Andrew Huberman· PhD
they found a very significant decrease in the frequency of headache in people that were supplementing with creatine as opposed to the controls
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they found a very significant decrease in the frequency of headache in people that were supplementing with creatine as opposed to the controls
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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?
creatine monohydrate supplementation might be again might be an excellent candidate for people to try
the title of the paper is prevention of traumatic headache dizziness and fatigue with creatine Administration now keep in mind this is a pilot study it was performed in humans so when you hear the words pre-clinical that is if you hear there was a pre-clinical study on blank that means almost always that the study was performed on animal models mice rats primates Etc a clinical trial is something that's carried out on humans and a pilot study means that the study was carried out on humans but on a fairly small cohort a very fairly small group uh or limited number of subjects nonetheless if the data are robust as it is in this case of this paper I think it's worth paying attention to
so the first substance that I'd like to highlight that has been shown to significantly reduce the intensity and or frequency of headaches is creatine
as was the number of people experiencing fatigue and acute fatigue and chronic fatigue
I think there are a number of people out there suffering from headache who might consider using creatine monohydrate in an exploratory fashion and seeing whether or not it helps offset their headaches
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.