Creatine-Nutrition,Metabolism and Exercise

Creatine, or methyl guanidine-acetic acid, is a naturally occurring compound found in abundance in skeletal muscle. It is also found in small quantities in brain, liver, kidney and testes. In a 70 kg man, the total body creatine pool amountsto approximately 120g, of which 95% is situated in the muscle. In the case of humans,…

Why are Fibres as important as Proteins.❣

Fibres can be classified into 2 categories:- 1. Soluble Fibres. 2. Insoluble Fibres. ✔Soluble Fibres contains vitamins and minerals which gets easily absorbed by human intestine.They also give rise to short chain fatty acids and provide small amout of calories (roughly about 1grams=2 kcal) ✔Insoluble Fibres like cellulose and raffinose mostly present in pulp and…