Solomon Holzhauer- Week 1 - Creatine shortage

If you didn't know what creatine was, it is a power monohydrate that when taken daily for a certain amount of time can help improve strength, increase lean muscle mass, and help the muscles recover more quickly during exercise, it is not a steroid! Creatine is found in vertebrates where it facilitates recycling of adenosine triphosphate, primarily in muscle and brain tissue, so it is already produced in us, so taking it would be to get more of it to help improve these things. Lifters like me who want to improve these physical things will take five grams it before or after their workout, or if they want to see the results faster they will start with a loading phase which is twenty grams throughout the day for the first five to seven days then going to down to a consistent five grams per day. It has got really popular over time since quarantine started because people were stuck at home and had lots of time to make change. Since it has been getting popular and popular there has been a shortage recently of creatine production. In the website nutrabio, it stated that "there are several factors causing this shortage. COVID and the overall logistics issues with shipping delays and container shortages are only a small part of it. Some believe the trade war is responsible for many of the current shortages of goods and that China is purposely creating these shortages to increase demand to drive up prices. Beyond these overriding issues that are affecting all goods, the creatine monohydrate shortage is caused by major problems unique to the manufacturing of creatine itself. The raw materials used to manufacture creatine monohydrate are in short supply. There are three main manufacturers of creatine in China: Yongan, Baosui, and Hengkang. Yogan controls hydroxy acetonitrile (HAN), which is a component used to manufacture creatine. HAN is produced from natural gas, which creates excessive pollution, so the Chinese government has demanded a reduction in its manufacture." 

Will they figure out how to produce more again? Could they figure out how to make it not expose that much pollution?

Source: https://blog.nutrabio.com/2021/06/23/dietary-supplement-supply-chain-update-creatine-and-citrulline-are-getting-out-of-control/



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