soluble so not much need to worry unless you are not drinking enough water based fluids. Keep in mind that creatine is not the same as creatinine which can be a problem if you have too much in your bloodstream. This may indicate kidney dysfunction.
The amount of creatine in cows milk is about 0.05 grams per 1 pound. To much creatine can cause side effects such as kidney damage.
If each creatine pill contains 1 gram of creatine, you would need to take 5 pills to get 5 grams of creatine.
There is approximatley 1 gram of creatine per 1 lb of red meat.
C4 Sport contains 1 gram of creatine nitrate per serving.
C4 Sport contains 1.5 grams of creatine nitrate per serving.
Around 1.5 grams per scoop, i add half a scoop of creapure creatine monohydrate to a scoop of jack3d.
C4 pre-workout supplements typically contain 1.5 grams of creatine nitrate per serving.