I don’t know of any research that shows alcohol has a negative impact on creatine effectiveness. With that being said, let’s look at your question. You stated, “. . . I am very concerned that the consumption of alcohol will ruin the effects of Creatine.” There is a very simple solution here. Don’t drink any alcohol if you are concerned that it may ruin the effects of creatine. Concern eliminated.
There are many other concerns you may wish to look into with alcohol consumption aside from its effect or lack thereof on creatine. Our Director of Research, Paul Cribb, reported the following:
“Alcohol acts as a direct toxin to type-2 fast twitch muscle fibers; the type most responsive to muscle hypertrophy (increase in size). A few studies have appeared in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research (22;1998). One examined the effects of a 12-week diet containing alcohol on protein synthesis rates in mice. Alcohol decreased muscle protein synthesis rates by 23-26% in the fast-twitch fibers of the rodents that habitually consumed moderate servings of alcohol. What appeared to cause this alcohol-induced drop in muscle building was a marked reduction in the anabolic hormone, insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1). In the presence of alcohol, circulating levels of IGF-1 dropped by up to 42%! That’s IGF-1 in blood and muscle.
Therefore, if you are serious about building muscle, you may want to make sure you don’t hit the booze too often.”
