Rhonda Patrick· PhD
Not only does it enhance muscle strength and recovery, but may also offer significant brain benefits, based on solid research.
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Not only does it enhance muscle strength and recovery, but may also offer significant brain benefits, based on solid research.
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I've been recommending this to patients for 6 months now. The big shift is patients actually do it because the explanation is concrete.
Same in nutrition counseling. The before/after framing helps.
Tracking with a CGM on top of this for 3 months. Variability dropped quickly and stayed dropped.
Worth noting the 0.71 SMD in the Kreider meta is in trained athletes. Effect in untrained adults runs closer to 0.3 — still meaningful, but the panel should reflect that gradient.
Good catch. Could the brief surface the training-status interaction inline?
A growing body of scientific evidence now shows creatine helps preserve muscle during aging
creating by itself has been shown to improve muscle performance improve strength endurance uh their ability to perform repetitions to fatigue primarily in older adults but there's been studies in younger individuals
in most cases you you know the creatine plus the the the training resistance training endurance training um is is the key
when you look at creatine in older adults with resistance training though it did improve tasks of functionality sit to stand
5 g of creatine monohydrate daily improves muscle strength and lean mass in healthy adults at standard training loads.
Creatine improves cognitive performance, especially under sleep deprivation and high cognitive load.
Creatine improves cardiovascular health markers and reduces all-cause mortality risk.
Creatine supports bone-mineral density in post-menopausal women when paired with resistance training.
Women need higher creatine doses (8–10 g/day) than men to reach the same intramuscular saturation.